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Standard Chartered USDC Launch: The First Systemic Bank in Stablecoins Is Selling Distance From Crypto

Standard Chartered USDC Launch: The First Systemic Bank in Stablecoins Is Selling Distance From Crypto

Standard Chartered is the first G-SIB to offer USDC minting and redemption to institutions. Clients get digital dollars without opening a Circle account.

STOKR Wins Luxembourg CASP and Payment Licences Just Before MiCAR's Deadline

STOKR Wins Luxembourg CASP and Payment Licences Just Before MiCAR's Deadline

STOKR secured CASP and Payment Institution licences from Luxembourg's CSSF, closing the payment gap that kept tokenised securities settlement incomplete.

Strike Secures Full MiCA Licence, Joining Roughly One in Five EU Crypto Platforms

Strike Secures Full MiCA Licence, Joining Roughly One in Five EU Crypto Platforms

Strike's European arm won MiCA authorisation from Malta's regulator, passporting Bitcoin services across all 27 EU states ahead of the July 1 deadline.

FalconX Gets MiCA Approval From Malta: What It Says About Crypto's Institutional Side

FalconX Gets MiCA Approval From Malta: What It Says About Crypto's Institutional Side

FalconX secured MiCA authorization from Malta's MFSA. While exchanges struggle to comply, institutional crypto infrastructure is clearing the bar with ease.

CLARITY Act: Lummis's Dollar Argument Hasn't Changed in Two Years

CLARITY Act: Lummis's Dollar Argument Hasn't Changed in Two Years

Lummis says American leadership built the dollar's reserve status. She has said it since 2024. Final CLARITY Act text is due over July 4 recess.

Binance Has No MiCA Application in France, Only a Conversation That Might Save It

Binance Has No MiCA Application in France, Only a Conversation That Might Save It

Binance has not filed a MiCA application in France. According to The Big Whale, talks with the AMF are its only path left after Greece collapsed.

Trump Delays the CBDC Ban for a Vote His Own Senate Already Rejected

Trump Delays the CBDC Ban for a Vote His Own Senate Already Rejected

Trump is withholding his signature on the CBDC ban until the SAVE Act passes, a bill the Senate already rejected 48-50, squeezing the CLARITY Act's calendar.