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The Daily: White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt slams Jamie Dimon’s stablecoin yield logic as Trump takes clear side in the debate, and more

The Daily: White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt...

2 weeks ago 19

Bank groups ‘deeply concerned’ after Fed grants Kraken master account

Bank groups ‘deeply concerned’ after Fed grants Kr...

2 weeks ago 15

Trump’s social media post on crypto bill ‘not enough’ to move legislation, TD Cowen says

Trump’s social media post on crypto bill ‘not enou...

2 weeks ago 15

Sui joins stablecoin race with USDsui mainnet launch

Sui joins stablecoin race with USDsui mainnet laun...

2 weeks ago 14

Morgan Stanley names Coinbase and BNY as custodians in proposed bitcoin ETF filing update

Morgan Stanley names Coinbase and BNY as custodian...

2 weeks ago 11

Strategy’s STRC emerging as ‘backbone’ of yield-backed stablecoin ecosystem: Benchmark

Strategy’s STRC emerging as ‘backbone’ of yield-ba...

2 weeks ago 14

Backpack taps Superstate for IPO roadshow tokenization offering, opens waitlist

Backpack taps Superstate for IPO roadshow tokeniza...

2 weeks ago 19

Stablecoin payments startup Cyclops raises $8 million from Castle Island Ventures, F-Prime and Shift4

Stablecoin payments startup Cyclops raises $8 mill...

2 weeks ago 16

Solana stablecoin volume hits record $650 billion in February as onchain payments draw demand, Grayscale says

Solana stablecoin volume hits record $650 billion ...

2 weeks ago 17

Coinbase policy exec urges UK regulators to drop proposed Bank of England stablecoin caps in Lords hearing

Coinbase policy exec urges UK regulators to drop p...

2 weeks ago 16

Tether invests in sleep wellness firm Eight Sleep at $1.5 billion valuation

Tether invests in sleep wellness firm Eight Sleep ...

2 weeks ago 20

FATF flags AML risks from peer-to-peer stablecoin transfers, points to freeze and deny-list safeguards

FATF flags AML risks from peer-to-peer stablecoin ...

2 weeks ago 16

DTCC, Clearstream and Euroclear co-author paper pushing for digital ledger interoperability as crypto scales

DTCC, Clearstream and Euroclear co-author paper pu...

2 weeks ago 15

‘If you want to be wrong, follow the masses’: K33 says bitcoin deeply oversold with no compelling reason to sell

‘If you want to be wrong, follow the masses’: K33 ...

2 weeks ago 14

Kraken wins Fed master account approval, a first for the crypto industry

Kraken wins Fed master account approval, a first f...

2 weeks ago 10

Bitcoin nears $72,000 as spot BTC ETF inflows extend despite risks from US-Israel war with Iran

Bitcoin nears $72,000 as spot BTC ETF inflows exte...

2 weeks ago 11

AI models favor bitcoin as a store of value, stablecoins for payments, BPI study finds

AI models favor bitcoin as a store of value, stabl...

2 weeks ago 15

South Korean authorities settle on 20% ownership cap for crypto exchanges: report

South Korean authorities settle on 20% ownership c...

2 weeks ago 15

Polymarket removes nuclear detonation market after backlash

Polymarket removes nuclear detonation market after...

2 weeks ago 13

White House crypto advisor counters Jamie Dimon’s stablecoin yield logic

White House crypto advisor counters Jamie Dimon’s ...

2 weeks ago 17

Ark Invest buys the dip in Coinbase, Robinhood amid geopolitical volatility

Ark Invest buys the dip in Coinbase, Robinhood ami...

2 weeks ago 12

Indiana to enact bill allowing crypto investments in retirement plans after governor’s sign-off

Indiana to enact bill allowing crypto investments ...

2 weeks ago 15

What is Coinbase’s x402 protocol?

What is Coinbase’s x402 protocol?

2 weeks ago 18

‘No longer a choice’: Bitwise CIO says US-Iran strikes put crypto in primary market role

‘No longer a choice’: Bitwise CIO says US-Iran str...

2 weeks ago 14

Trump: GENIUS stablecoin law ‘threatened’ by banks as Congress stalls on passing market structure bill

Trump: GENIUS stablecoin law ‘threatened’ by banks...

2 weeks ago 19

French Hill urges Senate to take up House crypto bill amid stablecoin yield fight

French Hill urges Senate to take up House crypto b...

2 weeks ago 17

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin: build ‘sanctuary tech,’ forget emulating Apple or Google

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin: build ‘sanctuary tech,...

2 weeks ago 16

A16z Crypto updates Jolt zkVM, challenges loose use of ‘ZK’ label

A16z Crypto updates Jolt zkVM, challenges loose us...

2 weeks ago 18

Analysts lift Circle’s price target as oil spike and rate outlook buoy stablecoin trade

Analysts lift Circle’s price target as oil spike a...

2 weeks ago 16

TD Cowen says banks likely to lose stablecoin yield fight, but prolonged dispute could put crypto bill at risk

TD Cowen says banks likely to lose stablecoin yiel...

2 weeks ago 15

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says Base App’s SocialFi features ‘didn’t quite work’

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says Base App’s Socia...

2 weeks ago 16

The Daily: Marc Zeller’s ACI to exit Aave DAO, MARA opens door to selling balance sheet bitcoin, and more

The Daily: Marc Zeller’s ACI to exit Aave DAO, MAR...

2 weeks ago 18

PayPal USD tapped to expand TCS Blockchain’s onchain trade financing for trucking industry

PayPal USD tapped to expand TCS Blockchain’s oncha...

2 weeks ago 17

US government moves roughly $23,000 in bitcoin from ‘Villanueva’ forfeiture wallet

US government moves roughly $23,000 in bitcoin fro...

2 weeks ago 17

Can Ethos solve the bot problem? With founder Trevor Thompson

Can Ethos solve the bot problem? With founder Trev...

2 weeks ago 15

CZ–backed YZi Labs invests $100 million into Hash Global’s BNB fund

CZ–backed YZi Labs invests $100 million into Hash ...

2 weeks ago 15

Crypto.com launches IRA product combining stocks and crypto

Crypto.com launches IRA product combining stocks a...

2 weeks ago 13

‘Stay tuned’: CFTC signals rulemaking push on prediction markets

‘Stay tuned’: CFTC signals rulemaking push on pred...

2 weeks ago 17

Visa and Stripe plan global expansion of stablecoin card issuance product to over 100 countries

Visa and Stripe plan global expansion of stablecoi...

2 weeks ago 15

Iran crypto outflows jump post-airstrikes in a recurring crisis pattern: Chainalysis

Iran crypto outflows jump post-airstrikes in a rec...

2 weeks ago 19

Trump-backed American Bitcoin expands owned mining capacity by anticipated 12% to 28.1 EH/s

Trump-backed American Bitcoin expands owned mining...

2 weeks ago 19

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says stablecoin yields should face bank-style rules, calls for ‘level playing field’

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says stablecoin yields sh...

2 weeks ago 15

MARA opens door to selling stockpiled bitcoin in new policy shift

MARA opens door to selling stockpiled bitcoin in n...

2 weeks ago 12

Bitcoin miner Core Scientific to sell bulk of BTC holdings in 2026 to fund AI pivot

Bitcoin miner Core Scientific to sell bulk of BTC ...

2 weeks ago 18

Marc Zeller’s ACI to leave Aave in July amid growing governance tensions

Marc Zeller’s ACI to leave Aave in July amid growi...

2 weeks ago 19

Riot, SBI Crypto reach $20 million settlement in Texas bitcoin mining dispute

Riot, SBI Crypto reach $20 million settlement in T...

2 weeks ago 16

Former LAPD officer found guilty of kidnapping teen in crypto robbery: report

Former LAPD officer found guilty of kidnapping tee...

2 weeks ago 16

Spot bitcoin ETFs post $458 million in net inflows as institutions buy into global instability: analysts

Spot bitcoin ETFs post $458 million in net inflows...

2 weeks ago 19

Bank of Japan to test blockchain-based reserve settlement: Governor Ueda

Bank of Japan to test blockchain-based reserve set...

2 weeks ago 24

Iran’s crypto volume plunges 80% but remains structurally sound: TRM Labs

Iran’s crypto volume plunges 80% but remains struc...

2 weeks ago 16