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RESEARCH: Stablecoin adoption in APAC increasingly a question of regulatory access.
For compliance-first stablecoins like @Ripple's $RLUSD, relevance depends on operating across markets with different rules for distribution, custody and redemption.
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At @avax Summit, @kevinolearytv shows off his $11 million Shohei Ohtani card set inside a custom Tiffany necklace featuring 110 carats of diamonds.
LATEST: @Grayscale's $ZEC ETF announces a 3-for-1 share split less than a month after launch, with $890M in net assets and $11B+ in cumulative volume, as $ZEC hits a new all-time high above $1,521.
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"Now a mom and pop enterprise can manage their own weather risk."
At @avax Summit, @Kalshi's Andy Ross explains how prediction markets are creating new opportunities for businesses.
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“Today, the system is taking anywhere from 10 to 16% of the value of a loan through these intermediaries, and if you remove them, we should be able to give that back to people.”
At @avax Summit, Kevin Miao (@humancapitol) argues tokenization could cut intermediaries out of lending and return more value directly to borrowers.
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The SEC opens a path for real tokenized U.S. stocks to trade on public blockchains, corporate bitcoin buying slows sharply, and the Treasury says Iran has routed Strait of Hormuz toll payments through a crypto exchange.
@uyendoe has what you need to know.
Thank you to @realfi_co 👋 for being a sponsor of the CoinDesk Media Network.
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JUST IN: @Coinbase files to offer single-stock perpetual futures on 50-60 U.S. companies including Apple, Tesla and Nvidia, pending regulatory approval.
“We are building for a world in which AI are native economic actors.”
@circle CTPO @chandhok tells @kateirwin how agents on Arc can on-ramp into USDC and use it to pay for everything from inference to research.
Thank you to @Grayscale for being a sponsor of the CoinDesk Media Network.
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NEW: A Birkin bag is going onchain.
@beezie and @TheLuxuryCloset are tokenizing authenticated luxury goods on Solana, creating a verifiable ownership history, and potentially a more liquid market for luxury resale.
@AndreaMYellie joins @jennsanasie on this week's Brand New Rails.
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"There's going to be some kind of AI agent that gets into a power plant...it's not going to be existential....but it will be serious enough"
At @avax Summit, @hosseeb says serious AI-related incidents could accelerate calls for government restrictions on major companies.
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NEW: The FBI and Japan's NPA warn that North Korea-linked hackers infected 30,000+ devices across 100+ countries, stealing from 7,000+ crypto wallets and netting $10.71M by posing as recruiters at crypto, AI and NFT firms.
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SCOOP: Crypto technology provider Haruko was hit by a targeted cyberattack affecting 15 clients and exposing exchange API details and trading data.
A small amount of client funds were also stolen according to sources, @willcanny99 reports.
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“We wanna be the most customer-centric exchange.”
@BinanceUS CEO Stephen Gregory says at @avax Summit customer feedback is driving changes at the exchange.
JUST IN: The CFTC sends a new crypto market structure proposal to the White House for review days after the CLARITY Act's Senate failure, moving swiftly on Chair Selig's promise to use existing authorities to regulate crypto markets.
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INSIGHT: ECB President Christine Lagarde personally intervened to block @Binance's MiCA license in Greece, citing concerns the exchange would deepen dollar stablecoin use in Europe and undermine the digital euro, per the WSJ.
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NEW: @HyperliquidX launches manual borrows, letting users supply $HYPE and $BTC as collateral to borrow $USDC and $USDT, with $269M already borrowed on day one through its HyperCore lending infrastructure.
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MARKETS: DeFi and L2 tokens take the lead as crypto's post-Fed rally extends with $UNI up 25%, $ARB up 25%, and $BTC holding above $78K.
INSIGHT: Kevin O'Leary says he's "back in the saddle buying new positions" for the next crypto cycle, calling the first major stock exchange to adopt a blockchain a "watershed moment" that will determine which chain wins institutional adoption.
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LATEST: XRP treasury company @evernorthxrp raises $30M via convertible notes from South Korean institutional investor NH Investment & Securities, contingent on its SPAC merger closing, with proceeds earmarked for $XRP acquisition ahead of its Nasdaq listing under $XRPN.
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