CLARITY Act Stalls Over the One Conflict It Never Assigned a Regulator
The CLARITY Act would give every crypto asset a regulator. It has stalled over Trump's $1.4 billion in crypto income and who may own the market they govern.
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Dimitri Akhrin, BAMS: Building Trust in Payments
Dimitri Akhrin of BAMS explains how his payments company funds merchants next-day and why it keeps a person reachable while the industry automates.
BitPay Secures MiCA Licence to Run Crypto and Stablecoin Payments Across the EU
BitPay secured a MiCA licence from the Dutch AFM, letting it run regulated crypto and stablecoin payments for merchants and shoppers across the European Union.
Paymonade Clears MiCA: Why Europe's Crypto Licence Protects Users by Erasing Their Options
Paymonade cleared MiCA as only around 280 crypto firms survived the July deadline. The licence that thinned the field is what now protects the people who stayed.
UK Buy-Now, Pay-Later Regulation: The Rules Work by Making Shoppers See It as Debt Again
UK Buy-Now, Pay-Later rules are now in force under the FCA. The biggest change is not affordability checks, it is that the product is finally labelled as credit.
Great British Summer Savings: The VAT Cut Only Reaches Families If Businesses Choose to Pass It On
The UK's Great British Summer Savings website helps families find businesses passing on the VAT cut. Whether the saving reaches you depends on each one choosing to.
Kathy Ruemmler Goldman Sachs: What an "Advisory Role" Reveals About How Banks Handle a Resignation
Two lawmakers say Goldman Sachs' departing legal chief never left. The gap between an announced resignation and a real one is where the money keeps moving.