Geopolitics

Tether abandoned an estimated $120 million Bitcoin mining project in Uruguay following a contractual dispute with state-owned power utility UTE, according to Reuters. The stablecoin issuer and UTE disagreed on power supply entitlements: Tether interpreted an agreed-upon figure as a minimum that

A small power plant in the UK was shut down for four days in July following a cyberattack linked to Iran, The Telegraph reported. The incident occurred around the time US authorities including the FBI warned about malicious cyber actors targeting water facilities across at least seven states. The

A study by three Vietnamese researchers found that strict EU carbon pricing could be driving bitcoin mining operations to shift activity to Russia during periods when both bitcoin and EU carbon allowance prices rise. The study, titled 'Does Carbon Pricing Displace Crypto-Mining Emissions? Quantile E

According to a study by Vietnamese researchers Pham Ngoc Toan, Le Tran Trung Hieu, and Nguyen Vu Trung Nguyen published in MDPI, bitcoin mining operations show statistical correlation with operational shifts to Russia as EU carbon pricing rises. The research analyzed daily power sector emissions

According to ChainCatcher, citing Factblock CEO Andrew Park, South Korea's Financial Commission has proposed a framework to open enterprise virtual asset accounts to approximately 3,500 listed companies and registered professional investors. The South Korean National Assembly has formally passed ame

According to Bitcoin.com, on August 22, Grayscale research head Zach Pandl analyzed the SEC's proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, suggesting Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain could be major beneficiaries. The proposal sets two exemption pathways: projects raising under $5 million can skip

According to News.bitcoin, South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has launched a real-time artificial intelligence platform designed to detect cryptocurrency price manipulation. The system identifies short-term price manipulation tactics by referencing a historical database of known

According to BlockBeats, on August 22, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Innovation Advisory Committee held its first meeting, chaired by CFTC Chair Michael S. Selig, with numerous crypto industry founders and executives attending. The session catalyzed broad gains across crypto and re

CME CEO Terry Duffy told the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee that perpetual futures and 24/7 trading are unavoidable trends for traditional finance. According to Duffy, decentralized platforms such as trade.xyz are directly challenging the U.S. market through around-the-clock trading, even

According to ChainCatcher, China's Central Committee on Cybersecurity and Information Work released the "Promoting High-Quality Development of Information and Communications Enterprises Action Plan (2026-2030)" on August 21. The plan prioritizes accelerated legislation in emerging sectors

On August 21, 2026, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held the inaugural meeting of its Innovation Advisory Committee, discussing three major topics: crypto market regulation, artificial intelligence in finance, and prediction markets. In his opening remarks, CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig explicitly proposed a “roadmap for the new frontier of finance,” emphasizing that the United States should strive to be a rulemaker in areas such as blockchain, AI, and prediction markets ra

A majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump and his family have benefited inappropriately from cryptocurrency ventures, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted over four days ending Aug. 17. The survey found that 63% of 1,166 U.S. adults considered the family's crypto profits inapprop

According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll ending Aug. 17, 63% of Americans questioned whether President Trump's family appropriately profited from cryptocurrency ventures, while 32% said the earnings were appropriate. The poll surveyed 1,166 U.S. adults with a margin of error of about three percentage

Bitcoin surged toward $79,000 on Friday, briefly crossing the level after gaining more than 5% on Thursday and roughly 7% on Wednesday. The rally was triggered by two major catalysts: the U.S. Treasury announced it would at least double the size of buybacks for government securities maturing