Digital Asset news articles

ECB Chief Lagarde Rejects Bitcoin for Eurozone Reserves Amid Regulatory Concerns
The European Union won’t be joining the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve movement anytime soon, at least not according to ECB President Christine...

Ripple Accused of Blocking Strategic Bitcoin Reserve while Senator Lummis Set to Lead Crypto Taskforce
As President Trump has just signed an executive order to establish a working group on the potential of a US digital asset reserve, the crypt...

US President Trump Moves Closer to Digital Asset Reserve, Bitcoin Not Mentioned
If you’ve read recent crypto headlines or browsed Crypto Twitter, you might have got the impression that a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR)...

Italy’s Largest Bank Buys $1 Million Worth of Bitcoin as Texas, Oklahoma Join List of US States Pondering Bitcoin Reserve
How the turns have tabled. In 2017, Carlo Messina, the CEO of Italy’s largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, called digital assets a ‘speculativ...

Tether Shifts Headquarters to El Salvador Following Digital Asset License Approval
According to a statement from January 13, stablecoin issuer Tether and “its subsidiaries” are relocating from the British Virgin Islands...

Oklahoma Legislation Proposed to Enable Bitcoin Salaries and Vendor Payments
Traders have entered 2025 rather cautiously, with uncertainty surrounding interest rates and inflation pushing BTC back under US $100k (AUD ...

Bitcoin Investor Sentenced for Tax Fraud Ordered to Disclose Passcodes for $124 Million in Digital Assets
Frank Richard Ahlgren III has made history by becoming the first US citizen convicted of tax crimes tied to… cryptocurrency sales. A...

Crypto Exchange Token Defies Digital Asset Market Downtick and Soars by Nearly 30% Amid New Merger Announcement
A crypto exchange token is defying this week’s marketwide downtrend, skyrocketing by nearly 30%. The Bitget Token (BGB) is trading at $7.3...

Digital Assets Akin to Ciggies Bartered In Prison: ASIC Exec Puts Foot In Mouth
Have you heard the news? Crypto is like ciggies…prison ciggies that is. Yes, you read that right. According to the Australian Securities a...

Chance for Australian Crypto Businesses to Shape ASIC Guidance on Digital Asset Compliance
Financial regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has today released a consultation paper outlining proposed...

Trump Taps Crypto-Savvy Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager and cryptocurrency advocate, to serve as the next Secretar...

Putin Advocates for BRICS Digital Asset Platform Targeting Emerging Markets
The BRICS bloc, which now includes Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the UAE alongside Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, recently ext...