Crypto Regulation to Become Global Reality This Year
By Olivier Acuna, CoinDesk
PwC says 2026 is when crypto rules go live globally, reshaping stablecoins, compliance, and the race to become the industry’s most trusted hub.
Crypto regulation will become more defined this year as legislation progresses from draft to law worldwide, PwC, one of the “Big Four” global accounting firms, said in its Global Crypto Regulation Report. Countries with more transparent crypto rules will lead the industry, it said…
Read MoreWyoming Has Big Plans for Stablecoin
By Justin Bachman, Banking Dive
The first state-issued stable token is being deployed to reduce card interchange costs and simplify payments to vendors.
Wyoming legislators have given the state’s new stable token an agenda focused heavily on payments issues. The state became the first in the U.S. to publicly sell a stablecoin, the Frontier token, beginning Jan. 7, with $1.5 million in sales through Jan. 13…
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Coinbase Pulls Support from CLARITY Act as U.S. Crypto Market Reform Enters Critical Phase
By Rosalia Mazza, Fintech Weekly
Coinbase Withdrawal Jolts Washington and the Crypto Industry
A sudden shift by Coinbase has sent ripples through Washington and the digital asset sector. The company’s decision to withdraw support for the Senate version of the CLARITY Act forced the cancellation of a planned Senate Banking Committee markup and reopened concerns that U.S. crypto market structure reform could stall once again…
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