Markets
Ripple CEO stays bullish on bitcoin but says Saylor's strategy has hurt crypto
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse called Strategy’s preferred-stock funding model “financial engineering” that distracted the market, pointing to STRC’s slide to a record low as the evidence.…
AI
Dogecoin and Hyperliquid's HYPE led weekly crypto losses as AI stocks lure buyers
A rotation out of chipmakers lifted much of the stock market, with the equal-weight S&P 500 at a record. Crypto was not part of it.…
Institutional
Outdated bank rules may keep crypto outside the banks now allowed to hold it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 tokenized funds, yet the capital rulebook that…
DeFi
SOL reclaims $72, but onchain data flags weakening momentum
Solana found strength from tokenized stock trading on its network, but a declining TVL and DEX volumes point to fading momentum. Read Full Story at…
Infrastructure
MoneyGram CEO on rolling out MGUSD to its 60 million users, globally
MoneyGram has been quietly building on blockchain for over five years. Now, with its own stablecoin (MGUSD), a Kraken partnership, a validator seat on the…
Regulation
US senators urge CFTC probe Polymarket over ‘deceptive marketing’
Senators John Curtis and Adam Schiff are concerned about the CFTC’s enforcement ability after a “troubling” report on Polymarket’s advertising. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…
Infrastructure
Kraken's xStocks Opens Bending Spoons IPO Registration to EEA Retail
Kraken’s xStocks platform is opening non-binding interest registration for the Bending Spoons IPO to eligible customers in the EEA and select global markets, the tokenized…
Markets
Polymarket Confirms $3 Million Loss From Third-Party Front-End Supply-Chain Breach
Polymarket confirmed hackers drained approximately $3 million through a compromised third-party vendor that injected malicious code into the platform’s website, and pledged full refunds to…