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Senate must act on crypto market structure legislation

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Nine months ago, Congress passed the GENIUS Act, establishing the first federal regulatory framework for payments stablecoins. The results were eye-opening: the stablecoin market grew 49% in 2025, reaching $306 billion by the end of the year. Circle, Ripple and other digital asset companies have received interim national banking charters from the OCC. Institutional capital […]

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Engineer Says AI Agents Could Break Internet Advertising-Based Economy

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Erik Reppel, head of engineering at Coinbase, offered insight into how artificial intelligence could reshape the internet’s economy, saying AI agents could force a shift away from the web’s advertising-driven business model. Speaking on stage at Consensus Miami 2026, Reppel, founder of payment protocol x402 and head of engineering at Coinbase Developer Platform, said the

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The legal risks and practical considerations of blacklisting digital assets

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US prosecutors have become increasingly aggressive in freezing digital assets suspected of being linked to illicit activities such as money laundering, “pig butchery” schemes, sanctions violations and other financial crimes. The freezing of digital assets, however, takes on a new dimension when it is voluntarily initiated by the issuer at the request of the government,

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OpenTrade raises $17 million to connect stablecoins to real-world assets

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Stablecoin infrastructure platform OpenTrade closed a $17 million funding round on Wednesday led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, with participation from a16z Crypto, AlbionVC and CMCC Global, bringing its total funding to over $30 million. The London-based company said the funding would be used to expand its permissioned and non-permissioned infrastructure and to support

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NYSE tokenization partners warn that synthetic stock tokens could mislead retail traders

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Executives from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), OKX and Securitize have warned that tokenized synthetic stocks create market and retail risks, as ICE moves forward with a regulated platform for tokenized U.S. stocks. Michael Blaugrund, who works on strategic initiatives at ICE, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), said during a panel at Consensus

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Morgan Stanley offers crypto trading with lower fees than competitors

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Morgan Stanley is expanding its digital assets push by rolling out crypto trading on its E*Trade platform, positioning the offering as a lower-cost option compared to established retail crypto services. The bank is currently running a pilot project that charges E*Trade users a fee of 50 basis points on the value of the transaction, according

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Multicoin Unveils “Significant” Zcash Position as Privacy Trading Returns

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Multicoin Capital has built a “significant position” in zcash (ZEC), co-founder and managing partner Tushar Jain told Consensus Miami, linking the purchase to the idea that private stores of value will matter more as finance moves up the chain. Jain did not disclose the size of the position. He said Bitcoin BTC$82,164.36 can withstand protocol-level

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BTC climbs, ETH lags as investors rush to altcoins: Crypto Markets Today

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The crypto market was volatile Tuesday evening after Strategy (MSTR) President Michael Saylor said his company might sell Bitcoin. BTC$82,212.57 in order to pay dividends from the STRC instrument, causing a short-lived panic in the price action. BTC, however, regained the $82,000 mark on Wednesday morning in Europe, after rising around 1.3% since midnight UTC,

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