Ant Group just built the payment rails for agents to pay each other without asking permission. Ant Group's blockchain division launched Anvita, a platform where AI agents coordinate tasks and settle payments in real time using stablecoins
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Prediction markets now put US troops on Iranian soil by month's end at 86%, the highest odds yet as Iraqi militia forces cross the border. Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces entered Iran, marking a significant escalation in regional military activity
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Circle had the power to freeze $285 million in stolen USDC after the Drift hack and chose not to, and now the crypto community wants to know why centralized control only works when it's convenient.
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The crypto party just hit a speed bump, and JPMorgan's flow data shows the hangover is real. Crypto investment flows dropped to $11 billion in Q1 2026, down from roughly $33 billion in Q1 2025, a two-thirds collapse year-over-year.
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Circle can freeze your USDC, but apparently they're in no rush when the money's actually stolen. ZachXBT accused Circle of slow response times freezing USDC across more than $420 million in illicit funds, citing over a dozen cases including the recent $280 million Drift Protocol exploit
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Congress is rewriting the rules on whether your stablecoins can earn you interest, and the decision will determine if crypto replaces your savings account or stays a trading tool.
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Big Tech just decided how AI agents will pay each other, and they're not asking permission. Coinbase, Stripe, OpenAI, Microsoft, and a16z launched the x402 Foundation under the Linux Foundation to standardize how autonomous AI agents interact and transact.
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Circle, the company that prints $60 billion in USDC stablecoins, is coming for Bitcoin's wrapped token market. Circle announced cirBTC, a wrapped bitcoin token that will bring BTC onto EVM chains with Circle's institutional-grade custody and compliance infrastructure.
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A nationally chartered bank with $50 billion in assets just made stablecoins a boring business banking feature. SoFi launched Big Business Banking, an enterprise platform combining fiat and stablecoin services on Solana with 24/7 payment rails
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SoFi just turned a regulated bank into a 24/7 stablecoin bridge, and that's the real news. SoFi launches a banking hub that lets businesses hold dollars and convert to stablecoins inside a federally regulated bank account
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Paul Grewal just told banking lobbyists to stop pretending stablecoin yields will kill their business model. Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer says lawmakers are "very close" to a deal on stablecoin yield provisions in the Clarity Act, the legislative framework for U.S. stablecoin regulation
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OpenEden just launched tokenized high-yield corporate bonds, and it's the first real test of whether crypto rails can handle actual credit risk. OpenEden introduced tokenized high-yield corporate bonds, moving beyond the T-bills and cash equivalents that make up 90%+ of the RWA tokenization market
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Corporate treasury departments just got their first native on-ramp for crypto balance sheets. Ripple launched Ripple Treasury, a system that lets CFOs manage XRP and RLUSD stablecoin directly inside their existing treasury workflows, no separate custody setup required
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The Treasury just opened comment on a rulebook that could fragment the $300 billion stablecoin market across 50 states, or finally give it the regulatory clarity it's been begging for.
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Charles Schwab and Citadel's crypto exchange just asked to become a bank, joining six other firms in a quiet regulatory land grab that rewrites who controls digital asset infrastructure.
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Tether's executive chairman just joined a crypto super PAC while Congress fights over whether stablecoin issuers should share yield with holders. A crypto super PAC appointed Tether's executive chairman as debate over stablecoin rewards threatens to derail the Clarity Act
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Hong Kong just missed its own deadline for approving the first regulated stablecoins, and the silence is louder than the excuse. Hong Kong's monetary authority failed to issue any stablecoin licenses by its March 2026 target, offering only vague assurances it's "advancing the process"
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Stablecoins just got their own Stripe for plastic cards. Kulipa raised $6.2 million seed funding to build card-issuing infrastructure specifically for stablecoin payments The platform lets fintechs and crypto wallets white-label payment cards without building card operations from scratch
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Australia just made crypto platforms get the same licenses as banks—and the template matters more than the law.
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CoinShares just became the latest crypto firm to choose public markets over private control, valuing itself at $1.2 billion through a SPAC deal that says more about where institutional crypto is going than the deal itself.
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