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Japan’s House of Councilors approved Cabinet Bill 57 by majority vote on July 15, completing Diet passage of legislation that will move regulated crypto activity into the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.The legal framework is now in place, but traders may still wait until 2027 or 2028 for the new market rules and 20% tax rate to take effect.The official upper-house record says the core crypto provisions take effect on a date set by Cabinet order within one year of promulgation. Enforcement during 2026 would start the tax rules on Jan. 1, 2027; enforcement during 2027 would move that start…

“It is a growing cardiovascular threat”: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York City are considered some of the world’s most polluted cities Thursday.

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US authorities froze over $130 million, while renewed strikes and a naval blockade intensified regional tensions. The United States has frozen more than $130 million in crypto assets linked to Iran as hostilities in the Middle East continue to intensify. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took to X to confirm that the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned multiple crypto wallets tied to the Central Bank of Iran. Escalating Hostilities Bessent said the action is part of the Treasury’s broader effort to disrupt and degrade Iran’s illicit financial activities. He added, “We will continue to aggressively…

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Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, prepares to testify during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on his nomination to be director of national intelligence, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, July 15, 2026.Ken Cedeno | Afp | Getty ImagesJay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, refused to say Joe Biden won the 2020 election, claimed not to know his predecessor Tulsi Gabbard took part in a raid of a Georgia election office earlier this year and defended subpoenaing New York Times journalists in a contentious Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday. Clayton, the former…

“When I pass, all my retirement income is reduced to $30,000 a year.”

Summary On July 13, 2026, following the President’s Executive Order on “Restoring Integrity to America’s Financial System,” the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) issued guidance reminding supervised financial institutions to apply existing safe-and-sound credit risk management practices when lending to borrowers who are not legally authorized to work in the United States (non–work authorized borrowers). The guidance advises that non–work authorized borrowers may present elevated credit risk because their ability to generate income, employment continuity, and financial stability may be more uncertain. Note for Community Banks…

The US Senate is expected to vote soon on a comprehensive bill to establish market structure rules for digital assets, backed by Republican lawmakers, while some Democrats continue to push for ethics provisions.In a Tuesday press conference, Senators Chris Murphy, Jeff Merkley, and Chris Van Hollen spoke alongside representatives for Americans for Financial Reform and Indivisible and Hollywood actor Ben McKenzie in opposition to the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act. The lawmakers said that the bill did not address what they called “[Donald] Trump’s crypto corruption,” referring to the US President’s ties to the industry through his memecoin, his…