CME CEO Terrence Duffy trades barbs with CFTC’s Selig and Kalshi’s COO over prediction market oversight
A CFTC ommittee meeting exposed a sharp divide between the worlds of traditional finance and prediction market platforms.
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Kraken parent Payward explores becoming a ‘full bank’ outside the US
Payward is expanding across banking, lending and asset management, with mortgages a future possibility.
Ondo executive says tokenization is following the same path as early ETFs
The firm hopes that passage of the Clarity Act will help open the door for it to offer tokenized products in the U.S.
Inside the Oval Office meeting: Trump appears ‘bullish’ on Clarity Act as he solicits feedback from crypto, finance CEOs
During a private Oval Office meeting, President Trump appeared “bullish” on passing the Clarity Act, one source said.
Bitcoin’s rally pushes past $72,000 as analysts see demand beyond historic short squeeze
Analysts say the move is supported by spot and ETF demand, though BTC will need to hold above $70k to show the rally can outlast the squeeze.
‘Star Wars vibes:’ Chainlink’s McCormick sees AI agents, robots driving blockchain transactions
McCormick expects a multi-chain future as AI lowers the cost of creating new blockchain networks, increasing the need for interoperability.
OpenLedger’s Ram Kumar sees agentic payments as crypto’s first AI ‘killer app’
OpenLedger core contributor Ram Kumar sees agentic payments as a major crypto use case as AI agents lack traditional banking access.
Evernorth eyes DeFi opportunities as XRP Ledger weighs native lending
The XRP-focused digital asset treasury firm plans to put its holdings to work as it also moves through the process of going public.
GSR’s Baehr says tokenized fixed income could play key role in institutional collateral
The idea of mass tokenization of equities is "exciting," said Andy Baehr, managing director of asset management at GSR.
Securitize’s Redfearn says SEC held back crypto innovation exemption over Clarity Act politics
Securitize says the SEC delayed its crypto trading exemption to avoid complicating Senate votes on the Clarity Act.
Spot bitcoin ETFs report $517 million in net inflows, largest in 3.5 months
Analysts attributed the inflows to the surprise crypto market rally driven by US Treasury Department's buyback expansion announcement.
AI agents could make today’s billion-dollar crypto hacks look like ‘pennies,’ industry leaders warn
Crypto leaders see trust, hallucinations and unclear legal liability as the biggest hurdles to agentic adoption.