DigitalAssets

Mercado Bitcoin is evolving from a traditional cryptocurrency exchange into a comprehensive financial hub by leveraging an invisible blockchain strategy. This approach uses blockchain technology behind the scenes, focusing on tokenized credit and real-world assets to serve underserved markets in Brazil and beyond.

The Sui blockchain is set to introduce two native stablecoins, USDi and suiUSDe, developed through a partnership between Sui Foundation, Ethena, and SUI Group. These stablecoins aim to boost liquidity and utility in the Sui ecosystem with the launch planned for late 2025.

The Blockchain Association has sent a letter to Congressional leaders reaffirming the digital assets industry's strong support for the GENIUS Act. This move highlights the Act as a cornerstone of U.S. digital asset policy and aims to prevent banks from rewriting the legislation, ensuring regulatory clarity and protection for the industry.

Stablecoins act as a reliable store of value and medium of exchange on distributed ledger technologies, allowing seamless integration and exchange with other digital assets.

Significant leadership changes at the CFTC alongside regulatory updates from the SEC signal evolving crypto regulations in the US. Learn how these developments, along with legislative progress like the GENIUS Act, impact digital asset oversight.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce spoke at the Digital Assets Summit in Singapore, emphasizing the SEC's willingness to engage with tokenized asset issuers and outlining the growing market potential of tokenized securities, which could expand from $31 billion today to $2 trillion by 2030.

In September 2025, the SEC and CFTC introduced key regulatory updates aimed at fostering innovation and ensuring investor protection in the US crypto market. The SEC's Spring 2025 agenda includes new rules clarifying trading and custody of digital assets, while a joint SEC-CFTC statement aims to harmonize regulations, support DeFi, and streamline reporting. Registered exchanges can trade spot crypto under current laws, and foreign exchanges face registration scrutiny. These developments signal more structured crypto oversight in the US.

HSBC has made a strategic investment in Elliptic, a leading blockchain analytics firm, marking the company as the only blockchain analytics provider supported by four major global banks. This move aims to enhance Elliptic's capabilities in stablecoin oversight, AI compliance tools, and blockchain coverage to meet growing institutional demands amid rising digital asset regulations.

In February 2025, the SEC formed a new Crypto Task Force aimed at enhancing digital asset regulations, while the CFTC initiated roundtables and Congress outlined a bipartisan legislative roadmap. These moves signal increased focus on clarifying laws around crypto securities, lending, staking, and custody solutions.

Senators Tim Scott and Cynthia Lummis lead efforts to regulate digital assets and stablecoins with a new legislative deadline set for September 30, 2025. The initiative focuses on shaping the future of the crypto market structure, backed by bipartisan support and the White House.