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A dispute over stablecoin yield has resurfaced at the highest levels of U.S. financial policy. The clash could shape how payment stablecoins are regulated under federal law and whether banks retain their deposit advantage. Patrick Witt, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, pushed
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Ark Invest purchased roughly $16.1 million in Coinbase and Robinhood shares Tuesday. The buys came as both stocks declined amid broader equity weakness tied to geopolitical tensions. Cathie Wood’s firm added 22,452 shares of Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) and 158,587 shares of Robinhood Markets Inc. (HOOD)
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Core Scientific shares fell 3% to $15.99 in premarket trading after the miner disclosed plans to sell most of its remaining Bitcoin in 2026. The move signals a decisive shift in treasury strategy as mining margins tighten following the 2024 halving. In its latest annual filing, Core Scientific said
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Roughly $30 billion in stablecoins now changes hands daily, according to McKinsey. That scale is pushing traditional payment networks to integrate regulated digital dollars directly into their settlement infrastructure. SoFi Technologies announced it has expanded its partnership with Mastercard to position SoFiUSD as a settlement currency across Mastercard’s global
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More than $50 million traded on Kalshi’s “Ali Khamenei out as Supreme Leader?” contract before it was halted. The dispute over its settlement mechanics now places the regulated prediction market operator at the center of a renewed policy debate in Washington. Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour said the platform does
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Morgan Stanley has applied for a de novo national trust bank charter, a move that would allow the Wall Street firm to custody digital assets directly under federal oversight. The Feb. 18 filing with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency signals a structural shift: crypto services are moving
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Senate Democrats are pressing federal authorities to investigate whether Binance is complying with U.S. sanctions laws, just two years after the exchange agreed to more than $4 billion in penalties tied to illicit finance failures. The renewed scrutiny signals that political pressure on the world’s largest crypto exchange
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MoonPay and M0 have launched PYUSDx, a framework that allows developers to issue application-specific stablecoins backed by PayPal USD, signaling intensifying competition in programmable dollar infrastructure. The move gives builders a shortcut into branded stablecoin issuance without constructing a full stack of custody, compliance, and liquidity services from scratch. Announced
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Strategy shares traded near $130 Thursday after Benchmark reiterated its “buy” rating and backed the firm’s pivot to its perpetual preferred, STRC. The call signals analyst support for a funding model designed to accelerate bitcoin per-share growth despite recent market pressure. Executive Chairman Michael Saylor outlined the shift during
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Telegram’s embedded crypto wallet is rolling out onchain yield for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT holders. The move introduces decentralized finance strategies to a platform with more than 150 million registered users. The feature is available through TON Wallet, the self-custodial component of Wallet in Telegram. Users can deposit assets
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Ethereum Foundation researchers have outlined seven network upgrades extending through 2029. The draft roadmap targets materially faster slot times, near-instant finality, and base-layer privacy features that would reshape Ethereum’s performance envelope. The document, dubbed a “strawmap,” was introduced by researcher Justin Drake following a January 2026 Ethereum Foundation workshop.
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World Liberty Financial’s new governance proposal would require holders to stake unlocked WLFI tokens for 180 days to vote. The shift ties voting rights to capital lockups, potentially tightening token supply while formalizing incentives funded by the protocol treasury. The proposal was published Wednesday on the WLFI governance forum.