Michael McSweeney

American companies targeted by ransomware attacks would be required to disclose payments made in connection with those incidents under a new law proposed in Congress.

A senior U.S. Department of Justice official said Wednesday that the department is forming a "National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team" focused on cybercrime and money laundering.

The Dubai-based crypto exchange BitOasis has closed a $30 million funding round.

Venture firm NFX said Tuesday that it has assembled a new $450 million fund aimed at expanding its efforts at investing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies, including those in the crypto space.

The Securities and Exchange Commission continues to investigate the stablecoin-focused crypto company Circle, according to a regulatory filing from October 4.

Zero Hash, a crypto services startup, has raised $35 million in a Series C funding round led by Point72 Ventures.

The Bank of England said Wednesday that it has staffed up a pair of third-party working groups that will collectively provide input as the U.K. central bank pursues initiatives related to central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Dan Berkovitz, a commissioner at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and a noted public-sector critic of decentralized finance, will serve as general counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission starting in November.

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that he believes the U.S. central bank should work with Congress to create a digital dollar.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Monday that, beginning on October 8, it will halt the sales of cryptocurrency mining equipment on its platform.

The Canadian Securities Administrators, an umbrella group for securities regulators in the country, alongside a self-regulatory organization for the investment industry, has released new guidance for crypto exchanges on the use of social media as well as advertising and marketing.

Rumors swirled at a New York crypto event Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had subpoenaed one of the speakers.

A notice published last week by the Internal Revenue Service indicates that the U.S. tax agency wants to beef up its capacity to track cross-chain transactions.

A bitcoin fund created by investment services firm NYDIG has raised nearly $17 million to date. 

Bloomberg reported Friday that a broad U.S. government investigation into the operator of crypto exchange Binance has widened to include "whether Binance or its staff profited by taking advantage of its customers."

The securities regulator for Alabama issued a show-cause order on Thursday to crypto lender Celsius, seeking an explanation for why its offerings don't constitute the sale of securities under state law.

Crypto exchange company Coinbase wants to offer futures trading, and it's seeking membership in the country's top derivatives self-regulatory organization (SRO) as part of that process.

Franklin Templeton, the asset management firm, has formed a blockchain venture fund that could raise as much as $20 million, public documents show.

The Solana blockchain is back online after an hours-long outage.