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A MiCA license allows crypto firms to operate in the EU, but the ESMA’s review will test whether custodians can meet the required security and resilience standards. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/mica-only-beginning-crypto-custodians-scrutiny?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

As the CLARITY Act advances, crypto’s growing political influence in Washington is under scrutiny. But the crypto lobby’s massive campaign spend is only part of the story. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/features/how-crypto-built-political-influence-in-washington?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

US prosecutors charged Rossen Iossifov over the alleged laundering of $290,000 in forfeited crypto from a Kraken account. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-prisoner-290k-crypto-restrained-kraken-account?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Wall Street banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, are restricting employee prediction market trades as insider trading fears spread across Polymarket and Kalshi. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/wall-street-prediction-market-trading-insider-fears?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Circle announces it received final OCC approval for a national trust bank that will initially serve the company and affiliates, with possible future custody services for institutional clients. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/circle-final-occ-approval-national-trust-bank-charter?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

CRYL is offering Bitcoin-backed loans to individuals and businesses as Japanese firms explore broader uses for BTC in lending and credit markets. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/japan-cryl-bitcoin-backed-loans-6-million?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin miner TeraWulf is reportedly seeking $3.5 billion in debt financing led by Morgan Stanley for its Kentucky data center campus leased by AI company Anthropic. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/terawulf-3-5-billion-debt-raise-anthropic-data-center?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Metaplanet said it is studying Bitcoin-backed digital credit products in Japan with JPYC and Progmat, but no product has been launched. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/metaplanet-studies-bitcoin-digital-bonds-japan?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin bulls faced “crucial resistance” at $65,000 next as BTC price action diverged from oil and US dollar strength. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-returns-to-64k-with-three-week-btc-price-highs-imminent?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

EU lawmakers have again allowed tech firms to scan chats for abuse material, but exempted end-to-end encrypted messages. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-parliament-passes-chat-control-allowing-private-chat-scans-to-2028?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound