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Ready USDC Card Halts Non-EEA Service Following Card Issuer Transition
A Ready Card service halt outside the EEA shows how stablecoin payment products still depend on issuer relationships …
Oman Launches Mandatory National Bitcoin Mining Pool In Sovereign Regulatory Push
Omanhash.om is being positioned as the official mining pool for licensed crypto miners in Oman, raising fresh questio…
Stablecoin Shakedown: Binance, Coinbase And Kraken Restrict USDT In Europe Ahead Of MiCA Deadline
Major exchanges continue reshaping USDT access for EEA users as Europe’s MiCA stablecoin rules move toward the July…
Ethereum Price Defends $1,800 As Traders Brace For Kevin Warsh’s Debut Fed Meeting
Ethereum is holding near $1,800 as traders watch the Fed decision, dot plot, and Kevin Warsh’s first major policy s…
Bitcoin layer-2s face a bear-market reality check
Botanix's shutdown has raised an uncomfortable question for Bitcoin builders: Does the market actually want programma…
FIFA wanted Avalanche's blockchain to help curb World Cup ticket scalping. Here's how it's going
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at how FIFA is using the Avalanche blockchain to tes…
Japan’s Three Largest Megabanks Align To Launch Joint Yen-Backed Stablecoin By March 2027
Japan’s largest banking groups are moving toward a joint yen-backed stablecoin framework that could launch commerci…
Michael Saylor Maps Out Bitcoin-Backed ‘Digital Asset Stack’ With Yield Layer
Michael Saylor has outlined a Bitcoin-backed digital asset stack that frames BTC as collateral beneath credit, yield …
Coinbase Targets Offshore Tokenized Stock Trading With 1:1 Backed Equities Push
Coinbase is preparing an offshore tokenized equities push that would use 1:1 backed stock tokens rather than simple s…
UK Sanctions HTX Over Alleged $1.5 Billion Russia-Linked Crypto Flows
The UK has designated HTX under Russia-related sanctions rules, with TRM Labs linking the exchange to alleged flows c…
EarnOS launches anti-AI slop app, raises $6 million from 1kx, Circle and Coinbase
Ero app is designed to help brands verify human internet traffic, reduce wastes caused by bots, and reward "authentic…
Circle Launches cirBTC On Ethereum As New 1:1 Bitcoin-Backed DeFi Asset
Circle has launched cirBTC on Ethereum, entering the wrapped Bitcoin market with a 1:1 backed asset aimed at institut…
Ready USDC card halts non-EEA service after issuer change, users report
Users reported losing access to Ready’s USDC card outside the EEA after a card provider change triggered rapid deac…
Bipartisan CBDC Ban Deal Would Block Fed Digital Dollar Until 2030
A bipartisan deal in Congress would block the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC until the end of 2030, though the m…
A new Bittensor proposal would turn validators into something like fund managers
Root Reborn would have TAO validators pick which subnets to back and reinvest yield into, rather than constantly sell…
Illinois Crypto Tax Draws Industry Fire After Pritzker Signs Budget Package
Illinois has signed a budget package containing a new digital asset broker transaction tax, drawing sharp criticism f…
Standard Chartered Sees Uniswap Rising To $100 By 2030 On RWA Growth
Standard Chartered has reportedly set a long-term $100 target for Uniswap by 2030, tied to rapid growth in tokenized …
Live markets: A bitcoin bottom signal flashed as holders absorbed 125,000 BTC in June
Bitcoin's Sharpe ratio hit a level that has marked every cycle low since 2015, but in each case it preceded months of…
Sui Stablecoin Transfers Hit $65 Billion After Gasless Fee Push
Sui stablecoin transfer activity surged after a gasless transfer push, though analysts should treat the volume carefu…
SIREN Token Crashes 95% After Whale Dumps 670 Million Tokens
A single whale dump reportedly sent SIREN down 95%, showing the danger of extreme supply concentration in thinly trad…
Legacy Aztec Connect Contract Drained Of $2.1 Million Three Years After Shutdown
A legacy Aztec Connect contract was exploited years after shutdown, while current Aztec infrastructure remains unaffe…
DTCC And Stellar Plan Tokenization Link For DTC-Custodied Assets
DTCC and Stellar are working on a planned tokenization connection, but the integration is not live settlement and sho…
Humanity Protocol Plans New H Token After $36 Million Key Compromise
Humanity Protocol is restructuring its H token after a $36 million exploit, but the incident appears tied to compromi…
Coinbase And AWS Bring x402 Payments To CloudFront Publishers
Coinbase and AWS are pushing x402 as a way for publishers and APIs to charge autonomous AI agents, but hot-key and sp…
Securitize Expands Tokenized CLO Fund To Solana As Ethena Plans $250M Allocation
Securitize's STAC fund is expanding to Solana while Ethena evaluates a proposed $250 million allocation for stablecoi…
BOJ Raises Rates To 1% As Crypto Traders Watch Yen Carry Risk
Japan's latest rate hike gives crypto traders another macro variable to watch as yen carry trade risk returns to the …
Strategy Adds 1,587 BTC In Latest $100M Bitcoin Purchase
Strategy has added another 1,587 BTC, continuing its Bitcoin treasury strategy through a fresh $100 million purchase.
Reports Say Standard Chartered Sees UNI At $100 As RWA Thesis Builds
Reports citing Standard Chartered research say UNI could reach $100 by 2030, but the forecast should be treated as an…
Ethereum’s biggest protocol overhaul in years moves into its final development stage
Developers are entering the final stretch of work on Glamsterdam, the network's next major upgrade, as teams begin te…
Ethereum Clear Signing Push Aims To Make Wallet Approvals Safer
Ethereum's clear signing work is aimed at replacing blind-signing confusion with wallet prompts users can actually un…