Derivatives
Politics
Why Trump backed a crypto ethics rule that stopped at the family business
Washington nearly imposed new limits on officials' crypto wealth, but family businesses exposed where those limits stopped.
Sports
Circle wants you to love USDC a little like you love Chelsea
Circle is putting USDC on Chelsea’s shirt as it tries to turn a dollar-pegged token into a globally recognizable financial brand.
AI
AI was supposed to take scammers’ jobs, but it gave them superpowers instead
FATF warns that one or two people with enough computing power could do work that previously required much larger teams
Legislation
The US Bitcoin reserve faces a crucial bipartisan test Wednesday
A House vote on Sept. 16 will test whether the 78 Democrats who backed crypto market rules are willing to extend that support to a federal Bitcoin reserve.
DeFi
XRP holders could earn new yield, but getting out may take up to 60 days
Firelight plans to pay XRP holders for backing DeFi coverage, but withdrawals could take up to 60 days once its coverage system launches.
DeFi
Why 90% of your DeFi trades are quietly being routed back to Wall Street market makers
The shadowy market makers DeFi tried to replace are taking over again.
Wallets
The biggest vulnerability in your Bitcoin wallet might be the shipping label
Hardware wallet scan keep a thief away from your Bitcoin while the forgotten paperwork from buying it helps them find you.
Stablecoins
Stablecoins make sending money easy until someone needs to spend it
Stablecoins compete with remittance companies at the grocery bill as much as on the blockchain.
AI
The challenge for AI agents is deciding who pays for automated errors
AI agents can buy services with crypto, but users still need control over budgets, mistakes, and repeated charges.
Digital Asset Treasuries
The dilution trap where Bitcoin holdings rise while shareholder value stalls
A Bitcoin treasury company can buy hundreds more Bitcoin without giving its existing shareholders much more Bitcoin at all.
Banking
Wall Street is building tokenized deposits to lock in customer balances
Banks are using tokenized deposits and stablecoins to make cross-border payments faster, reducing the time cash stays trapped for companies.
Analysis
CPI and PPI climb, crushing hopes for cheap money and leaving Bitcoin traders with an expensive dilemma
Inflation picked up just days before the Fed meets, making cheap money a little harder for Bitcoin investors to count on.
