The man who greenlit Bitcoin futures is leaving BigLaw to bet full-time on the industry he helped legitimize. Chris Giancarlo is leaving his law firm role to focus entirely on advising fintech and digital asset companies
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The American Bankers Association just told the White House it's solving the wrong problem while community banks face an existential deposit drain. The American Bankers Association is pushing back on a White House study examining yield-paying stablecoins, arguing it fundamentally misframes the threat
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The list of things Washington can't agree on for crypto legislation just got a lot shorter. Patrick Witt, Trump's top crypto advisor, says the "unsolvable" issues blocking the Clarity Act are shrinking, with recent stablecoin yield compromise expected to hold.
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Aave just settled the question every DAO eventually faces: who actually owns the revenue? Aave DAO passed "Aave Will Win" with 75% support, directing 100% of product revenue to token holders in exchange for a $25M stablecoin grant and 75,000 AAVE to Aave Labs
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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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The European Central Bank just gave tokenization a green light, but with a catch that could reshape who wins in the race to rebuild capital markets on-chain. The ECB sees tokenization as a path to unify Europe's fragmented capital markets, improving liquidity and efficiency across borders.
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World Liberty Financial just minted $25 million in stablecoins days after claiming it repaid the exact same amount that locked depositors out of their money.
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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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Bitcoin just bounced off a price level that historically marks cycle bottoms, and the smart money is already rotating back in. Bitcoin is trading at $70,925, down 43% from its all-time high, with its weekly RSI at 33.59—oversold territory that often precedes reversals
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Kenya just finished the comment period on crypto regulations that could turn East Africa into a licensed on-ramp for tokenized assets. Kenya's National Treasury completed public consultations on draft VASP regulations, advancing the framework to regulate crypto firms under 2025 legislation
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Europe's banks aren't asking if stablecoins work anymore—they're picking vendors. MoonPay, WalletConnect, and Ingenico partnered to enable stablecoin payments at physical retail locations globally, using MoonPay Virtual Accounts for fiat settlement
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Argentina was supposed to be crypto's comeback story—until its libertarian president allegedly sold his endorsement for $5 million. Javier Milei faces bribery allegations tied to a $5m deal for endorsing a crypto project, tanking his approval ratings to record lows
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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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When the president's DeFi project uses its own token as collateral to borrow against itself, you're watching tokenomics eat its own tail in real time.
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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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Bitcoin hit $73,000 on ceasefire news, then fell back below $71,000 before most traders could cash out. Bitcoin briefly touched $72,700-$73,000 on a US-Iran ceasefire deal, then retreated as fresh Middle East violence killed the rally within hours
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The people who actually run money in America just told Congress to stop stalling on crypto rules.
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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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The Trump family's crypto project just borrowed $75 million against its own token, drained a lending pool dry, and left depositors unable to withdraw while insisting everything is going exactly as planned.
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Trump's crypto company just borrowed $75 million using its own token as collateral on a platform run by its own advisor, then drained the lending pool so completely that other depositors can't get their money out.
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