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Brazilian industry giants representing 850 companies denounce stable tax threat

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Brazil’s leading cryptocurrency and fintech industry groups have warned that extending a financial transaction tax to stablecoin operations could harm innovation and violate existing law. In a joint statement shared with CoinDesk, industry associations ABcripto, ABFintechs, Abracam, ABToken and Zetta said recent discussions about extending a financial operations tax (known locally as Imposto sobre Operações […]

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AI developers may not be keen on crypto, but stablecoins are the secret to agentic finance, crypto insiders say.

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To get a sense of the importance of AI-driven trading for crypto, ask entrepreneurs and developers involved in digital assets, especially stablecoins. They will be happy to tell you that blockchain-based money is the natural solution, an essential part of the mix, etc. Their logic is simple. Over the past few years, stablecoins – primarily

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Bitcoin can survive the cutting of 72% of the world’s underwater cables, but a targeted attack on five hosting providers could cripple it.

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The Bitcoin network has been running non-stop since 2009. The question that no one had rigorously answered until now was what it would actually take to break it. Researchers at the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance last week published the first longitudinal study of the Bitcoin blockchain’s resilience to physical infrastructure disruptions, analyzing 11 years

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XRP Ledger Activity Hits Record Highs, But Why Are XRP Prices Down 62% From the Peak?

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The XRP Ledger has never been busier, but traders have yet to catch up. Successful daily payments on XRPL recently hit a 12-month high of more than 2.7 million, up from around 1 million at the end of 2025, according to XRPSCAN data. The network processes between 2 and 2.8 million transactions per day at

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The Court ends the conflict between the Custodia and the Federal Reserve just as the Fed opens the door to the main account

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A federal appeals court has rejected crypto bank Custodia’s final bid to challenge the U.S. Federal Reserve’s authority to grant master accounts, but the decision comes at a time when the central bank is opening other avenues for such accounts. A Fed master account provides access to the central bank’s payment channels and comprehensive services,

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Circle (CRCL) Strong Trading Volumes Noted by Mizuho as It Raises Price Target

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Circle’s USDC (CRCL) surpassed Tether’s USDT in trading volumes for the first time since 2019, prompting Japanese investment bank Mizuho to raise its price target for the stablecoin issuer from $100 to $120, while reiterating its neutral rating on the stock. Shares rose 1% in early trading to $115.40 and are up about 95% from

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Circle (CRCL) Overtakes BlackRock (BLK) as Tokenized Treasury Market Hits $11 Billion

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The rapidly growing market for tokenized U.S. Treasuries has a new leader. Circle (CRCL), better known as the issuer of the stablecoin USDC (USDC), became the largest provider of tokenized Treasury exposure after its USYC token reached approximately $2.2 billion, according to data from RWA.xyz. This growth has pushed USYC ahead of BlackRock’s USD Institutional

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The Foundation publishes a mandate defining its role and fundamental principles

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The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has released a comprehensive new document outlining its philosophy, priorities and long-term role in running the world’s second-largest blockchain network. The 38-page “EF Mandate”, published Friday, regulates the blockchain, whose ether token (ETH) is only beaten by bitcoin. BTC$71,204.33 in market capitalization, as a technology designed to protect individual freedom in

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MoonPay Adds Ledger-Secured AI Crypto Agents to Address Wallet Key Risks

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Crypto payments company MoonPay has added Ledger hardware wallet signing to its command line interface (CLI) wallet for MoonPay agents, a move the company says addresses a security challenge introduced by standalone crypto trading tools. The new feature allows users to verify and sign each transaction generated by an AI agent using a Ledger hardware

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