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DeFi
How crypto futures markets are feeding ‘scam coin’ insider pump and dumps
RAVE’s collapse exposed how thin floats, crowded shorts and exchange-listed perpetuals can turn small coins into retail traps.
Stablecoins
Banks fund crypto attack ads across Washington as over 3,000 banks unite to stop Clarity Act passing Senate
ABA ads and fresh bank lobbying are colliding with the Senate calendar as negotiators race to finish the stablecoin-yield compromise holding up CLARITY.
Regulation
Were tariff refunds bought for 20 cents on the dollar by stablecoin-backed Treasurys custodian Cantor Fitzgerald?
Howard Lutnick backed Trump’s tariffs. His old firm was reportedly pitching a way to buy the refunds cheap.
DeFi
Crypto traders spend $9.7B on fees as the next Bitcoin drawdown will expose which on-chain costs are real
A new 1kx analysis suggests many protocol fees rise with Bitcoin prices, but the real test is what happens in down months, when macro fear hits and fee beta turns painful.
ETF
Morgan Stanley’s $116M Bitcoin ETF debut is tiny next to $1.9T, and that’s why Wall Street will notice
MSBT’s early inflows are negligible next to Morgan Stanley’s $1.9 trillion platform, but they offer something more valuable: proof that a bank-branded Bitcoin product can attract demand fast.
Analysis
Bitcoin network activity just hit an 8-year low — has Wall Street replaced retail in the market?
ETF inflows and institutional positioning are stabilizing, raising the question of who now matters most in Bitcoin.
Macro
Bitcoin now has just 4 days before ceasefire deadline risks price reversal with Hormuz closed again
Only 8 tankers got through before Hormuz tightened again. Bitcoin now waits for the next count.
Stablecoins
Crypto censorship resistance is questioned as major fight breaks out over who gets to freeze your digital dollars
Circle says freezes should follow lawful process. Tether is proving the appeal of fast intervention. After Drift and Rhea, stablecoin users may care more about stopping thieves than old crypto slogans.
Payments
Staggering $28 trillion flows through crypto’s ‘agent economy’ – but 76% of it is just bots shuffling stablecoins
A rising share of on-chain payments is machine-led, but DWF, BCG, and others show the so‑called agent economy still depends on centralized gateways.
Stablecoins
Ripple’s dollar stablecoin hits a wall in Japan, one of XRP’s friendliest markets, as megabanks earn most of the trust
Nomura’s latest survey suggests Japanese institutions trust stablecoins issued by major financial institutions most, a potential hurdle for RLUSD even in a market where XRP has long enjoyed unusual traction.
Quantum
Bitcoin’s quantum migration plan forces the network to choose between frozen and stolen coins
BIP 361 forces a choice between freezing vulnerable Bitcoin and risking quantum theft, as Ethereum and Tron race to prove they have safer migration runbooks.
Regulation
Why the SEC just gave self custody crypto apps 5 years to get traditional broker licenses
A new SEC staff statement gives certain wallet-linked crypto trading interfaces a narrow way to operate without broker registration, while leaving most DeFi protocols and tokenized markets stuck waiting on Congress.
