Month: January 2026
Dubai bans privacy tokens, tightens stablecoin rules in crypto reset
Dubai’s financial regulator said privacy-focused assets are incompatible with global compliance norms as it moves…
Coinbase pushes back against banks to keep rewarding users for holding stablecoins
Disagreements over stablecoin rewards have frayed bipartisan support for the bill, with traders estimating a…
Bitcoin treasury firms linked to Adam Back sign preliminary agreement to combine
The proposed deal would take Sweden-based H100 into Switzerland and deepen its institutional bitcoin treasury…
UK threatens action against X over sexualised AI images of women and children
Government signals support for possible Ofcom intervention on Grok as scrutiny of X’s AI tool…
Lending to small businesses and low-income areas must expand, say Labour backbenchers
Senior politicians have tabled bill that would force UK banks to make affordable finance more…
South Korea proposes 5% limit for listed firms’ crypto exposure
The proposed guidelines would allow eligible firms to invest in the top 20 cryptocurrencies by…
Father welcomes new parental leave rights for bereaved in Great Britain
Aaron Horsey says measures in Employment Rights Act will give support ‘at one of most…
Publishers fear AI search summaries and chatbots mean ‘end of traffic era’
Media bosses expect web referrals to plunge and want journalists to emulate content creators, report…
India tightens crypto rules to fight money laundering and terror funding
India’s financial intelligence agency has announced stricter identity verification measures for cryptocurrency exchanges to prevent…
Bitcoin rises 1%, Nasdaq futures and dollar drop as Trump-Powell feud escalates
Bitcoin’s price movement diverged from the Nasdaq futures, which fell nearly 0.8%.