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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 …
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…
Wall Street is paying up for Bitcoin miners’ AI infrastructure before most of it is built
A megawatt leased to an AI tenant now commands a different price on Wall Street than a megawatt sitting in a Bitcoin …
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…
Coinbase unveils ‘System Update’ unlocking an AI advisor, global unified liquidity, options trading and more
Coinbase's latest System Update includes a new AI-powered advisor and global unified liquidity between its U.S. and i…
Squid adds Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin for cross-chain swaps
Cross-chain platform Squid has integrated Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin, allowing users to swap into and out of RLUSD acr…
Standard Chartered’s $100 Uniswap call exposes the open DeFi problem Wall Street may need to solve
The reported $100 UNI target hinges on tokenized assets leaving closed rails for liquid, composable markets. The post…
Coinbase, AWS enable publishers on CloudFront and WAF to charge AI agents via x402 protocol
Coinbase and AWS are allowing publishers on CloudFront and WAF to charge AI agents for content via the x402 protocol.
IMF says Nigeria’s stablecoin adoption is ‘testing the limits’ of monetary and regulatory frameworks
The IMF said stablecoin adoption in Nigeria is testing monetary and regulatory frameworks, while warning of digital d…
Bitcoin miner IREN enters Europe with Nostrum acquisition as AI pivot accelerates
The acquisition adds about 490 megawatts of secured power in Spain as IREN expands beyond Bitcoin mining and builds i…
Kraken rolls out perpetual futures for US traders through CFTC-regulated venue
The offering follows Kraken's acquisition of Bitnomial and comes amid a broader push to bring crypto derivatives trad…
Kraken debuts U.S. perpetual futures as crypto derivatives move onshore
Perpetual futures generated more than $60 trillion in volume last year, according to the crypto exchange, largely out…
Kraken launches crypto perps trading in the US on Kraken Pro
Kraken completed its acquisition of the fully CFTC-licensed exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage Bitnomial in May.
Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 10% in second-largest negative adjustment of 2026
The cut hands surviving miners roughly 11% more bitcoin per unit of active hashrate, but all-in production economics …
Ethereum can quantum-proof accounts for just 7 cents, says Ethereum's Kohaku lead
The SPHINCS- proposal aims to reduce the cost of post-quantum signature verification on Ethereum while the network wo…
Kraken Prepares CFTC-Regulated Perpetual Futures Launch For US Traders
Kraken is preparing a regulated US perpetual futures launch through Bitnomial, potentially bringing one of crypto’s…
Bitcoin faces one of its biggest mining difficulty drops as miner margins collapse
The Bitcoin network is poised to execute one of the largest downward adjustments to its mining difficulty in its 17-y…
Kraken Enables USDCx Deposits And Withdrawals On Canton Network
Kraken has added support for USDCx on Canton Network, expanding stablecoin settlement access for a privacy-enabled in…
Aave Proposal Moves To Add Circle Wrapped Bitcoin As Collateral
Aave Labs has proposed onboarding Circle Wrapped Bitcoin to Aave V3 and V4 Core on Ethereum, but the listing still ne…
Sky Governance Proposal Seeks To Double USDC PSM Buffer To $800 Million
BA Labs has proposed doubling key Sky stablecoin system parameters as USDC reserves rise to 4.13 billion.
Kraken Adds USDCx Support On Canton As Institutional Stablecoin Rails Expand
Kraken has added USDCx deposits and withdrawals on Canton, expanding exchange connectivity for institutional stableco…
The U.S. government is betting $2 Billion on quantum computing, and the defense side can't keep up
Pruden argues that to defend against a quantum computer capable of cryptographically relevant operations, we need pos…
Kraken Becomes Official Crypto Exchange Supporter Of FIFA World Cup 2026
Kraken says it has become the Official Crypto Exchange Supporter of the FIFA World Cup 2026, bringing crypto back to …
Bitcoin takes back seat to stablecoins and tokenization among financial advisors: Bitwise CIO
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said financial advisors are now showing more interest in stablecoins and tokenization than bi…
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…
The quantum clock is ticking: it's Bitcoin's problem, not Ethereum's
A recent research note published by Citi analysts reached a conclusion about quantum risk that should give every inst…
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…
Circle debuts cirBTC on Ethereum to challenge Coinbase in the wrapped bitcoin market
Circle unveiled cirBTC, a token backed 1:1 by the world's largest cryptocurrency, to allow traders to use their bitco…