Geopolitics

According to CoinDesk, three major crypto super political action committees have collectively invested approximately $170 million to support congressional candidates ahead of the November 3 mid-term election, with overall funding flows tilted toward

According to CoinDesk, the U.S. crypto industry is investing approximately $63 million to oppose Sherrod Brown's return to the Senate in Ohio's current election. Fairshake, a crypto super PAC, allocated nearly $56 million, while the Winklevoss brothers' political action committee contributed approxi

China's Communist Party passed a resolution at its Fifth Plenary Session on October 29 calling for the use of blockchain technology to combat corruption involving virtual currencies. The initiative aims to leverage blockchain's traceability features to enhance transparency and accountability in

According to Odaily, South Korea's Gyeonggi Province has halted its stablecoin adoption research project, citing the need to assess policy developments including the Digital Asset Framework Act. The project, which launched in early July 2026, had originally planned to complete by February 2027. A pr

US Stock Market News reported that the S&P 500 fell from an all-time high on October 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM UTC (October 8, 3:51 AM IST), as elevated oil prices stoked concerns about potential inflationary pressures that could trigger Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes. Brent crude settled

According to onchain investigator Specter, addresses associated with North Korea transferred over $38 million through Relay cross-chain bridge in 7 hours on October 31. The transfers are ongoing.

According to TRM data, 34 casinos in Cambodia's Sihanoukville received approximately $1.07 billion in cryptocurrency from January 1 to September 7, 2026. Of this amount, 64% flowed to casinos linked to networks subject to U.S. Treasury Department OFAC sanctions, and 99.9% of transfers were made in T

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, on October 29, 2026, the agency sanctioned 10 individuals and one entity, including two Russian crypto middlemen, for laundering cryptocurrency proceeds from North Korean fake IT worker schemes that fund weapons of mass destruction programs. Vitold