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Chainlink teams up with 47 South Korean, European banks to speed up international money transfers
Blockchain infrastructure company Chainlink said it is joining a group of banks that collectively represent over $10 trillion in assets under management to unlock real-time, stablecoin-based cross-border payments for fo…
Former Robinhood Crypto COO Tanya Denisova joins stablecoin issuer Agora as head of operations
Tanya Denisova, the former chief operating officer of Robinhood Crypto, has joined stablecoin issuer Agora as head of operations, according to a Tuesday blog post by Agora's CEO and co-founder Nick van Eck.
Strategy's STRC slump prompts Terra comparisons that don't hold up, says analyst
Strategy's preferred stock STRC slid to record lows over the past week, and the fall has revived a comparison to Terra's UST, the stablecoin whose collapse erased about $40 billion in 2022.
The digital euro takes a massive step forward after winning a crucial European Parliament vote
The European Central Bank (ECB) scored a major victory after the European Parliament’s influential Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) committee voted to approve the legal framework for a digital euro on Tuesday.
Crypto market drops as Nasdaq tech selloff spills into digital assets
The selloff follows Monday's downturn in technology stocks, with another day in the red foreshadowed by Nasdaq 100 futures, which have cratered by 2.5% since midnight.
In Clarity Act's final weeks, its path through U.S. Senate not getting much clearer
The weeks are growing short for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act to thread the needle of the U.S. Senate, but talks continue in several distinct negotiations as lawmakers seek to patch the remaining rifts in the cry…
Franklin Templeton closes 250 Digital acquisition deal and sets up new Franklin Crypto division
The $1.7 trillion asset manager Franklin Templeton is establishing a new dedicated active crypto investment management arm through acquisition of 250 Digital.
Bitcoin price has limited downside, likely near bottom, contrarian indicator suggests
That's the conclusion from an indicator that might seem to signal a bearish shift in sentiment but has tended to presage a more bullish outlook.
Hut 8 to pay $2.35 million to settle investor suit over U.S. Bitcoin merger
Former bitcoin miner Hut 8 (HUT) agreed to pay $2.35 million to settle a securities class action alleging it misled investors in connection with its 2023 merger with U.S. Bitcoin Corp. (USBTC).
XRP drifts toward $1.10 support as traders await break from three-week range
XRP is running out of room. After spending most of June trapped between resistance overhead and support near $1.10, the token is once again testing the bottom of its range.
Bitcoin slips toward $63,000 as a tech selloff drags risk assets lower
Bitcoin fell toward $63,000 on Tuesday, caught in a broad retreat from risk as investors pulled out of the technology stocks that have led markets all year.
SpaceX’s $600 billion plunge erased nearly half of bitcoin’s market cap in three days.
SpaceX's stock has lost more than $600 billion in market value over three trading days, which is nearly half of bitcoin's $1.3 trillion market cap, after announcing its first bond sale.
Live updates: An 'altcoin season' signal flashed, but bitcoin's slide is what set it off
A widely watched indicator has flipped to "altcoin season," for the opposite reason the label suggests. Glassnode's Altcoin Cycle Signal, which reads above 50 when alternative coins, or alts, outperform bitcoin, has cli…
Trump signs orders to build a quantum computer and protect against the one that could break encryption
The U.S. government wants to build a quantum computer – the ultra-fast machine that could theoretically break the Bitcoin
U.S. Senate passes housing bill that carries four-year ban on a Fed CBDC
Thanks to the newly passed U.S. Senate housing affordability bill, the Federal Reserve may be heading toward a formal ban from instituting a digital dollar in the form of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), despite …
21Shares co-founder warns tokenization hype is outrunning Wall Street reality
What she's saying: Former 21Shares co-founder Ophelia Snyder argues that crypto and traditional finance are talking past each other when it comes to tokenization.
Securitize and tZERO clash over patents as race to bring Wall Street onchain heats up
Two of the biggest companies in the tokenization space are heading toward a legal showdown over intellectual property just as the industry they helped create begins to seriously court institutional investors on Wall Str…
Ric Edelman says crypto’s biggest growth story is happening off the price chart
Latest developments: Edelman argues investor sentiment and industry fundamentals are moving in opposite directions.
Strive says digital credit selloff was a liquidation event, not a credit crisis
Latest developments: Digital credit products tied to Strategy's bitcoin-backed ecosystem suffered steep declines last week before partially recovering.
Ether’s biggest corporate holders back new Ethereum research hub
A group of former Ethereum Foundation researchers have started a new nonprofit research and development organization backed by some of ether's largest corporate holders, as the Ethereum ecosystem undergoes a major organ…
Crypto's second U.S. lobbying front — tax policy — sees industry push on mining, staking
Top U.S. crypto lobbying groups united to ask that the U.S. House of Representatives embrace a bill that gives digital assets miners and recipients of staking rewards an option for deciding when to take a tax hit on the…
MoneyGram joins Solana as validator amid stablecoin payment push
MoneyGram said Monday it has become a validator on the Solana (SOL) blockchain, the latest step in the remittance firm's ongoing push into crypto infrastructure as it builds payment services around stablecoins.
Bitmine added $92 million of ETH, with Tom Lee continuing to believe in 'crypto spring'
The largest Ethereum treasury company is still buying ether (ETH) but it has slowed its pace as it nears the goal to accumulate 5% of the second-largest crypto's supply.