Roman Storm and the XRP army aren’t happy former SEC boss Jay Clayton is Trump’s new AI czar, Peter Brandt flips bullish and says Bitcoin may reach as high as $600K by 2029. President Donald Trump has named Jay Clayton, US director of national intelligence, to lead the country’s new Super Intelligence Force, according to...Continue Reading

President Donald Trump said US intel chief Clayton will lead the SIF, reporting to the president and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. President Donald Trump has named Jay Clayton, US director of national intelligence, to lead the country’s new Super Intelligence Force, according to a post on Truth Social on Sunday. The announcement followed media...Continue Reading

Garantex was previously sanctioned by the US, the EU and other jurisdictions for helping Russian entities evade financial restrictions. The Japanese government has expanded its sanctions against Russia, citing the continuing war in Ukraine. These now include the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, under an asset freeze list that restricts payments and capital transactions with the...Continue Reading

Efforts will continue to reduce the state’s involvement in Bitcoin-related activities and to strengthen crypto‑asset regulation and governance, the IMF said. The International Monetary Fund approved the immediate disbursement of about $138 million to El Salvador under the country’s $1.4 billion financing program, despite some performance criteria being missed. The IMF’s Executive Board completed the...Continue Reading

Work on the introduction of the digital ruble to the budget process is being carried out by the Bank of Russia together with the Ministry of Finance. Russia’s Ministry of Finance said on Friday that some of its employees had received their wages in digital rubles for the first time. Being paid in the central...Continue Reading

The exploiter returned the entire sum to NEAR Intents after being identified and given 48 hours to respond. NEAR Intents said it has recovered about $3.8 million stolen during a Thursday security breach. Cointelegraph reported on Friday that NEAR Intents had identified the individual behind the security breach and given them 48 hours to return...Continue Reading

Community banking group’s lawsuit claims OCC has overstepped its mandate from Congress. A community banks group sued a US bank regulator, claiming its decision to allow cryptocurrency companies to obtain limited national trust bank charters exceeds the authority Congress granted the agency. The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) filed the suit Friday in the...Continue Reading

US intel chief Clayton may be asked to also oversee AI innovation and development along with “self policing” tech CEOs. President Donald Trump is expected to appoint Jay Clayton, US director of national intelligence, as the new AI czar, CNN and other media reported Friday, citing unidentified sources. Cointelegraph reported Sept. 20 that Trump planned...Continue Reading

Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction, Christian Trummer said MiCA has increased trust in regulated platforms and called for stricter enforcement against noncompliant firms. European crypto users are placing more trust in regulated platforms following the implementation of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework (MiCA), according to Christian Trummer, co-CEO of Austria-based crypto exchange Bitpanda....Continue Reading

The reported cuts come as Anchorage expands its institutional footprint, including stablecoin issuance and a $100 million investment from Tether. Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered US digital asset bank valued at $4.2 billion earlier this year, has reportedly cut 17% of its workforce, suggesting that the prolonged crypto market downturn is weighing on the company...Continue Reading