SEC and CFTC Just Did What Everyone Said Was Impossible
The SEC and CFTC just published a joint framework for crypto regulation, and the lawyers are actually impressed.
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Institutions Bought 73% More Crypto During the Crash
Institutions are done waiting for perfect entry points—73% are buying crypto *now*, volatility be damned. Nearly three-quarters of institutional investors plan to increase digital asset allocations in 2026, targeting Bitcoin, Ether, stablecoins, and tokenized real-world assets
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Trump's DeFi Project Gives AI Agents Spending Money and Nobody's Talking About It
The Trump DeFi project just gave AI agents their own wallets with spending limits, and that's actually the interesting part. World Liberty Financial released AgentPay SDK, giving AI agents self-custodial wallets with programmable spending policies on EVM chains
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Kalshi Hits $22B Valuation Three Months After Beating the CFTC
Kalshi just doubled its valuation to $22 billion in three months, and prediction markets are officially eating Wall Street's lunch. Kalshi raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation, doubling its worth from a November round just three months ago
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Congress Just Decided Who Gets Paid on Your Stablecoin Deposits
The last major roadblock in U.S. crypto legislation just crumbled, and stablecoin issuers are about to face a reckoning over who gets paid. Key lawmakers reached an "agreement in principle" on stablecoin yield treatment, removing the final obstacle to comprehensive crypto legislation
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Coinbase Lets the World Trade Stocks as Crypto—Except Americans
Coinbase just turned stocks into crypto products for everyone except Americans. Coinbase launched stock perpetual futures for non-U.S. customers, starting with major tech stocks and ETFs Contracts trade 24/7, settle in USDC, and offer up to 10x leverage on single stocks, 20x on ETFs
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Solana Foundation President Declares Crypto Gaming Dead While Running Its Gaming Division
The president of the Solana Foundation just declared crypto gaming dead and made herself "head of gaming" as a joke.
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VanEck Spots Bitcoin Holder Capitulation Ending After Months of Selling
Long-term bitcoin holders just stopped dumping, and VanEck thinks it's a signal worth watching. VanEck reports that selling pressure from long-term bitcoin holders has slowed significantly, marking what the firm calls a "potentially constructive" trend for price stability.
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MicroStrategy Clones Pour $1.20B Into Crypto as AI Agents Target DeFi
Corporate treasuries are buying Bitcoin by the billion while AI agents prepare to break DeFi. 18 projects raised $1.20 billion this week, with prediction market Kalshi ($1B) and decentralized social network Bluesky ($100M) leading the pack
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Trump Calls for Federal AI Rules After MAGA Revolt Over State Laws
Trump's trying to thread a needle that doesn't exist: regulate AI just enough to keep states out, but not enough to anger the Maga base that thinks any regulation is communist.
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Tom Lee's Eightco Doubles Down on OpenAI With $40 Million Bet
Tom Lee isn't just watching the agent economy from the sidelines anymore. Eightco doubled its OpenAI equity stake to $40 million, with Fundstrat's Tom Lee now on the board A crypto-native treasury holder is betting bigger on foundation models, not just infrastructure
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Supermicro Co-Founder Charged With Smuggling Nvidia Chips to China
Supermicro's co-founder just got charged with smuggling Nvidia AI chips to China, and the stock dropped 28% because export controls just became a liability, not just paperwork.
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Kalshi Hits $22B While Crypto Prediction Markets Face Regulatory Stranglehold
Kalshi just doubled its valuation to $22 billion while the crypto prediction markets that inspired it are getting regulatory strangled. Kalshi raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation, doubling from $11 billion in its previous round
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Kalshi Hits $22B Valuation Despite Regulatory War With CFTC
Prediction markets just got a $22 billion reality check, and the regulatory fight isn't slowing anyone down. Kalshi raised over $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation in a Coatue-led round, despite mounting legal and regulatory pressure on prediction markets
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Morgan Stanley Files to Launch Its Own Bitcoin ETF
Morgan Stanley just moved from spectator to player in the Bitcoin ETF game. Morgan Stanley filed a second amended S-1 for its MSBT spot Bitcoin ETF, detailing seed capital, listing plans, and Wall Street partnerships
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Gemini Told Investors One Story, Then Built a Prediction Market
Gemini just got sued for pivoting to prediction markets after going public, and it's a warning shot about what happens when crypto companies try to tell two different stories at once.
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Treasurers Quietly Moved $2.2T Into Stablecoins While You Weren't Looking
Corporate treasurers aren't experimenting with stablecoins anymore—they're making them standard equipment. Ripple surveyed 1,000+ global finance leaders who now view digital assets as strategic infrastructure, not optional pilots
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Nasdaq Engineer: AI Agents Are Replacing Crypto Traders Faster Than Anyone Admits
Nasdaq's crypto operation just told us exactly how human traders become human checkpoints. Nasdaq is deploying AI agents across crypto trading surveillance, compliance, and execution, shifting humans from decision-makers to final approval gatekeepers.
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SEC Admits It's Making Up Crypto Rules While Waiting on Congress
The SEC just admitted it's writing the rules while waiting for Congress to actually write the rules. SEC Chair Paul Atkins signaled the agency will defer to a market structure bill if Congress passes one, but needs a regulatory "bridge" in the meantime
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Forward Industries Borrows Against Solana to Buy Its Own Stock
A publicly traded company just turned its Solana holdings into a loan to buy back its own stock. Forward Industries borrowed against its SOL treasury to fund a share buyback, using crypto-backed debt instead of cash reserves
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