Crypto Brief
Digital Euro Essential to Counter Stablecoin Risks, Says ECB’s Schnabel
The European Central Bank advocates for retail CBDCs and robust regulation to safeguard public money.
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The European Central Bank advocates for retail CBDCs and robust regulation to safeguard public money.
Digital asset firm Bit Digital is leveraging its Ethereum treasury to fund a $100 million growth loan for AI infrastructure provider WhiteFiber, maximizing capital efficiency by outperforming standard ETH staking yields.
The regulatory approval allows Mastercard to develop on-chain infrastructure for stablecoins and tokenized deposits within one of the strictest compliance frameworks in the United States.
Unsealed federal charges reveal an internal data leak where an employee wagered $2.7 million on Google's highly classified Year in Search metrics, sparking widespread regulatory scrutiny into prediction markets.
Partnering with Veda and Sentora, Kraken's new automated DeFi vehicle allows long-term Bitcoin holders to generate BTC-denominated rewards through on-chain lending protocols without manual bridging friction.
Project Agorá combines tokenized central bank reserves and commercial deposits on a shared platform to eliminate traditional settlement delays and risks.
The decentralized finance community is mourning the unexpected passing of Ondo Finance founder Nathan Allman. Longtime President Ian De Bode will step in immediately as CEO.
In a major move to decentralize trading infrastructure, OKX has introduced Exchange OS. The framework enables developers to deploy custom financial markets backed by OKX’s institutional-grade liquidity and matching engine.
Seeking to accelerate interplanetary exploration, digital asset entrepreneur Chun Wang has fully financed an ambitious SpaceX mission that will bypass the moon and perform a human flyby of Mars.
Seeking to shield its domestic digital ecosystem, Jakarta has completely restricted access to Polymarket after the blockchain platform hosted over $46,000 in speculative wagers regarding the length of President Prabowo Subianto's term.
A critical key management failure in StablR's multisig wallet led to the unauthorized minting of over 12 million tokens, causing its euro and US dollar stablecoins to violently lose their peg in an ongoing…
Tether has officially strengthened its grip on Twenty One Capital by buying out SoftBank's massive equity position. The transaction underscores Tether's long-term conviction in building a publicly traded Bitcoin powerhouse that merges treasury operations,…