Geopolitical volatility just became the most reliable trading signal in crypto, whether you like it or not. Bitcoin climbed above $63,000 Thursday after Trump canceled planned U.S. military strikes against Iran and signaled a multi-nation peace deal was imminent
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The infrastructure for AI agents to hold money and spend it just went from theory to live production in 48 hours. Coinbase launched Coinbase for Agents, connecting AI agents directly to user accounts to trade crypto and execute financial workflows within user-defined limits
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The wallet knows when to buy the dip now, and it doesn't need to ask you first. Coinbase launched "Coinbase for Agents", letting AI agents autonomously manage crypto holdings and execute trades without manual oversight
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The rule that kept tokenized stocks out of DeFi wasn't about crypto at all—it was a 20-year-old equity market speed bump the SEC just decided to remove. The SEC proposed scrapping Rules 611 and 610(e) of Regulation NMS, the trade-through rule that's governed US equity markets since 2005
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While crypto VCs chase consumer apps that nobody uses, a16z just wrote a $355 million check for the plumbing. Digital Asset closed $355M at a $2B valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz, to build blockchain rails for banks and asset managers
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Private equity just called AI's bluff with the biggest check it's ever written to a tech-focused fund. Francisco Partners raised $18 billion across two PE funds, its largest fundraise ever, during what's supposed to be a tough period for buyouts
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Apple just built the most powerful personal assistant ever—and then told 450 million Europeans they can't have it because their own regulators won't let them keep it safe.
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The plumbing of finance just got an upgrade that Wall Street didn't see coming. Archax, a UK-regulated digital asset platform, launched real-time streaming yield payments for tokenized securities on Hedera, with continuous payouts distributed in USDC instead of traditional quarterly dividends
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The "Don't Be Evil" crowd is learning what happens when the people who build the tools stop believing in the people choosing the targets.
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Solana just built a velvet rope for the asset class Wall Street can't touch yet — pre-IPO equity, on-chain, for firms already moving half a billion in volume. Solana Foundation launched Frontier Traders, an institutional VIP tier requiring $500M in trailing 30-day DEX volume for access
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Wall Street just figured out how to make private equity liquid without an IPO. Citigroup is offering tokenized shares of private companies to wealth management and institutional clients on SIX Digital Exchange, with the first transaction already complete
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The credit card duopoly just realized your AI assistant needs a wallet — and they're racing to own the plumbing before crypto does. Mastercard launched Agent Pay for Machines, a protocol enabling AI agents to transact with each other and process micropayments autonomously
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Nvidia just turned your laptop into a data center and your factory floor into an AI laboratory. Nvidia unveiled the RTX Spark superchip at GTC Taipei, designed to run advanced AI models locally on personal computers without cloud dependency
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The first major bank to bring tokenized gold to retail isn't a crypto exchange playing dress-up, it's a $100B+ incumbent with vaults and regulators already figured out.
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The first major crypto exchange just gave AI agents the keys to real money, and the guardrails are thinner than you think. Coinbase launched "Coinbase for Agents", letting AI bots trade crypto, manage portfolios, and execute payments through dedicated accounts with user-defined limits.
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The man who built the cloud is now building the robots, and he wants Washington to know the difference between regulating a tool and banning progress.
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The engineer who built the chatbot is now suing the company that fired him for saying it was dangerous, and the timing couldn't be worse for Musk's wallet.
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The smart money just bet $355 million that Wall Street's plumbing is about to get a blockchain upgrade. Digital Asset secured $355M in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to scale its Canton Network, the institutional blockchain connecting traditional finance infrastructure
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When your competitors won't follow your lead, build a tool that makes their users question what they're listening to. Deezer launched a tool that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms to detect AI-generated music
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They took a 5% cut to wash dirty Bitcoin the way Stripe processes credit cards, and it took three years to catch them. DOJ charged two individuals with running AudiA6, a crypto laundering service that processed $389 million in Bitcoin transactions since 2021
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