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The Ethereum Foundation just published the closest thing crypto has to a constitution, and the most important part is what it admits it isn't. The Ethereum Foundation published its official mandate, positioning itself as "one of many stewards" rather than the network's owner or controller
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A SPAC just filed to go public holding half a billion XRP tokens, and the SEC hasn't said a word. Evernorth filed an S-4 registration for a $1 billion SPAC merger, planning to launch with at least 473 million XRP on its balance sheet, including contributions from Ripple.
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Visa just handed AI agents their own credit card, no human required. Visa Crypto Labs launched a command line tool that lets automated bots pay for web services directly, no API keys, no human intervention.
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Algorand, the blockchain that was supposed to solve crypto's scaling problem, just cut a quarter of its staff because the market doesn't care about technical elegance anymore. The Algorand Foundation laid off 25% of its workforce, citing macro uncertainty and depressed crypto prices
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Trump's SEC just burned the old crypto playbook and nobody's talking about what happens next. The SEC has dropped or settled nearly every major crypto enforcement action initiated under the previous administration, including cases against Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, and Consensys
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OpenAI just learned that putting AI regulation on a ballot doesn't mean everyone thinks you're the good guy.
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The SEC just gave Nasdaq the green light to trade tokenized securities, and the rails between TradFi and crypto just got a lot shorter. The SEC approved Nasdaq's proposal to support trading of tokenized securities, blockchain-based versions of stocks that settle like traditional shares.
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Visa just gave AI agents a credit card, and they didn't need to ask permission first. Visa Crypto Labs launched a command-line payment tool that lets AI agents execute payments without API keys or pre-funded crypto wallets
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The Fed blinked, and $100 billion in crypto value evaporated before lunch. Bitcoin dropped 5% and the broader crypto market shed $100 billion in value following cautious guidance from the Federal Reserve
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DeFi spent years building financial Legos for money that doesn't exist outside the chain, and the builders finally noticed the problem. DeFi founders now say tokenized real-world assets, not new protocols, will drive the next growth phase
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AI agents are farming streaming royalties by the millions, and the music industry just realized it has no immune system. French music streamer Deezer is being hit with systematic fraud from AI-generated tracks uploaded and repeatedly played to extract royalties
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A bitcoin miner just plugged in GPUs in Paraguay, and it tells you everything about where the real infrastructure money is moving. HIVE Digital Technologies launched its first AI GPU cluster in Paraguay, pivoting from pure bitcoin mining to AI compute infrastructure
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DeFi protocols are bypassing regulators and going straight to business schools, because the best defense against hostile policy is a curriculum.
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The Ethereum Foundation just published a mandate document, and the community is fighting over whether it's a roadmap or a straitjacket. The Ethereum Foundation released a new mandate document outlining priorities and governance approach, sparking internal debate
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Stripe just backed a blockchain built specifically for AI agents to pay each other, and if you're not paying attention to payment rails for non-human actors, you're already behind.
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Bitcoin just lost $10,000 in hours because geopolitics and inflation decided to tag-team the market at the same time. Bitcoin dropped from recent highs to around $71,000-$72,300 as Middle East tensions escalated and U.S. inflation data disappointed
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Institutions aren't asking if crypto is real anymore—they're asking how much to allocate. 74% of institutional investors expect crypto prices to rise over the next 12 months, according to a Coinbase-EY survey tracking allocation plans for 2026
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Stripe just launched a blockchain, and it's not for humans.
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TransFi just pulled $19 million to push stablecoin payments into every market traditional finance finds too messy to serve properly. The Signal This isn't another crypto company chasing retail traders. TransFi is building payment rails for businesses in Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. These are regions where correspondent banking is slow, expensive, and often inaccessible. Wire transfers take days. Fees eat
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Microsoft's $13 billion bet on OpenAI just hit a wall named Amazon, and the fallout tells you everything about how the agent economy gets built. The Signal Microsoft is considering legal action after OpenAI inked a $50 billion cloud infrastructure deal with Amazon. The irony is thick. Microsoft has poured $13 billion into OpenAI since 2019, with exclusive rights to host OpenAI's models on Azure.
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