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NYDFS Updates Crypto Custody Guidance That Could Affect Bitcoin Users Ahead of Adrienne Harris’s Departure

NYDFS crypto guidance updates clarify custody and insolvency protections: custodians must keep customer crypto in separate on‑chain wallets or omnibus wallets with...

Kaitlin Asrow Could Be Acting NYDFS Superintendent After Harris Exit, Potentially Affecting Bitcoin and New York Crypto Oversight

Kaitlin Asrow will become acting superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) effective Oct. 18, 2025, succeeding Adrienne Harris and inheriting...

Hester Peirce Says She May Advocate More Crypto-Friendly Policy, Hints at NFT Plans Post-SEC

Hester Peirce signaled continued support for lighter SEC crypto policy and joked about launching an NFT collection after her term, while urging...

SEC, FINRA Investigate Possible Insider Leaks Ahead of Corporate Bitcoin Treasury Disclosures

Corporate crypto treasuries are large-scale company holdings of cryptocurrencies used as part of corporate treasury strategy; regulators (SEC and FINRA) are probing...

South Park May Spotlight Prediction Markets and Bitcoin Amid Easing CFTC Scrutiny

South Park’s latest episode satirizes prediction market apps by showing students betting on political and personal events, highlighting regulatory scrutiny and recent...

SEC Could Introduce Innovation Exemption Under Project Crypto by Dec 2025, Possibly Easing Digital Asset Product Launches

The SEC innovation exemption is a temporary regulatory relief allowing digital asset firms to launch token sales, staking and multi-asset trading with...

Bitcoin Donors May Be Influencing Trump’s CFTC Pick as Quintenz’s Nomination Is Reconsidered

Trump’s nomination of Brian Quintenz to be CFTC chair is currently stalled, with the administration vetting alternate candidates including Josh Sterling, Mike...

Novogratz Says US Crypto Bills Could Unleash New Participation and Potentially Alter Bitcoin’s Four‑Year Cycle

US crypto legislation, led by the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act, is set to expand retail and institutional crypto participation, says...