Kraken Accuses Custody Partner of Stealing $25M in Client Crypto
The infrastructure layer of crypto just failed a trust test, and the fallout proves custody is still the industry's Achilles heel.
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Mastercard Seats Stablecoin Startup Alongside JPMorgan and Citi
Rain now sits at the same table as JPMorgan Chase and Citibank, which tells you everything about where card networks think stablecoins are going. Rain joined Mastercard as a Principal Member, putting a $1.95 billion stablecoin startup in the same membership tier as major banks.
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Western Union Abandons Banks for Solana's 65,000 TPS Network
The company that taught the world to wire money just put its bets on a blockchain that processes 65,000 transactions per second. Western Union launched USDPT, a stablecoin now live on Solana, marking the 173-year-old remittance giant's first move into on-chain digital assets
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Bitcoin Hits $80K as Senate Nears Vote That Could Rewrite Crypto Rules
The same Senate that couldn't agree on lunch just pushed Bitcoin past $80,000 by almost passing a bill. Bitcoin crossed $80,000 on expectations that the CLARITY Act will finally get a Senate vote, despite Senator Tillis stalling the bill just days earlier
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Solana Becomes Europe's Secret Weapon Against Dollar Dominance
While USD stablecoins dominate headlines, Europe is quietly building the rails for its own digital currency sovereignty, and it's choosing Solana as the fast lane.
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SEC Admits: Crypto Rules Written Before Crypto Existed
The SEC just admitted what everyone in crypto already knew: the rules were written before the asset class existed. SEC Chair Atkins called for new crypto legislation at Bitcoin 2026, acknowledging the current legal framework is outdated for digital assets
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Coinbase's New Fund Lets Wall Street Earn Yield Onchain
The bridge between TradFi and onchain yield just got a lot shorter. Coinbase partnered with Superstate to launch CUSHY, an institutional fund offering onchain access to stablecoin lending yields
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BlackRock Tells Fed: Your Token Cap Would Kill Wall Street's Next Big Bet
The world's largest asset manager just told regulators their proposed cap would kneecap the very products Wall Street is betting on.
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Fed Splits 8-4 as Four Hawks Reject Rate Cuts Despite Recession Fears
The most lopsided Fed dissent in years just told crypto markets that easy money isn't coming back anytime soon. The Fed held rates at 3.50-3.75% in a rare 8-4 split vote, with four members pushing for cuts despite inflation concerns and Middle East tensions
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Musk Calls Crypto a Scam Then Launches Crypto Trading on X
The man who called crypto scams just launched a crypto product, and nobody's talking about it because his users actively mute the topic more than politics.
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Brazil Bans Stablecoin Payments Hours After Trump's Crypto Push
The seventh-largest economy just drew a red line through the stablecoin settlement layer, and it's not about consumer protection.
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Bitcoin Drops Below $78K as Institutional Money Quietly Exits
The Bitcoin price chart looks like investor conviction, and right now both are trending down. Bitcoin is stuck below $78K resistance while ETF outflows accelerate, with 9,905 BTC flowing into exchanges in the largest single inflow in 30 days.
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Senate Kills Stablecoin Yield Fight, Bitcoin Instantly Hits $78,000
The bill that almost died over whether stablecoins should pay interest just became the most important crypto legislation in five years. Bitcoin climbed back above $78,000 after recovering from a Wednesday dip to $75,500, driven by Senate progress on the Clarity Act
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Treasury just greenlit stablecoin yields and banks are already moving
The last roadblock just became a launch pad, and the banks know it. The CLARITY Act finalized stablecoin yield rules after Coinbase and Senate leaders reached a breakthrough compromise, clearing the main obstacle to passing landmark US crypto legislation.
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Fun Raises $72M While Crypto Agents Hit a $4 Trillion Wall
While everyone else is building AI agents to trade memecoins, one startup just raised $72 million to solve the problem that keeps those agents from actually working. Fun raised $72 million in Series A led by Multicoin Capital and SignalFire to build infrastructure converting between crypto and fiat
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Coinbase Cuts Deal With Congress to Define Bitcoin as Property, Not Security
Washington's crypto wild west is about to get property lines, and the biggest players are placing bets before the fence goes up.
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Treasury Bills Now Backing $2.7 Billion in DeFi Loans
The infrastructure that lets you use Treasury bills as collateral just crossed the billion-dollar threshold, and nobody's talking about it. Composable real-world assets hit $2.7 billion in DeFi lending markets, with tokenized Treasuries now functioning as productive collateral across protocols
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Crypto Wins Stablecoin Rewards While Banks Get Locked Out of Yield
The compromise that gets stablecoins legal also walls off the part banks care about most.
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Datavault AI Moves $150M in Physical Gold Onchain With Zero Vault Opacity
The physical gold market just got its first serious attempt at onchain liquidity that isn't backed by a vault you'll never see. Datavault AI (NASDAQ: DVLT) and Kings Mine Capital launched a $150M+ gold tokenization program called GoldVault, targeting fractional ownership of physical mining assets
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Bitcoin Hits $78K While Powell Chairs His Last Fed Meeting
The dollar price of Bitcoin just became a referendum on whether the Fed's new boss will print or defend.
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