Lead Story

Policy Summit and other things at Consensus 2026: State of Crypto

We are kicking off the show in Miami this week. Here’s what you should attend. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Infrastructure

North Korea's Crypto Hack Playbook Won't Work on Canton Network, Says Digital Asset CEO

Because Canton allows participants to implement guardrails, Digital Asset’s Yuval Rooz isn’t afraid of North Korean-linked hacking groups. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
Markets

Why XRP Ledger is becoming a $3.6B hot spot for tokenized energy commodities

XRPL currently holds about $3.6 billion in real-world assets, excluding stablecoins, split roughly between $1 billion in distributed assets and $2.6 billion in represented assets.…
Markets

Crypto is at bottom of U.S. voters' priorities heading into elections, CoinDesk survey shows

Americans had a generally unfavorable view of cryptocurrencies, the survey of 1,000 randomly selected registered voters found. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
AI

Americans still prefer banks over crypto for financial access, CoinDesk's survey shows

New polling of voters suggests they aren’t yet warming much to crypto, tending to see it as a negative force in the economy, and they…
Markets

U.S. voters don't trust Trump administration to oversee crypto sector, CoinDesk poll finds

The new poll suggests the vast majority of people think that government officials should keep their own financial interests separate from the industry. Read Full…
DeFi

Mike Cagney’s second act: Turning blockchain into Wall Street’s new plumbing

Figure’s $1 billion month capped a years-long push to strip out middlemen from credit markets, bringing real-world assets, lending and even equities onchain. Read Full…
AI

Americans distrust crypto, AI as industry super PACs flood midterms, poll finds

A new Politico poll finds most Americans distrust crypto and AI, raising questions about whether candidates backed by industry super PACs could face voter backlash.…
Institutional

Wall Street’s $292 billion risk-on rotation just created a new bullish setup for Bitcoin

Global equity funds pulled in over $15 billion in the week through Apr. 1, then $23.47 billion, $31.26 billion, and finally $48.72 billion in the…