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Mastercard Wins NY BitLicense, Deepening Push Into Stablecoin Settlement

The payments giant, which processed nearly $11 trillion in volume last year, secured one of the US’s most demanding state…
Infrastructure

Crypto IPOs could create massive $1 trillion market amid tokenization wave, Jefferies says

The Wall Street investment bank expects a wave of crypto and blockchain public listings over the next two years as…
Infrastructure

Ethereum’s privacy push faces a 12-month deadline as markets reward privacy-first assets

Ethereum developers are racing to bring native privacy to the world’s largest smart contract blockchain as investors warn that delays…
AI

Tiny x402 payments expose the approval gap holding AI agents back

Agentic payment protocol x402 volume collapsed roughly 77% from its November 2025 peak of $5.15 million to $1.19 million by…
Markets

Bitcoin just absorbed a single $1.3B IBIT block trade with barely any price movement

At 10:30:34 a.m. ET, a single IBIT print of 29,212,864 shares, crossed at $43.16, for a notional of roughly $1.26…
Markets

Spain Joins Growing Global Crackdown on Polymarket and Kalshi Over Missing Gambling Licenses

Spain’s DGOJ ordered ISPs to block Polymarket and Kalshi for operating without gambling licenses, joining the Netherlands, Belgium, Indonesia, and…
Infrastructure

HYPE Spot ETFs Absorb 1.04% of Market Cap in First 10 Days, the Best Crypto ETF Debut on Record

HYPE spot ETFs absorbed 1.04% of market cap in 10 days, outpacing bitcoin (0.59%), ether (0.41%), and Solana (0.31%), with…
Infrastructure

$1.3 Billion IBIT Block Trade Crosses Without Moving Bitcoin, Signaling ETF Market Maturity

A 29 million share IBIT trade worth $1.3 billion executed Tuesday morning without moving bitcoin’s price, with Eric Balchunas calling…
DeFi

China drops hammer on cross-border stock trading: 5 things to know

China drops hammer on cross-border stock trading: 5 things to know Read the full story at Nikkei Asia →
Markets

Bitcoin drops after $78K pop, but ‘value investor’ keeps ‘hoovering up cheap’ BTC

Bitcoin’s rangebound trading carries on as bears defend $77,000 and bulls hold out near $74,000. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…