US President Donald Trump fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Monday, marking an unprecedented escalation in his battle with the central bank. The dismissal represents the first time a president has ousted a Fed governor in the institution’s 111-year history. Trump cited allegations of mortgage fraud against Cook as… Listen ⇢

Kristin Johnson, the CFTC’s last remaining Democrat commissioner, confirmed she’d leave the regulator on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Outgoing US Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner Kristin Johnson says she will be leaving the regulator next week, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, after saying earlier this year she’d leave the agency before 2026… Listen ⇢

The “Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins of 2025”, also known as the GENIUS Act, might pave the way for yet another boom for crypto.  Could it also spell a flurry of venture capital investments in the stablecoin space? A New Age of Stablecoin Treasuries? GENIUS, passed in… Listen ⇢

Platforms are capping bug bounty rewards to cut costs, creating dangerous incentives that could lead to billion-dollar crypto hacks instead of disclosures. Opinion by: Mitchell Amador, founder and CEO of Immunefi Crypto’s best defense against catastrophic hacks isn’t code — it’s incentives. Bug bounties have prevented billions in losses, and… Listen ⇢

Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao outlined his vision for crypto’s future, linking digital assets with artificial intelligence while highlighting policy shifts, education ventures, and global advisory roles. At a “Fireside Chat” during WebX in Tokyo, CZ described a dramatic shift in US crypto policy. CZ Praises Trump’s Policy Shift He… Listen ⇢

Tezos co-founder Arthur Breitman says there will always be a group of people who own Bitcoin based on it being “funny internet money.” Bitcoin may be hailed as digital gold on Wall Street, but when a real crisis hits, many will treat the cryptocurrency like fantasy play money, says Tezos… Listen ⇢

Welcome to the Asia Pacific Morning Brief—your essential digest of overnight crypto developments shaping regional markets and global sentiment. Grab a green tea and watch this space. Chinese institutions rapidly adopt MicroStrategy-style digital asset treasuries despite regulatory complexities. Gate Exchange plans a compliant Japanese market entry by year-end, targeting high-penetration… Listen ⇢

On-chain data shows Bitcoin is fast approaching the cost basis of the short-term holders, a retest of which could potentially change the asset’s course. Bitcoin Is Nearing The Short-Term Holder Realized Price As pointed out by CryptoQuant author Axel Adler Jr in a new post on X, Bitcoin could be closing… Listen ⇢

CoinShares released a report on weekly digital asset investment, analyzing the intense outflows across the crypto ETF market. In total, crypto investment products saw $1.43 billion in outflows in the last week. Diminished hopes of lowered interest rates powered a lot of this pessimism, but there’s been something of a… Listen ⇢