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Joint guidance from the Fed, OCC, and FDIC establishes how banks should treat Bitcoin-backed and crypto-asset securities on their balance sheets. In a move that brings regulatory clarity to one of the most contentious areas of digital asset banking, the Federal Reserve, Office of
Governor Cook's May 2026 speech reveals the Fed's evolving stance on tokenization and its implications for Bitcoin markets. On May 8, 2026, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook delivered a speech that signaled a significant shift in the central bank's approach to digital assets. Sp
White House Teases Major Bitcoin Reserve Update: What the Administration Is Actually Planning Patrick Witt says a "big announcement" is coming. Here is what we know—and what remains unclear—about the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. In May 2026, Patrick Witt, the executive director of
Treasury's AML Strategy: Bitcoin Compliance Enters a New Era of Surveillance The 2026 National Money Laundering Risk Assessment puts Bitcoin under a microscope Washington has never used before. When the Treasury Department released its 2026 National Money Laundering Risk Assessme
The IRS Bitcoin Tax Crackdown: What Digital Asset Reporting Means for Users Washington's new reporting requirements are about to shine a spotlight on every Bitcoin transaction. The days of treating Bitcoin transactions as invisible to tax authorities are officially ending. When t
Washington is expanding its Bitcoin enforcement playbook beyond market structure to address the human cost of crypto fraud. When the Justice Department announced the Scam Center Strike Force in early 2026, it marked a subtle but important shift in federal crypto enforcement. This
Washington did not just bless another crypto service. It widened the federal banking lane for Bitcoin market plumbing. I still remember when federal crypto guidance felt like a sequence of grudging exceptions, each one drafted with the tone of an institution trying not to touch t
The next phase of Bitcoin adoption may not be about buying more coins. It may be about deciding who gets to hold them at institutional scale. For years, large financial institutions preferred to touch Bitcoin indirectly—through ETFs, structured products, and carefully outsourced
The government's first attempt to hold Bitcoin as a strategic asset reveals the gap between crypto's promise and institutional reality In March 2025, when President Trump signed Executive Order 14233 establishing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, the move carried historical weight t
When a crypto exchange becomes a federally regulated bank, the question is no longer whether traditional finance will adopt Bitcoin—but who controls the keys In February 2014, the collapse of Mt. Gox evaporated 850,000 Bitcoin from user accounts, teaching a generation the differe
