El Salvador’s legislature has taken a landmark and contentious step, passing comprehensive constitutional reforms that allow President Nayib Bukele to seek indefinite re-election. The move, approved by a 57–3 vote with strong backing from Bukele’s New Ideas party, also extends the presidential term from five to six years and eliminates runoff voting a significant transformation…
The White House’s focus on digital finance is intensifying, with President Donald Trump’s crypto working group urging federal agencies to deliver clearer rules for cryptocurrency trading and streamline innovation in the rapidly evolving blockchain economy. This regulatory push comes as three major U.S. crypto bills targeting stablecoins, market structure, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)…
In a pivotal move for the future of U.S. financial regulation and crypto oversight, the White House has requested the Senate Agriculture Committee delay its vote on Brian Quintenz’s nomination as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This decision comes just as Congress prepares for its August recess, raising the stakes for digital…
The White House has unveiled President Donald Trump’s ambitious national strategy to make the United States the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI). The newly released plan targets streamlining data center regulations, eliminating federal diversity and climate guidelines, and prioritizing government contracts for advanced AI developers key moves set to transform the US AI development…
As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moves closer to establishing a regulatory framework for tokenized securities, financial giant Citadel Securities is urging caution. In a recent statement, the firm emphasized that blockchain-based securities must bring tangible advancements in efficiency not just serve as a regulatory workaround. Tokenization Needs to Enhance Market Function, Not…
