Paxos Spins Out Lab to Let Anyone Mint Stablecoins
Paxos just spun out a lab to let anyone mint stablecoins and tokenized bonds, with $12 million and a platform that treats regulated financial rails like Lego blocks.
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Tillis Draft Decides Who Owns Your Stablecoin Interest—Banks or Crypto
The fight over who gets to pay interest on your stablecoins just became the most important banking turf war in crypto.
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Sam Altman's House Firebombed by 20-Year-Old Who Believed AI Doomerism
A 20-year-old threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's house because he thought AI would end humanity, and we need to talk about what happens when doomer arguments escape the group chat.
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Circle CEO Refuses to Freeze $1.35M in Stolen USDC Without Court Order
Circle's CEO just told the crypto world that your stablecoin is only as stable as a judge's signature, and the industry is asking who really owns what on-chain.
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Roblox Builds the Cage Before Regulators Force Them To
Roblox just built a regulatory moat disguised as a parental control update. Roblox is launching dedicated youth accounts for children and teens, a first for the platform. The timing isn't about safety innovation. It's regulatory hedging as global social media bans gain momentum.
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JP Morgan Now Settles Debt on Solana as Stablecoins Process Double Visa's Volume
Stablecoins moved $33 trillion in 2025—double Visa's yearly volume—and JP Morgan is now settling debt on Solana, which means the pipes that move institutional money just changed hands.
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White House Gives Senate Two Weeks to Pass Crypto Bill or Kill It
The White House just gave the Senate a two-week deadline to pass crypto regulation or watch it die for four years.
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Iran Just Made Stablecoins the New Petrodollar at Hormuz
Iran just turned the world's most strategic oil chokepoint into a live test of whether crypto can replace the dollar in sanctions-heavy, geopolitical commerce. Iran is demanding cryptocurrency payments from tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles roughly 20% of global oil flows
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Circle Watched Hackers Steal $275 Million and Did Nothing
Circle just told the crypto world it won't be your emergency brake, even when $275 million is sliding into a hacker's wallet. Circle's Chief Strategy Officer published a defense of why the company didn't freeze stolen USDC after the Drift Protocol hack, responding to weeks of criticism from ZachXBT
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HSBC Wins License to Issue Its Own Dollar in Hong Kong
Hong Kong just handed traditional banking its Web3 license to print money. Hong Kong's central bank approved its first two stablecoin issuers: HSBC's Hong Kong banking arm and Anchorpoint Financial, a joint venture between Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands, and Hong Kong Telecommunications.
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OpenAI Buys Its Own Media Outlet to Control the Narrative
OpenAI just bought the microphone. OpenAI acquired TBPN, the daily AI-focused talk show that was on track for $60 million in revenue this year. No purchase price disclosed.
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Bessent Threatens Congress: Pass Crypto Rules or Watch Industry Flee
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just told Congress to stop stalling on crypto regulation or watch the entire industry pack up and leave.
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Treasury Just Regulated Stablecoin Issuers Like Banks
The Treasury Department just said the quiet part out loud: if you issue stablecoins, you're a bank now. Treasury's FinCEN and OFAC released proposed guidelines under the GENIUS Act treating stablecoin issuers like traditional financial institutions
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Treasury Just Killed the Point of Stablecoins With Banking-Style Compliance Rules
The Treasury just drew the compliance line for stablecoins, and it looks a lot like the rules that made banking boring. The U.S. Treasury released joint proposed rules under the GENIUS Act requiring stablecoin issuers to build full AML/CFT and sanctions compliance programs
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CZ's Prison Book Accuses Huobi Founder of Stealing His Exchange Idea
CZ's prison memoir just turned into a tell-all that reignited the ugliest founder feud in crypto history. CZ's new book "Freedom of Money" includes claims about Huobi founder Li Lin that allegedly prompted Li's arrest by Chinese authorities
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UBS Tests Swiss Franc Stablecoin as Traditional Banking Enters Crypto
Switzerland just turned its banking sector into a stablecoin laboratory, and UBS is leading the experiment. Seven major Swiss financial institutions, including UBS, PostFinance, and Sygnum, launched a 2026 sandbox to test regulated Swiss franc stablecoins and blockchain payment rails
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Anthropic Built an AI Too Dangerous to Release Publicly
Anthropic just built an AI so dangerous it won't release it publicly, but it's sharing access with Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft so they can defend against what's coming.
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FDIC Just Gave Banks the Power to Kill Crypto Stablecoins
The FDIC just made stablecoins look a lot more like checking accounts, and that changes everything about who gets to build the dollar's digital future.
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FDIC Moves First While Congress Stalls on $200B Stablecoin Market
The FDIC just drew the regulatory perimeter around stablecoins while Congress is still arguing about the blueprint. The FDIC approved a proposed rule to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoin issuers and opened it for public comment
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Trump's Crypto Makes USD1 the Only Stablecoin for Tokenized Oil and Gold
Trump's crypto project just turned its stablecoin into the only way to trade tokenized gold and oil on a derivatives platform. World Liberty Financial (WLFI) partnered with Aster DEX to make USD1 the exclusive settlement asset for perpetual futures on real-world commodities
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