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Banking
The Fed is readying to punish banks for holding Bitcoin as US crypto tensions boil over
Basel’s thresholds and punitive risk weights can make direct Bitcoin exposure prohibitively expensive even when it’s legally permitted.
ETF
BlackRock’s new product just made Ethereum income impossible to ignore
BlackRock may have just reopened the case for earning yield in crypto, reframing ETH as yield plus price exposure.
Macro
US gets first new oil refinery in 50 years but it will come too late for Bitcoin
Groundbreaking is slated for Q2 2026, so any real fuel supply arrives years after today’s inflationary pump shock.
Exchanges
Why Bitcoin’s kimchi premium is on life support after South Korea targets crypto exchange
FIU’s proposed six month partial ban targets new user transfers, but the bigger shock may be price discovery shifting to Upbit.
Regulation
Kalshi’s Brazil prediction market launch lands in a country already fighting a betting addiction crisis
The product is macro first, but Brazil’s crackdown playbook was built for mass retail behavior.
AI
Can crypto protect us against the growing web of economic AI agents?
AI agents can talk, use tools, and pay — But crypto wants to control the escrow moment.
Legal
Prosecutors push to put crypto founder back in court after Washington already reversed policy
Investors may be spreading the “regulatory relief” narrative onto privacy infrastructure that DOJ and Treasury still target.
Tokenization
Crypto traders are buying tokenized stocks that don’t actually make them shareholders
Wall Street is trying to stop "fake" stock ownership from becoming normal in crypto.
Regulation
Cardano spent years looking slow. Now that may help it win in crypto’s rule-heavy era
Reeve’s on chain audit attestation and new governance indexing tools hint at a credibility race most chains can’t pass.
Research
Seven internet cables were cut at once — Bitcoin barely noticed, but researchers found a real chokepoint
Across 68 verified cable fault events, node impact was usually under 5%, but ASN targeting beats seabed chaos fast.
Regulation
The same crypto founders the US just stopped chasing are now funding Trump’s crypto tokens
Sun’s $10 million settlement and earlier Binance relief reduce legal overhang as Trump linked projects sit close to key distribution channels.
Taxes
Refusing new IRS crypto tax forms could cost you your exchange account
The IRS would let exchanges bundle electronic delivery consent into onboarding and potentially terminate accounts that refuse.
