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Circle CEO Says Consortium Stablecoins Are Doomed to Fail

Circle CEO Says Consortium Stablecoins Are Doomed to Fail

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire slams consortium stablecoin models, saying they fail at scale and agility. The market is already proving him right as centralized issuers

Citi Cuts Bitcoin Target to $93K and Ether to $3,600 as ETF Outflows Force Forecast Reset

Citi Cuts Bitcoin Target to $93K and Ether to $3,600 as ETF Outflows Force Forecast Reset

Citi lowered its 12-month Bitcoin price target from $110K to $93K and Ether from $4,000 to $3,600, citing persistent ETF outflows and tighter macro conditions that

France’s Second-Largest Bank Stakes Claim in Crypto With Meria Acquisition Talks

France’s Second-Largest Bank Stakes Claim in Crypto With Meria Acquisition Talks

France’s second-largest bank is in exclusive talks to acquire crypto custodian Meria, signaling a new phase of European banking consolidation into digital assets

Solana Launches Onchain Governance With Stake-Weighted Validator Voting

Solana Launches Onchain Governance With Stake-Weighted Validator Voting

Solana launches Solana Governance Proposals (SGP), enabling on-chain governance with stake-weighted validator voting. The new framework lets validators propose,

Obfuscation Could Unlock a ‘Trustless Trusted Third Party,’ but Vitalik Warns It’s Years Away

Obfuscation Could Unlock a ‘Trustless Trusted Third Party,’ but Vitalik Warns It’s Years Away

Vitalik Buterin says obfuscation could enable a trustless trusted third party, but practical implementation remains distant due to computational overhead and cryptographic

Novogratz: MicroStrategy Confidence Breakdown Driving Bitcoin Selloff

Novogratz: MicroStrategy Confidence Breakdown Driving Bitcoin Selloff

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz says Bitcoin’s decline is fueled by a crisis of confidence tied to MicroStrategy’s accumulation strategy and its growing market

SVB: Bitcoin Lending Rebounds as Banks and Institutional Capital Enter the Market

SVB: Bitcoin Lending Rebounds as Banks and Institutional Capital Enter the Market

Silicon Valley Bank says Bitcoin lending is recovering from the 2022 collapses as banks and institutional capital re-enter the market with structured, overcollateralized

MiCA Deadline Pushes European Crypto Founders to UAE Regulatory Haven

MiCA Deadline Pushes European Crypto Founders to UAE Regulatory Haven

As the EU's MiCA deadline nears, European crypto founders are increasingly relocating to the UAE, drawn by clearer rules and a proactive regulatory environment.

Securitize Lists on NYSE: Tokenization Goes Public in a Mature Market Test

Securitize Lists on NYSE: Tokenization Goes Public in a Mature Market Test

Securitize becomes one of the first publicly traded tokenization firms as investors approve a SPAC merger, listing on NYSE Thursday amid rising institutional interest

Binance Pours $300M Into Compliance as Fraud Interceptions Hit $10.5B – But Will It Satisfy Regulators?

Binance Pours $300M Into Compliance as Fraud Interceptions Hit $10.5B – But Will It Satisfy Regulators?

Binance says it now spends $300M annually on compliance and has intercepted $10.5B in fraud, but will that be enough to satisfy regulators after a $4.3B settlement