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Why Binance’s reported $2B Mesh investment could decide who controls stablecoin payments
The signal is about who controls the wallet-to-merchant path that makes tokenized dollars spendable. The post Why Bin…
Bitcoin’s Freedom Money to set Independence day liquidity benchmark while Wall Street shuts down
With Wall Street and ETF rails shut, BTC keeps trading, proving that always-on access can also mean thinner liquidity…
How ethical hackers with just a $3,000 server found a flaw that could've put $70 billion in crypto at risk
A critical flaw in the Aptos blockchain, which was patched, gave researchers a near-90% success rate at breaking a co…
Bitcoin experts split over plan to freeze Satoshi's 1.1 million bitcoin as quantum threat grows
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said Satoshi Nakamoto's bitcoin should be frozen before quantum computers can steal it…
OpenUSD’s partner mix-up puts its stablecoin alliance under scrutiny
A stablecoin built around a giant partner list now faces the question every coalition coin must answer: who is actual…
Crypto exchanges are selling stock options and tokenized stocks but users may not own what they think
Bitget launched US stock options this week and says no other major crypto exchange offers them. The product starts wi…
This sanctioned Russian stablecoin claims it processes billions, but blockchain analysts disagree
A7A5 claims crypto data providers understate its trading activity, while blockchain analytics firms say the ruble-bac…
The fight over the UK’s digital pound has become a battle over crypto’s political influence
The standards request pushes the CBDC debate toward disclosure, political money, and who gets access while payment ru…
MiCA Deadline Puts EU Crypto Firms Under Full Licensing Pressure
ESMA’s MiCA deadline reminder puts EU crypto platforms and stablecoin firms under full licensing pressure.
Bitcoin’s 14% Q2 drop came as stablecoin market contracts for first time since 2023
Bitcoin’s second-quarter slide unfolded alongside a rare contraction in the stablecoin market, adding another sign …
GENIUS made stablecoins legal, July 18 decides which stablecoins stay competitive
The GENIUS Act's one-year rulemaking deadline lands on July 18, and markets have mostly priced it as a legitimacy mil…
Solana Hits Record $3.4 Billion in Real-World Asset (RWA) Expansion
Solana Hits Record $3.4 Billion in Real-World Asset (RWA) Expansion — what the latest source material shows and why…
Robinhood CEO says future of crypto is in real-world assets, not memecoins
Vlad Tenev spoke to his belief in the merging of TradFi and crypto when asked if digital assets have entered an "endu…
Tether freezes 134 ISIS terror wallets as stablecoins now sit inside the sanctions machine
The 131-wallet freeze exposes how public-chain intelligence and issuer controls are becoming real-time enforcement in…
Three years after MiCA became law, Europe's crypto framework is undergoing a rethink
Europe’s MiCA regime is now up for review, known colloquially as “MiCA 2.0,” through a consultation that closes…
Robinhood’s expanding crypto bet meets a faster-moving prediction market boom
Robinhood is pushing deeper into crypto infrastructure with the launch of its own blockchain network, tokenized stock…
Coinbase helped build USDC – Why is it now backing the stablecoin trying to replace it, Open USD?
The stablecoin market has long rewarded the companies that issue digital dollars. They take in customer cash, hold re…
Ethereum Institutional launch draws support from across the Ethereum ecosystem
Its launch comes as Ethereum's support ecosystem undergoes a broader evolution, following the debut of EthLabs and am…
Circle CEO says Open USD must break USDC’s network effect before its 140 backers matter
Allaire says the stablecoin fight will hinge on liquidity, integrations and regulated usage once OUSD goes live. The …
Is OpenUSD the answer to bank push back on CLARITY? Hints stablecoin yield concessions will fail
The 140-partner model challenges USDC reserve economics while leaving issuer, reserve and redemption tests unresolved…
Robinhood Chain goes live on mainnet alongside 24/7 tokenized stocks, Lighter perps and planned crypto agentic trading
Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 built using Arbitrum's tech stack, went live on public mainnet, with partners including Un…
Taiwan’s new crypto law gives banks the first real stablecoin advantage
The rules do not hand issuance to banks, but reserves, custody, audits and no-yield limits put financial infrastructu…
Solana USDC Liquidity Jumps As Circle Mints Another $1 Billion
Circle reportedly minted another $1 billion of USDC on Solana, adding to the network’s already large gross issuance…
Jefferies warns against buying the dip in Circle as Open USD raises new competition fears
The investment bank said new competition from the Stripe- and Coinbase-backed stablecoin consortium could pressure US…
EthLabs launches as Ethereum undergoes its biggest leadership transition in years
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re diving into the creation of EthLabs, and why it was launch…
French banking giant Crédit Agricole rolls out euro stablecoin, EURXT
EURXT debuted with 20 million tokens in circulation, backed 1:1 by euro reserves at Caceis Bank, and competes with Ci…
Ethereum gets a new nonprofit focused on institutional adoption
The launch comes as the Ethereum Foundation narrows its focus to stewarding the core protocol, with independent organ…
Tokenized Google stock inflated 7,700% in rare DeFi lending exploit
An attacker inflated the value of a tokenized Google share used as collateral to about 78 times its real price, then …