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The White House has directly challenged a core argument from the banking industry, asserting that prohibiting crypto firms from offering yield on stablecoins would not meaningfully harm community banks. This conclusion, delivered in a report by White House economists, strikes at the heart of a fierce lobbying battle th...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) aggressive posture toward the crypto industry is undergoing a significant recalibration. The agency's enforcement actions and associated penalties have both fallen sharply, with the SEC itself acknowledging that its prior enforcement approach set 'misguided expectatio...
A stark warning from a key financial figure underscores the mounting pressure on U.S. lawmakers to act. Scott Bessent, founder of Bessent Capital and a former Soros Fund Management executive, has publicly flagged the urgent need for comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation. His intervention highlights a critical and wi...
UBS Group AG is on the verge of a pivotal and potentially costly regulatory verdict from its home government. After a prolonged period of uncertainty, Swiss authorities are poised to finalize new capital requirements that will determine precisely how many billions of dollars are carved out of the bank's financial defen...
S&P Ratings, Moody's, and Fitch—the three dominant credit rating agencies controlling the vast majority of global sovereign and corporate credit assessments—are facing coordinated questions from a coalition of 23 U.S. states regarding their ESG integration policies and methodologies. The inquiry escalates a running di...