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Bitcoin coin standing on the floor of a bank vault with a massive open safe door and gold reserves behind it, symbolizing the Federal Reserve’s decision on whether Bitcoin remains outside the traditional banking system

The Fed is readying to punish banks for holding Bitcoin as US crypto tensions boil over

Basel’s thresholds and punitive risk weights can make direct Bitcoin exposure prohibitively expensive even when it’s legally permitted.

2 weeks ago

Frozen vault door opening to reveal a glowing Bitcoin, symbolizing regulatory clarity unlocking access and impacting Bitcoin holdings

Analysis

CLARITY Act gets deadlock breakthrough that also opens the door to more Bitcoin demand

Politico says negotiators found an agreement in principle, but the same yield clause can still unravel fast.

1 week ago

Cracked bond plaque revealing a Bitcoin beneath on a rain-soaked city street, symbolizing Britain’s bond market turmoil shifting attention toward Bitcoin

Macro

Britain’s bond panic is currently making the case for Bitcoin many people seem to have forgetten

Britain’s bond panic is proving Satoshi was right all along as history starts to rhyme.

1 week ago

Bank vault display splits insured cash from a separate crypto token tank, illustrating FDIC limits on stablecoin insurance and how banks could quickly leverage the divide

Banking

Stablecoins just lost key battle as insurance protection to be reserved only for bank-issued tokens

Not all digital dollars are equal anymore as FDIC signals only banks will get insurance protection.

1 week ago

Banking

Banks risk another 2008 crisis after moving the equivalent of 18 million BTC into shadow lenders

Banks shifted $1.3 trillion into nonbanks after 2008 and that’s where the next scare could start

2 weeks ago

Stablecoins

Congress has only weeks left to convince banks on crypto CLARITY Act or risk losing it to midterms

Congress must resolve stablecoin yield impasse or leave it to regulatory interpretation amidst intense banking pressure.

2 weeks ago

Senior bank executives reviewing documents in a Washington boardroom, symbolizing policy discussions around a $175B regulatory break for big banks and weakened financial crisis safeguards

Banking

Washington gives big banks a $175B break while Bitcoin still gets the harder treatment

A major banking policy reversal is taking shape in Washington, where regulators are considering softer capital standards and a new approach to liquidity that treats Fed borrowing capacity as more usable cash.

2 weeks ago

Mastercard-branded payment machine processing Bitcoin and Ethereum tokens on industrial rails, symbolizing debate over crypto-washing versus real-world crypto adoption through new partnerships

Banking

Mastercard frantically doubles down on crypto to avoid becoming irrelevant and losing control

Mastercard's expanding crypto partnerships suggest adoption, but critics argue the payments giant is shaping crypto to keep control.

2 weeks ago

Mining

Bitcoin miners now make just $500 per BTC as costs surge past $70k

AI era fuels Bitcoin miners' evolution, with Wall Street funding their strategic shift away from cryptocurrency volatility.

3 weeks ago

Kraken got fed up of waiting on TradFi so it built its own bank to access the Fed — and it just worked

Payments 4 weeks ago

Japanese finance giant offers XRP rewards to bond buyers — but the payout is tiny

Banking 4 weeks ago

Google Cloud and MoneyGram just signed on to run launch Midnight nodes for new privacy network banks want

Privacy 1 month ago

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Banking News

The Fed is readying to punish banks for holding Bitcoin as US crypto tensions boil over

CLARITY Act gets deadlock breakthrough that also opens the door to more Bitcoin demand

Britain’s bond panic is currently making the case for Bitcoin many people seem to have forgetten

Stablecoins just lost key battle as insurance protection to be reserved only for bank-issued tokens

Banks risk another 2008 crisis after moving the equivalent of 18 million BTC into shadow lenders

Congress has only weeks left to convince banks on crypto CLARITY Act or risk losing it to midterms

Washington gives big banks a $175B break while Bitcoin still gets the harder treatment

Mastercard frantically doubles down on crypto to avoid becoming irrelevant and losing control

Bitcoin miners now make just $500 per BTC as costs surge past $70k

Kraken got fed up of waiting on TradFi so it built its own bank to access the Fed — and it just worked

Japanese finance giant offers XRP rewards to bond buyers — but the payout is tiny

Google Cloud and MoneyGram just signed on to run launch Midnight nodes for new privacy network banks want