FATF flagged AML risks from peer-to-peer stablecoin transfers, pointing to freeze and deny-list controls as potential safeguards.
At times, the authors turn to standardization efforts in traditional finance like SWIFT and ISIN as a roadmap for blockchain interoperability.
AI models chose bitcoin in 79% of long-term scenarios, stablecoins led payments; 91% favored digital assets over fiat.
Prediction markets platform Polymarket has archived a contract on whether a nuclear weapon would be detonated this year.
The prolonged debate around stablecoin interests has led to the delay of a broader digital asset market structure legislation.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan wrote that the US military strikes on Iran, announced Sunday morning, accelerated the shift toward onchain finance.
A16z added the NovaBlindFold folding scheme to the open-source Jolt zkVM, “rendering it suitable for privacy applications.”
Mizuho said shifting Fed expectations may matter more for Circle’s valuation multiple than for near-term revenue.
"To us, the banks will eventually lose on this issue politically as they are arguing against consumers getting paid money."
Last year, Coinbase relaunched the noncustodial Base App with social features like Creator Coins that have since been phased out.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Truckers will now be able to exchange TCS utility tokens for PYUSD on the INX-Republic exchange, providing them with quicker cash flows.
The rollout follows an August 2025 executive order directing regulators to revisit prior guidance that had discouraged crypto in 401(k) plans.
The product, when first unveiled in 2025, was initially focused on Central and South American countries and is currently live in 18 countries.
The expansion will support American Bitcoin's strategy of accumulating BTC below spot prices after posting a 53% gross margin in Q4.
JPMorgan's CEO argued that yield-bearing stablecoins should face the same regulatory requirements as bank deposits amid policy negotiations.
Core Scientific has already sold around $175 million in bitcoin as the company accelerates its pivot toward AI-focused data centers.
The Aave Chan Initiative, a major Aave DAO delegate and service provider founded by Marc Zeller, will not renew its engagement with the DAO.
Former LAPD officer Eric Halem was convicted of kidnapping and robbery for stealing $350,000 in bitcoin in 2024.
The Pump.fun mobile app is adding support for tokens launched on rival token generators and other non-Pump-native assets.
The Glamsterdam upgrade will boost Ethereum's censorship-resistance, but a proposed mechanism called ePBS could cause centralization.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
12 major European banks are moving forward with a euro-backed stablecoin under the Qivalis consortium, aiming for a second-half 2026 launch.
USAT CEO Bo Hines has said Tether could become one of the top 10 buyers of U.S. Treasury bills this year as demand for stablecoins grows.
PeckShield reported that February hacking losses fell 98.2% year-over-year to $26.5 million across 15 incidents.
Aave DAO advances proposal redirecting product revenue to treasury and ratifying V4 as strategic foundation.
Even as crypto sentiment remains weak, JPMorgan analysts see the possible mid-year approval of U.S. market structure legislation as a positive catalyst.
The binary tree proposal is a concrete, in-progress effort, while the VM transition remains more speculative and lacks broad consensus among developers.
The platform is reimbursing all fees, settling pre-death positions at the last-traded price, and fully refunding post-death positions.
BIP-110, formerly known as BIP-444, is a controversial proposal that would restrict certain ways of storing data on the Bitcoin blockchain.