The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed an expansion of its "qualified custodian" requirements to cover a range of assets, including virtual currencies. The planned changes to those long-standing rules might hit the crypto industry particularly hard.

More blockchain projects are attempting to sell hard assets including U.S. Treasuries, currencies and even private equity.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. told a group of cryptocurrency platforms to stop making false claims that their crypto assets are insured.

Senate Banking panel ranking member Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., called on Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler to appear before the committee.

More regulated institutions serving crypto-related businesses would lead to more safety and soundness overall, many experts argue.

PayPal is pausing work on the project as regulators increase scrutiny of cryptocurrencies and a key partner faces a probe by the New York State Department of Financial Services.

Coinbase shares fell the most in more than six months after rival Kraken was forced to stop providing an investment service also offered by the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange.

Move over, stablecoins; a new type of blockchain-based currency could take precedence, a bank report finds.

Bank of England releases digital pound details, CBA adds anti-scam tech, and more. Here's what's happening around the world.

As the cryptocurrency mania raged, Congress took a hands-off approach, keeping the fast-growing industry in legal limbo as it spawned startups and drew billions of dollars from investors. That's left it to the courts to deal with the wreckage.

A former Coinbase Global manager admitted participating in a scheme to trade on confidential information about when the exchange was going to list new tokens.

SEBA Bank, a crypto bank backed by Julius Baer Group Ltd., hired an ex-JPMorgan Chase banker as its Asia Pacific chief executive.

Bank of England and the U.K. Treasury stepped up work on creating a digital currency to sit alongside physical banknotes and sought to allay concerns that the work could threaten the stability of banks.

Signature Bank was accused in a lawsuit by an investment firm of facilitating the FTX collapse by allowing the now-defunct crypto exchange to commingle customer accounts with its blockchain network.

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, said it's temporarily suspending deposits and withdrawals of U.S. dollars using bank accounts, and will work to restart the service soon.

Without proper oversight of cryptocurrency exchanges, we will continue to see hucksters and dilettantes making off with customers' funds.

Republicans have increasingly negative views of banks, while the banking industry is finding modest, but growing common ground with Democratic lawmakers.

Familiar face returns to Barclays, a goodbye by NFT at Mastercard and more in banking news this week.

U.S. prosecutors in the Justice Department's fraud unit are looking into Silvergate Capital Corp.'s dealings with the fallen crypto giants FTX and Alameda Research, according to people familiar with the matter.

The embattled FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has staved off a case alleging he broke Texas securities laws, after a judge ruled that the state regulator lacks jurisdiction to act against him.