Cryptocurrency & Blockchain breaking news

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a pivotal Interpretive Letter on December 17, 2025, authorizing national banks to engage in riskless principal transactions involving crypto-assets.

The Marshall Islands move toward becoming a digital welfare state.

On December 15, 2025, the UK Treasury announced the finalization of new legislation that will bring the cryptoasset sector under the same regulatory umbrella as traditional financial products, with the rules slated to fully come into force from 2027.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a top U.S. banking regulator, granted preliminary approval for several major crypto firms to establish national trust banks.

Strategy (MSTR), the Nasdaq-listed software firm and largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, announced another massive acquisition, pushing its total treasury holdings past a critical threshold.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on December 8th launched a pilot program allowing Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and USDC to serve as collateral in regulated derivatives markets.

The state of Texas announced on December 8th the formal establishment of a Cryptocurrency Reserve Fund with an initial investment of $5 million.

A major institutional partnership was announced on December 8th, with global crypto exchange Crypto.com and European crypto ETP issuer 21Shares forming a strategic alliance to expand regulated access to the Cronos (CRO) ecosystem.

The dramatic surge was attributed to the world's second-largest asset manager, Vanguard Group, reversing its long-standing ban on trading crypto Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs).