Solana is under pressure from two sides: spot ETF inflows are slowing, and the long shadow of FTX’s SOL holdings is back in focus. SOL traded at $82.88, down 1.37% in 24 hours and 3.56% on the week Spot Solana ETF inflows surged on April 23, then cooled sharply FTX still holds roughly $1.1 billion […]
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Twenty One Capital is reportedly seeking mergers with Strike and Elektron to build what it describes as a premier Bitcoin platform, a move that could tighten Bitcoin payments and infrastructure under one roof while raising the usual centralization alarms. Twenty One Capital is pursuing mergers with Strike and Elektron. The stated goal is a “premier […]
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Crypto Clarity Act Gains Momentum as Senate Eyes Key May Markup The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is picking up speed in the Senate, with lawmakers moving closer to a markup that could land as soon as mid-May. The real test now is whether Congress can stop talking itself into circles long enough to actually […]
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JPMorgan has rehired former Goldman Sachs crypto executive Oliver Harris to lead the expansion of Kinexys, its blockchain and digital asset division — a move that says plenty about where institutional finance thinks the real money is headed. Not toward flashy token hype, but toward the boring, brutal, essential stuff: settlement rails, market plumbing, and […]
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Kevin Warsh has cleared a Senate committee, and markets are already doing what markets do best: speculating first and asking questions later. The move has traders eyeing a possible Federal Reserve leadership change, with implications for interest rates, inflation, liquidity, and Bitcoin. Warsh clears a Senate hurdle in the Fed leadership conversation Markets are pricing […]
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Senate Banking Committee advances Warsh for Fed Chair, Powell’s exit likely The Federal Reserve is back in the spotlight, with the Senate Banking Committee reportedly moving Kevin Warsh closer to a possible Fed Chair role while Jerome Powell’s departure looks increasingly likely. That’s not just Beltway drama — it could matter for interest rates, inflation, […]
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Bain & Company says stablecoins have moved well past crypto trading chatter and into the plumbing of wholesale banking, where speed, liquidity, and settlement actually matter. $320 billion stablecoin market now looks like real financial infrastructure “Great rewiring of wholesale banking” through stablecoins and tokenized deposits Instant, programmable settlement versus slow legacy payment rails U.S. […]
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Meta has quietly returned to crypto payments, and this time it’s doing it the sensible way: paying a small group of Facebook creators in Colombia and the Philippines with USDC instead of trying to launch its own money-printing moonshot. Meta is testing USDC creator payouts in Colombia and the Philippines Payments move over Solana and […]
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Bitcoin Developers Are Not Federal Targets, Blanche and Patel Say at Las Vegas Conference U.S. officials gave open-source Bitcoin and crypto developers a rare bit of clarity in Las Vegas: writing code is not the crime, unless you knowingly help criminals use it that way. DOJ softens stance: no more “regulation by prosecution” for neutral […]
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Bitcoin is still looking cheap to a lot of investors, even with BTC trading below $80,000 and the wider economy flashing warning signs like a dashboard lit up by a bad mechanic. 75% of institutions say Bitcoin is undervalued Spot Bitcoin ETFs keep pulling in capital Macro risk and Fed uncertainty are still the main […]
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