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a16z says the Senate’s progress on the CLARITY Act could be the crypto industry’s “1933 moment” — a long-overdue break from the SEC-CFTC mess and years of regulation by enforcement. Bipartisan Senate step: The Banking Committee advanced the bill 15–9 Main goal: Clear SEC vs. CFTC jurisdiction over digital assets a16z’s view: A proper legal […]
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THORChain has suffered a major security breach that drained an estimated $10.8 million and forced the cross-chain protocol to temporarily halt trading and signing activity. For a network built to move native assets across blockchains without wrapped tokens or centralized bridges, that is a nasty slap in the face — and a reminder that interoperability […]
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State Street is making a tokenization move that actually matters: it wants tokenized funds to run through the same institutional machinery as traditional funds, with Luxembourg set as the launchpad by the end of 2026. Launch target: End of 2026 Base: Luxembourg Focus: Tokenized fund servicing inside real institutional plumbing State Street Corporation plans to […]
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Strive is going straight at Strategy’s Bitcoin income product with SATA, turning its preferred stock into a daily-dividend Bitcoin treasury security. SATA will pay cash dividends every business day 13.00% annualized rate starts June 16, 2026 Strategy’s STRC still leads on scale and liquidity Bitcoin treasury firms are now competing on structure, not just BTC […]
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RedStone’s settlement layer is the first serious attempt to make tokenized RWAs real DeFi collateral is going after one of DeFi’s messiest problems: tokenized real-world assets can look instantly tradable on-chain while still being painfully slow to redeem in the real world. Its new settlement layer, Settle, is designed to make tokenized RWAs usable as […]
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Visa is testing stablecoin spending through a new on-chain banking pilot with WeFi, a move that pushes crypto further into everyday payments instead of leaving it trapped in back-end settlement plumbing. Visa and WeFi are piloting stablecoin spending through card rails Self-custody meets Visa acceptance in Europe, Asia, and Latin America Visa’s stablecoin settlement now […]
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South Korea’s biggest banks are no longer treating crypto like a weird side-hustle. Hana Bank has just approved a massive 1 trillion won investment — roughly $670 million — for a 6.55% stake in Dunamu, the company behind Upbit, the country’s dominant crypto exchange. Hana Bank approved a 6.55% stake in Dunamu The deal is […]
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JPMorgan Chase has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a blockchain-based money market fund that could be used by stablecoin issuers as reserve backing. Translation: Wall Street wants the efficiency of crypto rails, but it still wants to hold the steering wheel. JPMorgan filed an SEC application for a blockchain-based money market […]
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Washington just gave crypto something rare: a bipartisan win. The Senate Banking Committee has advanced the Clarity Act, a digital asset regulation bill that could finally give the U.S. a more coherent framework for Bitcoin and crypto instead of the usual mess of vague guidance, enforcement theater, and jurisdictional turf wars. Clarity Act advances through […]
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in fresh money on Thursday, while spot Ethereum ETFs kept bleeding capital. The message from traditional finance was about as subtle as a brick through a window: when institutions want crypto exposure, they still prefer Bitcoin. $131.30 million in net inflows hit spot Bitcoin ETFs BlackRock’s IBIT led with $144 million […]
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