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Solana infrastructure firm Helius acquires Light Protocol to expand onchain privacy
The acquisition comes amid a moment of consolidation in the crypto industry and during a resurgent interest in onchai…
MetaMask just gave AI agents a DeFi wallet with a leash
Agent Wallet lets software trade across DeFi, but every permission rule becomes part of the security boundary. The po…
Mastercard unveils Agent Pay for Machines to support autonomous AI transactions, including stablecoins
Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines infrastructure will support high-volume, low-value payments by autonomous AI agents.
CLARITY Act momentum slows to a crawl as lawmakers clash over crypto ethics rules
Bipartisan Senate talks over crypto ethics turned rocky this week after a Democratic source described an “about-fac…
Crypto tax bills a work-in-progress as U.S. House lawmakers pose concerns
The effort to push several tax bills is meant to be bipartisan, but the parties may not be comfortable with all detai…
Circle wants wrapped Bitcoin to look bank grade before institutions trust it as collateral
cirBTC gives Circle a BTC wrapper, but the harder test is whether custody, reserves, liquidity, and redemption contro…
Lamborghini Bitcoin carjacking puts crypto’s wrench-attack crisis in a US courtroom
A Missouri man's guilty plea links a Danbury kidnapping to the same human-targeting pattern already visible in France…
A $239B claim on dormant Bitcoin wallets faces a new obstacle after old address moves
A June 5 court stay and a June 2 spend turned the Noah Doe case into a test of legal title versus private-key control…
MetaMask debuts Agent Wallet giving AI bots self-custody access to Ethereum
Consensys-backed MetaMask is rolling out a non-custodial wallet for AI agents for general availability this summer.
Big banks may have found their answer to the CLARITY Act’s stablecoin challenge
The Clearing House plan gives banks 24/7 tokenized settlement while keeping customer money inside regulated deposit a…
A little-known 1,250% rule could lock US banks out of Bitcoin
A group of Republican senators is warning US bank regulators that a little-known capital rule could effectively keep …
Bitcoin traders blamed Saylor’s 32 BTC sale but larger selling pressure built elsewhere
Bitcoin traders have identified Michael Saylor as a new suspect in the latest sell-off, while the numbers tell a diff…
JPMorgan, Citi-backed consortium plans to launch tokenized deposit network in early 2027: WSJ
The initiative would enable tokenized deposits to move instantly and support around-the-clock settlement, the Wall St…
A 2011 physical Bitcoin loaded with 25 BTC was just unlocked during the $62k selloff
A Casascius coin tied to 25 BTC moved this week, converting a 2011 physical Bitcoin artifact into spendable BTC durin…
Travala debuts agentic AI travel protocol with gasless USDC payments on Base
Travala launched an agentic AI travel protocol on Base supporting gasless USDC hotel bookings and AI-assisted payment…
Visa, Brale test privacy-enabled SBC stablecoin settlement on Canton Network
Visa and Brale initiate a proof of concept testing SBC stablecoin settlement with privacy controls on the Canton Netw…
Cosmos Labs acquires block explorer Mintscan, forms Korea subsidiary to expand ecosystem
Cosmos Labs has acquired Cosmos block explorer Mintscan and formed a new Korea-based subsidiary, Cosmos Labs Korea.
Banks pushed Congress to kill stablecoin yield with CLARITY Act – Coinbase may have found the loophole
For traditional US banks, the CLARITY Act was intended as a firewall that effectively barred crypto companies from of…
Bank of England stablecoin caps may choke the UK’s pound-token market before launch
A House of Lords committee has told the Bank of England to rethink stablecoin caps before the UK's regime is finalize…
Mastercard expands stablecoin settlement options with USDC, PYUSD and RLUSD
Mastercard expanded settlement to USDC, PYUSD, and RLUSD, enabling intraday, weekend, and holiday card settlement acr…
Tether-Backed Adecoagro to Launch Sugarcane-Powered Bitcoin Mining in Brazil
Adecoagro, a South American agricultural company backed by Tether, plans to launch a Bitcoin mining operation in Bra…
Ripple is bringing its regulated RLUSD stablecoin to MENA’s biggest crypto market
Ripple is pushing its dollar-backed stablecoin into Turkey, betting that one of the world’s most active digital-ass…
Veda brings the vault stack behind Kraken DeFi Earn to Privy’s 2,000-plus developer teams
The same vault stack powering Kraken DeFi Earn and EtherFi's Liquid will be available via a self-serve API for develo…
Failed Ethereum ICO from 2016 just unlocked 1,003 ETH by exploiting itself
A whitehat and HongCoin's original multisig used a preserved overflow bug to reopen refunds trapped since 2016. The p…
Aave now has a regulated path from bank accounts to DeFi lending – The hard part is keeping users there
On May 28, Aave Labs announced that its UK subsidiaries Push Labs Ltd. and Push Virtual Assets Ltd. received FCA regi…
Bitcoin miners’ real prize is power as AI reshapes mining
Bitcoin miners spent years racing to secure cheap electricity, and that electricity has since become more valuable th…
Australia’s Project Acacia shows why tokenized markets still hinge on settlement money
Project Acacia has now tested how tokenized asset markets could settle in Australia. The Reserve Bank of Australia an…
Stablecoins were supposed to bypass credit cards, but now Visa is winning crypto card payments
Stablecoins were built on the premise that removing intermediaries between sender and recipient would erode the relev…
Hut 8 AI landlord data center strategy turns Bitcoin collateral into bridge capital
The miner's $16.8 billion lease base shows how power and BTC-backed debt are financing a move beyond mining. The post…
Aztec Labs acquires ZKPassport, pledges to keep privacy protocol and iOS mobile app open-source
The Obsidion team, including co-founders Michael Elliot and Theo Madzou, will join Aztec Labs to continue developing …