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Tether putting $23 billion gold stockpile to work with bullion-backed loans
The stablecoin issuer is extending its tokenized gold strategy by allowing holders of XAUT to borrow against their bu…
Outdated bank rules may keep crypto outside the banks now allowed to hold it
Banks across the US, the UK, and Europe finally have a legal path to issue stablecoins, custody Bitcoin, and settle…
Tether Briefly Overtakes Ethereum As Stablecoin Market Cap Tops ETH During Sell-Off
Tether briefly moved above Ethereum by market capitalization during a sharp ETH drawdown, marking a symbolic risk-off…
Stablecoins are becoming a central bank problem hiding in T-bill markets
BIS research puts private dollar tokens closer to sovereign funding markets than the payment-rail debate suggests. Th…
Binance will be cut off from Europe on July 1 – Removes the “best liquidity in the world” says CZ
The July 1 deadline will show whether licensed venues can absorb users without weakening execution or stablecoin acce…
USDT gets a Brazil payment route to 170 million people by making crypto disappear
The Brazil integration tests whether stablecoins work best when users spend through a rail they already trust. The po…
Tether stablecoin flips Ether by market cap as ETH routs to $1.5K
Ether prices are currently back at crucial long-term support levels last visited in October 2023 and April 2025.
Live markets: Bitcoin rebounds to nearly $60,000. Kospi, Nikkei sink
BTC sees a relief bounce as Asian stocks wilt following sharp losses on Wall Street.
Russia creates crypto sanctions loophole, but cash-out routes remain ringfenced
The ELR gives selected firms a legal route, but wallets, exchanges, counterparties, and issuers still face pressure. …
Stablecoins are quickly becoming the Kevin Warsh’s Fed’s next policy problem
Waller's conference framing turns dollar tokens from a crypto-market tool into a question for Treasury demand, bank f…
Coinbase's Base blockchain resumes after two-hour outage disrupted network
The incident temporarily halted transaction processing on one of Ethereum's largest layer-2 networks.
Tether-pegged USDT0 stablecoin crosses $100 billion transaction volume milestone
USDT0, backed 1:1 by tethers, the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, is the third-largest holder of USDT.
‘Stablecoin’ Google searches down 54% as supply growth stalls after 2025 boom
The decline in search volumes this month coincides with aggregate stablecoin supply having reversed its 10-month expa…
Chainlink’s latest stablecoin push targets the capital stuck in bank FX settlement
The framework targets T+0 payment-versus-payment settlement while keeping banks on familiar Swift and ISO 20022 workf…
SpaceX tokenized stock bets top $50M in liquidations as crypto leverage reaches Wall Street
The SpaceX-linked perp put crypto's 24/7 leverage cycle around equity exposure still searching for a stable public-ma…
Live markets: Bitcoin, ether lead $1 billion liquidation losses as AI trade keeps going
A liquidation flush took bitcoin to its lowest since early June before Micron's blowout earnings and SK Hynix's U.S. …
Upheaval at the Ethereum Foundation has some of crypto’s biggest names feeling bullish
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at Ethereum's eventful week that started off with th…
Live markets: Bitcoin could drop to $59,000 in the short-term as liquidity dries up
Trading firm Wintermute's options desk puts bitcoin in a $61,242 to $63,563 range for Tuesday, with correlation risin…
Trump’s quantum computing push puts $449 billion in “exposed Bitcoin” back in the limelight
On June 22, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders that put the federal government’s most sensitive civ…
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum Foundation will cut budget 40% in major reset
The reduction comes on the same day the EF confirmed a 20% reduction in headcount and follows the resignation of co-E…
Ethereum Foundation cuts 20% of staff amid leadership exodus
The reduction follows a period of significant upheaval at the organization’s leadership level.
Live updates: An 'altcoin season' signal flashed, but bitcoin's slide is what set it off
After nearly two years of declines, alts have run out of sellers and steadied, while bitcoin has dropped hard, slidin…
Trump signs orders to build a quantum computer and protect against the one that could break encryption
The White House issued twin executive orders to accelerate U.S. development of large-scale quantum computers while si…
Trump signs orders for quantum computer, cryptography upgrades
“We’re going to be investing in American quantum leadership like never before to stay ahead of the pack,” says …
$8.5M DeFi vault pulled overnight: The wake-up call for traders chasing high yields
The vault claimed no MainStreet exposure, but verification panic still forced users to test how fast yield positions …
British pound stablecoins capped to $53B ceiling as Bank of England sets out stablecoin rules
The new framework removes wallet caps, yet keeps systemic sterling stablecoins far below dollar-token scale at launch…
Ethereum Foundation talent exodus sparks fresh debate over leadership
The Ethereum community is once again debating the future of the foundation after co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang…
Tokenized stocks as DeFi collateral arrive before the borrowing risk is settled
bStocks tied to Tesla, Nvidia, and SpaceX exposure are now in Venus' Core Pool, but launch caps keep the borrowing st…
Ethereum Validators Face New Proposal To Redirect Up To 10% Of Staking Rewards
A new Ethereum Research proposal would let validators redirect up to 10% of staking rewards toward ecosystem funding,…
Taiko halts its Ethereum layer-2 network after a bridge exploit, token dives
An attacker forged withdrawal proofs to drain about $1.7 million, the same type of flaw behind this year's biggest br…