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The crypto industry is recoiling from a document reportedly outlining a U.S. Senate Democratic pitch on handling decentralized finance (DeFi) as a component of the wider effort toward regulating crypto in the U.S.The proposal — a detailed outline describing an approach to DeFi, first reported by Politico — suggests that a firm or individuals that handle customer needs on the front end of a DeFi operation should have to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and be regulated as a broker.The language defining who would be roped into regulation as an intermediary would…

Despite previously supporting a crypto market structure bill, several Democratic US senators have reportedly introduced a counter-proposal that could see decentralized finance protocols placed on a “restricted list” if deemed too risky. This move, among others they proposed, could “kill DeFi,” according to critics. The Senate Banking Committee Democrats sent a proposal to the committee’s Republicans on Thursday seeking to impose Know Your Customer rules on the frontends of crypto apps — including non-custodial wallets — and stripping protections from crypto developers, several industry commentators said on Thursday, citing a report from Punchbowl News.Crypto lawyer Jake Chervinsky said the counter-proposal…

Early Bitcoin investor and Bitcoin Cash co-founder Roger Ver has reached a tentative settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over criminal tax charges tied to an alleged $48 million loss to the government, The New York Times reported on Oct. 9.Ver was arrested in April 2024 and charged with mail fraud, tax evasion, and filing false tax returns.Prosecutors alleged that Ver concealed ownership of large Bitcoin holdings from the Internal Revenue Service while living abroad, thereby depriving the U.S. government of tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue.People familiar with the matter told the newspaper that under the…

The new initiative will unite Ethereum’s top cryptographers and engineers under a single privacy framework. The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has announced the formation of a new group of 47 researchers, engineers, and cryptographers who will work together to make Ethereum’s Layer 1 infrastructure safer and more private. According to analysts, this change in structure is a show of the institution’s seriousness about adding privacy features directly to the Ethereum ecosystem, moving it from a side project to a main development priority. Expanding Ethereum’s Privacy Framework In an October 8 blog post, EF noted that the “Privacy Cluster” integrates multiple…

XRP’s performance in the ongoing 2025 bull run has become one of the most discussed topics in crypto, as the token continues to challenge the dominance of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB.  In a recent video shared on the social media platform X, crypto commentator Zach Rector described what he called the inconvenient truth of this market cycle: XRP is currently outperforming most of the top 50 cryptocurrencies in percentage growth since the last US presidential election and from the depths of the previous bear market. Ethereum, BNB, And Bitcoin’s Performance Rector began his comparison by pointing to Ethereum’s recovery trajectory.…

Chainalysis has pinpointed a massive $75 billion in criminal cryptocurrency sitting untouched in publicly viewable wallets. The findings reveal a vast digital treasure trove that remains theoretically seizable by global law enforcement agencies. Summary Chainalysis reveals $75 billion in illicit crypto held in public wallets, mostly tied to stolen funds and darknet markets. Bitcoin accounts for 75% of all criminal balances, as hackers increasingly treat it as a store of value. Direct transfers to exchanges have dropped to 15%, signaling a shift toward mixers and cross-chain bridges to evade detection. In a report dated Oct. 9, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis…

The latest FOMC news signals a clear dovish tilt among U.S. Federal Reserve officials, with the newly released minutes showing that additional rate cuts are likely before the end of the year. Most participants judged that it would be “appropriate to ease policy further over the remainder of 2025,” marking a notable shift from the cautious tone that dominated much of the year. While the central bank remains officially committed to its 2% inflation target, the tone of the September meeting minutes suggests the Fed is becoming more concerned about slowing employment than lingering inflation. The first rate cut in…

Decentralized exchanges (DEX) registered $1.43 trillion in spot volume during the third quarter, marking the strongest quarterly performance on record and signaling a structural shift in how crypto markets establish prices.The figure represents a 43.6% increase from the $1 trillion registered in the second quarter, and surpasses the previous record of nearly $1.2 trillion set between January and March.August and September delivered the second- and third-largest monthly volumes in history, at $510.5 billion and $499.1 billion, respectively, trailing only January 2025’s $560.3 billion.Additionally, DEXs captured 17.7% of the total crypto spot volume traded by their centralized counterparts, according to data…

BNB Smart Chain activity surges as token swaps dominate network usage.BNB Smart Chain (BSC), the flagship network of the BNB ecosystem, on Thursday reached a new milestone of 5 trillion gas used in a single day as on-chain activity surged.This was driven largely by 24 million swap transactions, which accounted for 77% of all network activity, a BNB spokesperson told The Defiant. BSC is currently the third-largest blockchain with a total value locked (TVL) of over $9.5 billion, up 90% from $5 billion in March, per DeFiLlama. This comes after the network fully adopted a 0.05 Gwei standard gas price…

The European Union should foster the development of euro-denominated stablecoins to compete with US dollar-denominated tokens, according to Pierre Gramegna, the managing director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), an economic crisis organization for the EU.“Europe should not be dependent on US dollar-denominated stablecoins, which are currently dominating markets,” Gramegna said at Thursday’s hearing about the overall economic health of the eurozone, which included commentary on digital assets. He also said:“Europe should also embrace the potential for financial Innovation with stablecoins and tokenized assets. Stablecoins are an inevitable part of this equation. In a rapidly evolving financial landscape, Europe should…