CryptoEconomy

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Bernstein identified Circle and Coinbase as the main exposure vehicles to the USDC stablecoin amid the rise of agentic payments.
Coinbase’s x402 protocol processed $25 million in transactions in 30 days, compared to the $5,000 recorded by Stripe in its first week.
USDC reached all-time h

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David Schwartz, former Ripple CTO, offered XRP rewards to users who identify AI prompts behind criticism he received on X.
The initiative pays 15 XRP per verified prompt, capped at 10 findings, which equals a total possible payout of 150 XRP.
There is an intense debate about the

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Prices and Market: Ethereum is trading near $2,053 with a 1.2% dip, within a global market valued at $2.35 trillion.
Liquidations and Selling: Recent bearish pressure was driven by the liquidation of $103 million in long positions due to geopolitical tensions.
On-chain Activity: Whales s

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NYSE Arca’s rule change removes position and exercise caps on Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF options, making these contracts easier to trade at institutional scale.
The update also broadens FLEX options and ends aggregation rules, giving traders more freedom to tailor hedging and exposure

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Banks are accelerating tokenized deposit pilots across multiple jurisdictions to compete with stablecoins in the crypto market.
Tokenized deposits retain regulatory protections such as deposit insurance and AML rules, unlike most stablecoins.
Europe plans to connect blockchain

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Lombard integrated RedStone’s real-time Proof of Reserves oracle to verify on-chain the 1:1 backing of LBTC with Bitcoin.
The solution continuously monitors Bitcoin addresses locked in Babylon and publishes reserve ratios across all EVM chains where LBTC exists.
Since the integration, LB

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s retrial effort faces scrutiny after prosecutors questioned whether a key letter was actually sent from prison.
Shipping records and formatting issues raised doubts about its authenticity. At the same time, the government rejected claims of new evidence tied to former

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Backpack launched its native token $BP on Solana through Wormhole’s Sunrise, marking the first native TGE on the platform.
62.5% of the total supply of 1 billion $BP will go to users, with no direct allocations for founders, team members, or investors.
Sunrise has accumulated over $360 m

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Venmo users can now send and receive money with PayPal users across 90 markets, marking the app’s largest expansion since launch.
The feature works through phone-number search, shows recipients’ local currency before completion, and displays exchange rates plus any applicable fees up

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Solana token hold times have collapsed to about 62 seconds, with some 2026 readings briefly falling as low as 44 seconds.
Pump.fun is feeding the speed cycle with nearly 30,000 daily launches, 100 to 300 graduating assets and heavy participation from new wallets across Solana now.
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Fidelity filed a formal letter with the SEC requesting regulations that allow broker-dealers to operate crypto assets in alternative trading systems.
The request relies on the National Market System infrastructure, which already regulates 29 national exchanges and more than 113 alternativ

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XRP Struggles: XRP ETFs saw only $0.64 million in inflows, highlighting weak institutional demand and reinforcing its struggle to gain relevance among major assets.
BTC and ETH Scale: Bitcoin secured $95.18 million in inflows, and Ethereum recorded $59.94 million in outflows, yet both

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Ecosystem Overview: XDC supports global trade and enterprise‑grade applications, with its token powering transactions, smart contracts, and settlement across a hybrid blockchain infrastructure.
Market Trajectory: From 2026 to 2032, forecasts show a mix of conservative and ambitious

The XDC Network is emerging as one of the most practical blockchain ecosystems for organizations seeking real‑world utility rather than speculation. Its design focuses on solving operational challenges in global trade, finance, and digital infrastructure, offering a modern framework that blends per

Ostium is an on-chain perpetual DEX that brings synthetic exposure to real-world assets (RWAs) on Arbitrum, offering self-custodial perpetual swaps and a native liquidity token, OLP, which represents pooled USDC liquidity and accrues protocol fees and funding revenue. Traders worldwide can access R