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Aave avoided collapse, but its $8.45B stress test exposed deeper risks

A stress test that showed both strengths and weaknessesWhen large sums leave a financial system quickly, hidden weaknesses often become visible. In traditional finance,...

Schwab to join prediction markets race with S&P 500 event-based options: WSJ

Charles Schwab is working with Cboe Global Markets to launch a new type of options contract that would allow customers to make yes-or-no wagers...

AWS Plugs Coinbase’s x402 Into CloudFront, Letting Publishers Charge AI Agents in USDC

AWS turned on AI traffic monetization inside AWS WAF on Monday, letting any site behind Amazon CloudFront charge AI agents per request in USDC...

CLARITY Act Reaches Senate Floor With House Ready to Move Fast; Seven-Democrat Math Becomes the Gate

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act sits on the Senate calendar eligible for a floor vote, with House Agriculture digital-assets subcommittee chair Dusty Johnson...

Mounting AI costs and weaker performance are driving investors toward AI infrastructure

The biggest winners from the rotation have been memory and semiconductor stocks. Memory-chip maker Sandisk (SNDK) has surged roughly 800% this year and the...

Coinbase Teases 1:1-Backed Tokenized U.S. Stocks With On-Chain Dividends

Coinbase announced plans for what it calls the first tokenized U.S. stocks backed 1:1 by actual shares, with automatic on-chain dividend distribution. The exchange...

Matter Labs Cuts Staff, Pivots Fully to Institutional Privacy Platform Prividium

Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski announced layoffs and a full strategic pivot on Tuesday, committing the company behind zkSync entirely to Prividium, its institutional...

Cap Labs CAP Token Auction Closes at $106 Million FDV With 5.5x Oversubscription

Cap Labs' batch auction for its CAP governance token drew 1,002 bids and $16.4 million in commitments, clearing at $0.011 per token for a...

Algorand unveils roadmap for post-quantum security by end-2027

Google, for example, has warned organizations to begin preparing for the transition to post-quantum cryptography and has been integrating quantum-safe cryptographic standards into parts...

Backpack’s Tokenized SpaceX Token on Solana Crosses 10,000 Holders, Nearly Double xStocks’ SPCXx

Backpack's tokenized SpaceX share token has crossed 10,000 onchain holders on Solana, six days after listing alongside the company's Nasdaq debut. The milestone widens...

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Bitcoin Trader Sees Up To 6% Gains ‘Very Quickly’ If $68,000 Is Hit

Bitcoin (BTC) passed one-month highs on Tuesday as price...

Bitcoin Joins Stocks Ignoring Macro Pressures To Eye $67,000

Bitcoin (BTC) built on gains at Tuesday’s Wall Street...

Russia Completes Final Readings on Crypto Regulation Bill

Russia’s lawmakers moved the country closer to its first...

Bitcoin, ether rally on Clarity progress report, Asian chip stock rebound: Crypto Markets Today

The crypto market rallied on reports suggesting the final...

Russia passes historic crypto rules to regulate trading and target foreign trade

Russia’s State Duma passed legislation establishing the country’s first...