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Aave (AAVE) was also a top performer, up 1.4% from Thursday.

The company sold nearly $100 million in bitcoin to fund the purchase of its 200-acre Rockdale site and signed a lease deal with Advanced Micro Devices that could generate $1 billion in revenue.

During an earnings conference call on Friday, CEO Bill Demchak called for a clear separation between payment tools and investment vehicles.

A selloff in precious metals and a decline in U.S. stocks appears to have dented cryptocurrency sentiment.

Payroll and HR platform Gusto is testing stable payments powered by Zerohash, with the aim of reducing cross-border payment times.

Ethereum scaling company Polygon Labs disputed reports of a 30% reduction in headcount, saying role overlaps related to acquisitions were behind the changes while its workforce remained the same.

The Democratic contingent participating in negotiations over the structure of the US crypto market has resumed negotiations on the bill, although it has sought to keep the details private.

Legislative language that would grant certain legal protections to crypto software developers is up to the Senate Judiciary Committee, its leaders said.

Etherealize co-founders Vivek Raman and Danny Ryan believe Ethereum is emerging from regulatory “purgatory” to become Wall Street’s premier destination.

New validators must now wait more than 44 days to start earning staking rewards, the biggest delay since late July 2023.