Bitcoin news and bitcoin regulation update. Today I cover U.S. Treasury sanctions on Iranian crypto exchanges, a stablecoin platform reportedly backed by Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard, George Santos and Kalshi prediction market scrutiny, Schwab’s mid-2027 target for advisor bitcoin trading, and the latest fight over Bitcoin in 401(k) plans. I also cover illegal bitcoin mining in Georgia, Microsoft’s enterprise AI agent push, and the quantum computing story that keeps getting dragged back to Bitcoin.

Topics for today:

U.S. Treasury sanctions Iran’s largest crypto exchange
Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard reportedly back a stablecoin platform
George Santos faces Kalshi trade scrutiny
Charles Schwab targets advisor bitcoin trading by mid-2027
Sanders and Warren push back on Bitcoin 401(k) access
Georgia cracks down on illegal bitcoin mining
Microsoft launches Scout for enterprise AI agents
Microsoft’s quantum chip raises Bitcoin security questions

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Today’s Articles covering bitcoin news, bitcoin regulation, financial news, and technology:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/u-s-treasury-sanctions-irans-crypto

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/06/03/payment-giants-stripe-visa-mastercard-said-to-be-among-backers-of-soon-to-debut-stablecoin-platform

https://decrypt.co/369838/george-santos-referred-to-doj-cftc-over-state-of-the-union-kalshi-trades-report

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/charles-schwab-sets-mid-2027-target

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/sanders-and-warren-push-bitcoin-401k-rule

https://cointelegraph.com/news/georgias-vice-pm-governmental-crackdown-illegal-bitcoin-mining

https://decrypt.co/369781/microsoft-scout-openclaw-enterprise-ai-agent

https://decrypt.co/369811/microsoft-1000x-more-reliable-quantum-chip-bitcoin-threat-draws-nearer

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