Traditional finance just picked its blockchain, and it's not Ethereum. Visa partnered with Cross River and Lead Bank to settle transactions in USDC on Solana, marking the first major payment network to choose Solana for institutional settlement infrastructure.
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Hong Kong's Flow Capital is tokenizing $150 million in private credit—real money, real borrowers, real blockchain rails. Flow Capital plans to tokenize a $150 million private credit fund, marking one of the largest moves yet to bring institutional lending infrastructure onchain
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A Houston man just got 23 years for selling $20 million worth of crypto supposedly backed by Picasso paintings that didn't exist. Robert Dunlap, 55, sold Meta-1 Coin from 2018 to 2023, claiming it was backed by gold and fine art including works by Picasso and Van Gogh
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CoreWeave just sold junk bonds twice in one week, and investors can't get enough of debt backed by GPUs. CoreWeave tapped the US junk-bond market twice in a single week, riding unprecedented investor appetite for AI infrastructure debt
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The private credit guys just figured out they can skip the prime broker and plug directly into $200 billion in stablecoin liquidity. Flow Capital Partners is tokenizing its $150 million private credit fund on a Singapore blockchain platform, launching by end of April 2026
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Elon Musk just turned X into a financial terminal, and Wall Street analysts are already drawing red lines around the crypto parts. X rolled out a feature this week letting users view stock and crypto price data natively in the app, the first visible step toward X Money
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Geopolitical threats just reminded crypto markets they're still tethered to the analog world. Trump warned of resumed military action against Iran if no diplomatic deal is reached, triggering immediate volatility in Bitcoin and Ethereum markets
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Stripe's blockchain bet just solved the problem keeping CFOs out of crypto: how to move money on-chain without showing your competitors the receipts.
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The AI infrastructure bet just got a $6.7 billion vote of confidence from the bond market, and it's coming from buyers who usually hate risk. Google-backed data centers and CoreWeave raised $6.7 billion in junk bonds, marking a record deal in AI infrastructure financing
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Tether just backed a publicly-traded company that exists to do one thing: hold 2.15 billion SKY tokens. Tether participated in a $134M private placement into Stablecoin Development Corporation (SDEV) in January 2026
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Seven months from launch to $2 billion valuation talks—Upscale AI is either building the picks and shovels for the agent economy or rewriting the rules on how fast AI infrastructure startups can scale.
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Goldman Sachs just filed for a Bitcoin ETF that doesn't hold Bitcoin, and that tells you everything about where Wall Street is heading. Goldman Sachs filed for a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF that invests in other Bitcoin ETPs and sells call options to generate monthly income, not direct BTC exposure.
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OpenAI just shipped a security-focused model while enterprises are still figuring out if they trust the last one. OpenAI launched GPT-5.4 "Cyber", a security-hardened model positioned as the answer to enterprise trust and governance roadblocks
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The $12 trillion brokerage just made crypto feel as normal as buying index funds. Charles Schwab is launching Schwab Crypto, offering direct spot BTC and ETH trading to retail clients in a phased rollout starting in the coming weeks
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Strategy just invented a new asset class, and the market can't decide if it's genius or a time bomb. A new wave of firms and protocols is buying Strategy's preferred stock to capture yield and Bitcoin-linked exposure, creating an emerging class of crypto treasury companies
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A 13-year-old with braces just scooped business media on the prediction markets beat, and it tells you everything about where information authority is moving.
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JPMorgan just called the end of crypto's regulatory cold war, but the market isn't buying it yet. JPMorgan analysts say negotiations for the CLARITY Act are reaching a "final breakthrough" as lawmakers close in on final agreement over the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
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The UK just opened the rulebook for crypto's next chapter, and they're asking the industry to write it with them. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority launched a consultation seeking feedback on how it will interpret and enforce crypto regulations set to take effect in October 2027.
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Retail traders just turned TSMC into a referendum on whether the AI boom is real or another hype cycle that dies when the Fed stops printing. TSMC shares hit record highs driven by retail investor buying frenzy, not just institutional money
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Morgan Stanley just launched the cheapest Bitcoin ETF in history and pulled $100 million in six trading days, proving Wall Street still has moves left in the crypto race.
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