A Senate report found that 84% of 846 sanctioned Iran-linked wallets ran on USDT.

Crypto is entering its "institutional era" as tokenized assets and stablecoins gain wider adoptions. The trade-off is that only companies that offer real utility to established institutions in the market are likely to survive.

Kristin Smith, president of the Solana Policy Institute, discusses what to expect in the next year in the world of on-chain finance.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday issued an order allowing some tokenized U.S. stocks to be traded on blockchain-based platforms.

The failure of a much-anticipated crypto market structure bill Tuesday likely has doomed the effort to pass the bill in this Congress. The next version of the bill could be a double-edged sword for banks.

The Clarity Act's failure is a relief for banks that didn't want even more competition. But the crypto industry wasn't a major headwind for banks anyway.

The Senate failed to invoke cloture on the crypto market structure bill, known as the CLARITY Act, by a vote of 49-50. The procedural vote would have opened floor time for debate on the legislation, and its failure to pass likely means the bill will not be reconsidered until next Congress.

Republicans released a new version of the crypto bill ahead of a scheduled vote. But even with the changes, Democrats have little incentive to offer support.

Polling suggests that Democrats could retake control of the House and have a formidable shot at the Senate as well. If they win both chambers, oversight of bank regulation, crypto and Trump administration officials will be the name of the game.

The payments fintech announced that it has applied for a national trust bank charter from the OCC for both bitcoin and stablecoin custody.

The digital bank announced a collaborative partnership with the crypto exchange platform as it continues to expand its overall digital asset strategy.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission asked a federal court to drop a suit filed by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange challenging the agency's decision to let Kalshi offer bitcoin perpetual futures contracts, known as perps.

The crypto firm has resubmitted its request for a national trust bank charter from the federal agency after its first filing was quietly returned.

The initial coin offering boom of a decade ago was a manic free-for-all, but inside that mania was the germ of a genuinely good idea.

The crypto company made the acquisition to expand its institutional platform after it received approval from the OCC for a national trust bank charter.

As institutions look to ease exposure, digital assets are the largest area of concern, according to American Banker Market Intelligence research

As summer comes to an end, there are a surprising number of things to keep an eye on. Here is American Banker's handy cheat sheet for the rest of the year.

As prospects for the CLARITY Act dim, some agencies are moving to develop their own crypto-related frameworks, but questions remain about how those rules will affect the banking sector and how durable they will be.

With the CLARITY Act stalled in Congress and GENIUS implementation ongoing, experts are questioning how much of a threat the products pose to bank deposits and services.