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SEC Corp Fin Director Jim Moloney said the agency wants to 'let the free markets be free,' signaling a shift for crypto-linked public companies.
Fidelity International's FILQ tokenized fund, rated Aaa-mf by Moody's, opens to institutions via Sygnum with a $100,000 minimum. The onchain yield vehicle competes with BlackRock's $2.3B BUIDL.
The Senate Banking Committee votes Thursday on a bill that could open stablecoins to pension and treasury capital. The CLARITY Act draft clarifies rules for dollar-pegged tokens.
Campaign money may buy access; without voter intensity, crypto provisions risk being traded away, and legislative wins may come without a voter mandate.
Kraken listed 66 RWA tokens while stablecoin reserves slid 43% to $424.6M. NVDA perpetuals debuted. IPO at 80% readiness. Watch the reserve ratio.
Corpay held a teach-in on its cross-border payments business, explicitly addressing blockchain risk. The call comes days before a House vote on the CLARITY Act that could accelerate stablecoin adoption.
Andreessen Horowitz's donation lead for the 2026 cycle underscores its push into defense tech and crypto policy, as reported by The New York Times.
Senate panel votes May 14 on CLARITY Act crypto tax, banking amendments. Approval sends bill to full Senate, raising stakes for exchanges and stablecoin issuers.
MetaMask maker Consensys delays its U.S. IPO to at least fall 2026, joining a growing list of crypto firms postponing listings after crypto market weakness.
Consensys delayed its U.S. IPO to fall 2026 after February's crypto selloff. The move, alongside Kraken and Ledger delays, signals a frozen listing pipeline.
Matchain MAT soared 349% in a session on thin $3M cap. CryptoQuant’s bull-bear flip buoyed macro. The token’s 99% prior decline warns of fast reversal.
The DeFi Education Fund flagged 16 'anti-DeFi' amendments on Wednesday, warning they could strip safeguards for developers and users ahead of Thursday's markup.
Japan's first land-backed digital security offers 3.4% yield on a ¥8.6B ground lease under AEON Omiya, with a $647 minimum buy-in. The 50-year term ends in 2076, leaving terminal value unresolved.
Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg opened a formal probe into Nigel Farage over an undeclared £5M payment, seven weeks before the UK enacts a crypto donation ban. The inquiry could trigger a by-election in Clacton and test the post-Rycroft enforcement framework.
Anthropic declared tokenized stock purchases void, crashing its Solana PreStocks 45% and erasing $638B in paper value. OpenAI issued a similar warning shortly after.
Months of negotiations between crypto firms and banks have produced a bill that could reshape stablecoin and exchange regulation. The markup will test whether the compromise holds.
Michael Saylor advised Cardone to drop real estate, but he's stacking $100M Bitcoin on a $235M property. Cardone calls crypto a 'magnet for degenerate investing' and targets $189,425 BTC.
The payments giant's BVNK partnership puts stablecoin wallets into 800,000 accounts. The move cuts settlement friction and places a new custody layer under $26 billion monthly FX flows.
Clarity Act markup with Trump backing removes veto risk. AlphaScala’s 55% odds face less tail risk. The bill may codify Bitcoin and Ethereum as commodities before a Senate vote.
Senate Banking Committee marks up 309-page draft on May 14 with stablecoin yield and ethics language unresolved. Prediction markets give 55% chance of 2026 passage. Yellow Network's Sirkia sees the bill as a structural reset for U.S. crypto infrastructure.
FILQ's AAA-mf rating from Moody's covers blockchain risk; the 24/7 redemption feature targets $28 trillion in stablecoin volume. First test is initial asset gathering and peer response.
YZi Labs executive argues crypto's value emerges only when connected to existing infrastructure, shifting evaluation away from novelty toward real utility.
Market cap surpasses $320 billion as on-chain transfers double Visa's 2025 payment volume. The liquidity signal for crypto traders is strengthening.
About $14 billion withdrawn from DeFi protocols in recent weeks after the KelpDAO and Drift exploits. Aave faces $230 million in unrecoverable loans, forcing emergency intervention.
The National Fraternal Order of Police argues Section 604 shields non-controlling developers from enforcement. Hoskinson warns removal would expose open-source builders to unfair liability. The amendment's progress now becomes a key regulatory catalyst for DeFi tokens.
Developer adoption drives recurring revenue for crypto API providers. Infura logged 350,000 sign-ups; Alchemy powers 80% of NFT volume. Account abstraction could deepen moats.
The CLARITY Act markup vote gives a catalyst as Darkfost signals a Bitcoin-to-altcoin rotation. Resistance tests and funding-rate shifts now define a concrete setup.
Ledger's IPO pause signals cooling demand for crypto hardware listings. The move leaves the company reliant on private funding. Public-market appetite for crypto listings has faded.
Powell's anti-inflation campaign forced crypto into the same risk bucket as equities. The next Fed chair will have to decide whether to sever that link or deepen it.
Senate Banking Committee votes tomorrow on Clarity Act amendments covering DeFi, Trump family, and Epstein. The outcome could fast-track floor referral and reshape protocol liability.