Opinion by: Mitchell Amador, founder and CEO of Immunefi There’s an argument that regulation will split decentralized finance (DeFi) into two separate silos: one regulated and compliant and the other completely open and accessible by anyone, including anonymous participants. This argument is outdated. Regulatory pressure in 2026 will reshape DeFi into a network of interoperable, …
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AI and stablecoin segments have outperformed the broader crypto market in 2026, with data pointing to continued usage growth despite declining prices elsewhere. Key takeaways: AI sector posts smallest loss in Q1/2026, down just 14%. Stablecoin market cap hits a record $320 billion, with monthly transaction volumes at a record $1.8 trillion. AI and stablecoin …
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB), a global financial watchdog hosted by the Bank for International Settlements, warned on Tuesday that foreign currency-denominated stablecoins can pose financial stability and macroeconomic risks for emerging market and developing economies. In its annual report for 2025, the FSB said that US dollar-denominated stablecoins circulating across multiple jurisdictions pose “potentially …
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French cryptography startup Zama is integrating its protocol with Apex-backed T-REX Ledger to add a confidentiality layer for ERC-3643-based tokenized assets, a standard that lets issuers embed identity checks and transfer restrictions into tokenized securities. Zama, which raised $73 million in Series A funding in 2024 to commercialize fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), said the integration …
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is outlining a sweeping vision for the future of financial markets. In his latest annual letter, Fink emphasizes long-term investing, broader market participation and the transformative potential of tokenization. He frames today’s economic environment as one defined by rapid change and uncertainty, with digital wallets and tokenized assets offering the potential …
An employee of the United States Postal Service has admitted to abusing his position to power a bank fraud scheme. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), North Carolina resident Andre Whitehurst used his role as a postal clerk to steal incoming and outgoing checks from the mail. He then sold those checks to co-conspirators, …
Nasdaq will integrate its Calypso risk and collateral platform and trade surveillance system with digital asset infrastructure firm Talos’s institutional trading tools. The integration announced Monday aims to offer institutional clients a “unified” workflow for managing tokenized collateral and monitoring crypto and traditional assets for market abuse. It aims to ease a bottleneck in institutional …
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Aave’s decentralized autonomous organization backed a proposal to move its V4 protocol toward deployment on Ethereum mainnet, signaling broader support for the upgrade after weeks of governance tension and contributor exits. On Monday, the proposal to deploy Aave V4 on the Ethereum mainnet garnered near-unanimous support from the DAO, with more than 645,000 votes in …
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Opinion by: Dr Corey Petty, chief evangelist at Logos When early cryptocurrencies were conceptualized, the vision was not one of complex leverage strategies, celebrity rugpulls and government treasuries. Rather, cypherpunks sought, through cryptographic tools, to empower people through the privacy-given freedom to exchange goods and services without the threat of government overreach and mass corporate …
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s former top enforcement official reportedly clashed with the regulator’s top brass before resigning last week, with part of the reason being how the agency handled cases involving those close to US President Donald Trump. Margaret Ryan, the ex-director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, wanted to pursue fraud and …
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Hostplus, Australia’s third-largest pension fund by member count, is reportedly considering offering cryptocurrencies as an investment option, citing interest from its members in the asset class. “There’s certainly a demand from some of our members who write in and say, ‘Why can’t I have access to cryptocurrency?’” Sam Sicilia, the fund’s chief investment officer, told …
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TRON DAO has scaled up its artificial intelligence fund by a factor of ten, from $100 million to $1 billion, targeting investments in and acquisitions of early-stage startups building core infrastructure for the agentic economy. The billion-dollar fund, announced on Monday, will focus investments in four areas: agent identity systems, stablecoin-based payment rails, tokenized real-world …
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Stablecoin issuer Circle has urged the European Commission to lower the barrier for institutions to engage with crypto-asset service providers in response to parts of its proposed Market Integration Package — a broad policy initiative aimed at strengthening capital markets in Europe. In a statement on Monday, Circle said the Commission’s MIP proposals represent a …
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Balancer Labs, the team behind the decentralized finance protocol Balancer, is shutting down after mounting financial pressure and a $116 million hack in November, with executives proposing continuation of the protocol under a leaner, more cost-effective structure. “After careful consideration, I have decided to wind down Balancer Labs. This is not a decision I take lightly,” …
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Two major prediction market platforms, Kalshi and Polymarket, on Monday announced new trading guardrails to address insider trading amid mounting concerns of market manipulation on recent event contracts. It comes the same day that US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to ban event contracts that resemble a “sports bet” or “casino-style game.” Kalshi on Monday …
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