Cyprus-regulated brokers serving Spanish retail clients were told on June 10 that perpetual futures, spot-quoted futures and similar leveraged products can fall under Spain’s rules for contracts for difference. Nearly two months later, the important question is no longer what the notice said. It is what firms have done about it. CySEC Circular C785 did […]Read More

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) confirmed on 30 July 2026 that Project Agorá completed real-value testing, with JPMorgan, Citi, UBS and 25 other private sector institutions joining five central banks to settle roughly CHF 800,000 in live cross-border payments using tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits. The live run carries Agorá past […]Read More

China wants gold prices to stay lower for now because it is still accumulating bullion, according to investor and The Big Reset author Willem Middelkoop. In an interview with Kitco News anchor Jeremy Szafron, Middelkoop argued that the global monetary “reset” he has forecast for more than a decade is no longer a future event […]Read More

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has ordered the winding up of Capital Guard AU Pty Ltd after accepting the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s application, following an investigation that uncovered evidence of alleged fake bond investments, false documents provided to auditors and the movement of millions of dollars of investor funds into crypto-asset […]Read More

The National Futures Association is urging Member firms to complete the final preparations for a major overhaul of its fingerprint submission process, reminding firms that they must activate a Business Information Group (BIG) account before the new system becomes mandatory on October 1, 2026. The reminder follows Notice to Members I-26-12, issued in April, which […]Read More

Bitcoin slipped toward $63,000 on Tuesday, handing back most of its late-July rally as the market derisked ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday. At press time, BTC is trading around $63,458, down about 0.4% on the day and 2.7% on the week, with the Crypto Fear & Greed Index sitting at 29, squarely […]Read More

Spending digital assets comes with an uncomfortable choice: you have to sell part of your portfolio first. On one hand, selling means giving up exposure to an asset you expect to appreciate. For long-term holders, especially Bitcoin investors, that’s often a difficult decision. The other side is all about taxing. In many countries, selling crypto […]Read More

Ripple has launched Ripple Mint, a unified platform that gives institutional customers a single interface to access, mint, redeem, and manage Ripple USD (RLUSD) through either a web console or programmatic integration. The launch streamlines RLUSD issuance and redemption by bringing operational controls, automation, and transaction visibility into one platform as stablecoins become increasingly integrated […]Read More

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has decided to ban Alec Finch and Robert Finch from working in the financial services industry after the High Court found they engaged in fraud and misused client money while running insurance broker AFL Insurance Brokers Limited. The regulator has issued Decision Notices against both men following the High Court’s […]Read More

The National Futures Association has permanently barred Hardee Brothers LLC and its principal, Sidney Curtis Hardee, after alleging the New York commodity pool operator misled regulators about accepting outside investors, misappropriated nearly $110,000 of customer funds, and used pool assets for personal expenses and investments. The sanctions follow a settlement with NFA’s Business Conduct Committee […]Read More