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Tassat wants to help small banks exploit the stablecoin boom before big banks exclude them

The announcement comes as stablecoins become more established in traditional finance following the passage of the GENIUS Act. Wall Street companies and banks are expanding their stablecoin initiatives, while Citi predicts the market could reach around $4 trillion by 2030. At this scale, Sussman said, concentrating reserves among a few institutions could create liquidity and […]

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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account hacked to promote token amid memecoin frenzy

Robinhood (HOOD) CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was compromised on Thursday and used to promote a fake memecoin as traders piled up tokens on the brokerage firm’s recently launched blockchain network. The now-deleted post featured a token called Vladhood ($VLAD) as the “official mascot of the Robinhood Channel” and falsely claimed it would be listed

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BlackRock, Coinbase and Strategy pledge $15 million to prepare Bitcoin for quantum threats

A total of nine companies have formed a consortium pledging a total of $15 million over three years to support security research and open source development of Bitcoin. Companies in the newly formed Bitcoin Security Consortium include major players in the crypto market including BlackRock, Coinbase, Strategy, Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, Block, Blockstream, Fidelity Digital

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Uniswap (UNI) goes deeper into tokenized RWAs with permissioned trading pools

Uniswap (UNI), one of the largest and oldest decentralized exchanges, is further investing in tokenized assets, introducing functionality designed to allow regulated securities to be traded on the platform without sacrificing compliance requirements. Decentralized exchange developer Uniswap Labs is rolling out “permissioned pools” on Thursday, infrastructure that allows issuers of tokenized funds, stocks and other

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Goldman Sachs CEO supports Clarity Act despite banking industry concerns over stablecoin rules

Solomon’s endorsement contrasts with growing opposition from other top banking executives, including JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who has argued that the legislation could disadvantage traditional banks by allowing crypto companies to offer yield-generating stablecoin products that resemble bank deposits without being subject to the same regulatory framework. Speaking to Fox Business in May, Dimon

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The KIDS law is much worse than the digital card: it is a system of mass surveillance

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