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Pye Finance Closes $5M Seed Round Led by Variant and Coinbase Ventures

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Pye Finance has raised a $5 million seed round led by Variant and Coinbase Ventures, the company announced in a press release Monday. The round also included participation from Solana Labs, Nascent, Gemini and others, the company said. The startup is building an on-chain marketplace on Solana for time-locked staking positions, with the goal of […]

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BTC, ETH, USDC as collateral in CFTC crypto pilot

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday launched a pilot program allowing certain digital assets – Bitcoin. BTC$91,193.35ether ETH$3,143.00 and USD Coin (USDC) or other payment stablecoins – for use as collateral in US derivatives markets. The program, announced by Acting President Caroline Pham, is part of a broader initiative to give market participants

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US regulator pushes back against banks fighting Crypto’s pursuit of trust charters

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The traditional banking industry has sought to slow the influx of institutions seeking to become trusted banks serving digital asset customers, and Jonathan Gould, head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said such hesitation “would risk reversing innovations.” “The OCC hears almost daily from existing national banks about their own initiatives for

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Argentina’s central bank set to greenlight crypto services for national banks

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The Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) is considering lifting the cryptocurrency ban on banks and allowing them to provide account holders with services related to digital assets, according to Argentine newspaper La Nacion. The new rules for banks could be ready as early as April 2026, reports La Nacion, citing sources close to the BCRA.

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