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Ethereum is losing ownership of crypto payments as Base moves $565B in stablecoins
Stablecoin activity is becoming a contest over which blockchains move the most tokenized dollars. Visa Onchain Analytics showed…
Coinbase World Cup error shows prediction markets still have a proof problem
A reported Coinbase announcement about a World Cup result, likely using AI, created a problem bigger than a…
Why Binance’s reported $2B Mesh investment could decide who controls stablecoin payments
Binance’s reported move to lead a new Mesh funding round puts a strategic price on the payment routes…
Bitcoin’s Freedom Money to set Independence day liquidity benchmark while Wall Street shuts down
Bitcoin keeps trading when Wall Street stops. Independence Day turns that design choice into a market demonstration. Official…
The fight over the UK’s digital pound has become a battle over crypto’s political influence
A request for the UK standards watchdog to examine Nigel Farage’s reported interactions with the Bank of England…
Ripple joins Open USD: what it means for RLUSD and XRP
Ripple Open USD news puts Ripple inside a stablecoin backed by Visa, Mastercard and BlackRock. It skips XRPL,…
DeFi hacks are turning high yields into a hidden liquidity tax
DeFi’s latest exploit chatter is pointing traders toward a cost that does not appear in pool APYs: the…
FCA finalizes UK crypto rules as firms face 2027 access deadline
The Financial Conduct Authority finalized its UK crypto rulebook on June 30, setting the stage for the next…
Ripple banking partner powers Elon Musk’s X Money rollout to users
Elon Musk’s X has begun rolling out X Money to select Premium+ users, with the new payments service…
USDT gets a Brazil payment route to 170 million people by making crypto disappear
Oobit’s Pix launch in Brazil turns a stablecoin narrative into a payment-habit test. The company connected its app…