Sky just became DeFi's fourth-largest protocol, and it happened because real-world assets started paying better than farming memes. Sky's total value locked jumped 38% in March, pushing it to the #4 spot among all DeFi protocols
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The CFTC just told crypto derivatives firms exactly how to post bitcoin and stablecoins as collateral, and the haircut rates tell you everything about how regulators view digital asset risk.
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AI developers are ignoring crypto, but their agents will run on stablecoins whether they like it or not. Stablecoin experts argue programmable crypto is the only viable rail for autonomous AI agents making micro-transactions, even as AI developers remain skeptical of crypto broadly
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Institutions are done waiting for perfect entry points—73% are buying crypto *now*, volatility be damned. Nearly three-quarters of institutional investors plan to increase digital asset allocations in 2026, targeting Bitcoin, Ether, stablecoins, and tokenized real-world assets
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The last major roadblock in U.S. crypto legislation just crumbled, and stablecoin issuers are about to face a reckoning over who gets paid. Key lawmakers reached an "agreement in principle" on stablecoin yield treatment, removing the final obstacle to comprehensive crypto legislation
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Coinbase just turned stocks into crypto products for everyone except Americans. Coinbase launched stock perpetual futures for non-U.S. customers, starting with major tech stocks and ETFs Contracts trade 24/7, settle in USDC, and offer up to 10x leverage on single stocks, 20x on ETFs
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Ledger hiring a CFO from Circle and opening a New York office isn't about an IPO, it's about survival in a market where hardware wallets are becoming infrastructure. Ledger hired John Andrews, former Circle CFO, as it preps for a potential IPO and opens a New York office
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Corporate treasurers aren't experimenting with stablecoins anymore—they're making them standard equipment. Ripple surveyed 1,000+ global finance leaders who now view digital assets as strategic infrastructure, not optional pilots
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Gold just got a job. Bybit launched a yield product on tokenized gold (Tether Gold/XAUT), turning a 5,000-year-old store of value into an income instrument First major exchange to offer native yield on tokenized precious metals, not just custody or trading
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A company you've never heard of is about to go public holding $685 million in XRP, and it tells you everything about where institutional crypto is actually headed.
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The crypto market structure bill has died in committee more times than anyone cares to count, but Senator Lummis says this time is different, and the sticking point is surprisingly narrow.
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When the OGs move $100M+ in a single day, they're not panic selling—they're reading the room better than you are. Bitcoin's early holders dumped over $100 million in BTC following the Fed's hawkish stance that crushed near-term rate cut expectations
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Stablecoins went from crypto niche to global payments rails, and a16z's Arianna Simpson just said the quiet part loud. Arianna Simpson, former a16z general partner, tells Bloomberg that stablecoins are "taking the world by storm" as institutional investment accelerates
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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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Coinbase is racing to own the rails that AI agents use to pay each other, and the prize is bigger than most people realize. Coinbase and Zerohash are competing to issue a stablecoin for Cloudflare, targeting launch in 2026 as infrastructure for AI agent payments
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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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Nvidia built a face detection chip that runs on less power than an LED nightlight and processes faces in under a millisecond. Nvidia's always-on vision chip detects faces in 787 microseconds while consuming just 5 milliwatts, roughly 2,000x more efficient than typical vision processing systems
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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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Robinhood just told you exactly where the infrastructure money is flowing, and you should be paying attention. The Signal Robinhood's startup fund dropped $35 million across two seemingly unrelated bets: $14.6 million into Stripe's Class B stock and $20 million into ElevenLabs' Series D. Look past the headline and you see the pattern. Stripe isn't just payments anymore. They're
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A crypto unicorn burning through executives while chasing a quick IPO flip is exactly the kind of signal that separates real infrastructure from vapor. The Signal RedotPay wants $150 million in an IPO mere months after its last funding round. That's not growth. That's musical chairs with the cap table. The company processes stablecoin payments, positioning itself as a bridge between crypto rails and everyday
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