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160 law enforcement professionals urge Senate to advance CLARITY Act. Market odds repriced from 43% to 63% in 24 hours. Banking industry fights stablecoin yield provision.
Wallet compromise overtakes code exploits as top DeFi threat; A7A5 captures 43% of non-USD stablecoin market despite sanctions. African expansion creates secondary sanctions risk.
Crypto exchange's xStocks product lets non-US retail investors subscribe to US IPOs directly, bypassing traditional bank syndicates. Allocation and regulatory risks remain key uncertainties.
House of Lords committee warns Britain trails US and EU on stablecoin rules, urges BoE and FCA to ease curbs that could stifle market growth. The BoE's response will set the timeline for any change.
Ledger Donjon found a TROPIC01 chip flaw in Trezor Safe 3, 5, and 7. No funds stolen, but the attack surface for physical custody users just widened.
Global retail investors can register interest in US IPOs before listing via tokenized shares on Kraken. The xStocks partnership opens pre-IPO access without a US brokerage account.
Ledger's Donjon team disclosed a laser-based fault injection flaw in Trezor Safe 7's TROPIC01 chip. Trezor says no funds are at risk. The event reshapes cold storage trust calculus.
Ledger's Donjon team found a vulnerability in Trezor Safe 7's TROPIC01 chip, but private keys remain safe. Here's how layered security works and what this means for the hardware wallet sector.
Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard are finalizing a stablecoin platform. Coinbase's USDC deal with Circle, up for renewal in August, complicates its participation.
Clubs must audit crypto sponsorship contracts as FCA-IFR MoU enables joint enforcement. Without authorization or s21 approval, clubs risk fines and fan backlash.
120,000+ users affected. Transferable NFTs must be withdrawn before July 3 or become inaccessible. Fee refund of 1 USDC offered for select withdrawals. CR7 holders face different rules.
Fan tokens face risk after FCA warning to clubs to audit partnerships with unregistered crypto firms. Enforcement action could reshape sports sponsorship deals and market confidence.
CLARITY Act endorsements from 160 former security officials signal higher passage odds but stricter compliance costs for exchanges and DeFi. Next marker: floor schedule.
Top altcoins are outperforming Bitcoin after Hyperliquid's ATH and ETH recovery. The Altcoin Season Index signals rotation; confirmation requires falling BTC dominance and rising stablecoin inflows.
Euro stablecoin market cap hits $900M record under MiCA, but retail demand is flat. The growth reflects regulatory migration, not adoption.
Blockchain Association warns retail CBDC threatens privacy and innovation. The Senate's rejection would boost stablecoin legislation and crypto markets.
Revolut's new US bank will combine FDIC-insured accounts with stablecoin services, testing the regulatory seam between deposits and digital tokens. The sector readthrough pressures neobanks and exchanges.
Trezor disclosed a flaw in the TROPIC01 chip used in Safe 7, found by Ledger's Donjon team. Multi-layer security protects keys from physical attacks; no user action needed.
Mastercard adds 24/7 settlement and regulated stablecoin support to its payment network. The move pressures rivals like GPN (Alpha Score 32/100 Weak) and tests regulatory appetite for on-chain rails.
FCA warns Premier League clubs that unauthorised crypto sponsorships risk fan harm and legal exposure. Deloitte data shows commercial income now tops broadcast revenue for top clubs.
OpenRouter COO Chris Clark reveals agentic token usage has overtaken human usage, with 28 trillion weekly tokens. Most teams budgeted for chat and got agents burning 10x more.
With 210 CASP authorizations versus 2,747 prior VASP registrations, the July 1 MiCA deadline forces unauthorised firms into exit or consolidation.
Banking lobby's poll shows 57% of Americans fear stablecoin rewards could harm community lending. Senate Clarity Act debate intensifies as crypto industry counters with law enforcement support.
MN Capital CIO Michaël van de Poppe picks Ethereum, Chainlink, and Aave as his highest-conviction altcoin plays if the CLARITY Act passes. He explains the regulatory mechanism, token positioning, and what would break each thesis.
Two May 2026 incidents show prompt injection and policy misconfiguration can drain agent wallets through legitimate contract calls. Here's how to narrow the blast radius.
Best Buy now sells Tangem's NFC-based hardware wallets in 200+ stores, lowering the barrier to self-custody. Will retail adoption follow?
Exchange inflows tick higher as Bitcoin slides 4% to $67K and Ether drops 5%. Whale behavior suggests distribution risk. Next 48 hours of flow data will confirm or weaken the thesis.
OFAC sanctions Iran's largest crypto exchange Nobitex for IRGC-linked sanctions evasion. Exposure, affected assets, and next catalysts for Bitcoin and Ethereum traders.
Mastercard's 24/7 settlement now supports USDC, RLUSD, PYUSD, USDG, USDP, and SoFiUSD across eight blockchains. First banks include Cross River and Nuvei, with Latin America expansion next.
Microsoft warns of two npm packages that steal crypto wallet credentials via Hugging Face repos. Developers should audit installs now.