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Pro-Crypto Senator Cynthia Lummis Won’t Seek Reelection
Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis, a leading pro-crypto voice in Congress, said she will not seek reelection in 2026, raising questions about future crypto legislation.
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Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis, a leading pro-crypto voice in Congress, said she will not seek reelection in 2026, raising questions about future crypto legislation.
JPMorgan projects stablecoin supply could reach up to $600 billion by 2028, citing steady growth driven mainly by crypto trading rather than payments adoption.
Poland’s lower house has approved a revived crypto bill aligned with the EU’s MiCA framework, sending the unchanged legislation to the Senate for review.
DraftKings has launched a standalone predictions app regulated by the CFTC, expanding into federally supervised event contracts and intensifying competition in prediction markets.
Fetch.ai says its AI agents will soon be able to complete online purchases using card payments and stablecoins, addressing a key limitation in agent-based commerce.
Bitwise has filed with the SEC to launch an ETF tracking SUI, joining a growing group of asset managers seeking regulated exposure to newer layer 1 tokens.
SoFi Technologies has introduced SoFiUSD, a fully reserved US dollar stablecoin issued by its regulated banking subsidiary to support payments and settlement use cases.
World Liberty Financial has proposed allocating 5% of its WLFI treasury to expand adoption of its USD1 stablecoin through partnerships and ecosystem incentives.
India’s competition regulator has approved Coinbase’s minority investment in CoinDCX, reinforcing the US exchange’s renewed focus on the Indian market.
SBI Ripple Asia has signed an MoU with Doppler Finance to explore real-world asset tokenization and XRP-based yield infrastructure on the XRP Ledger.
Exodus and MoonPay plan to launch a fully reserved US dollar stablecoin in early 2026 to support self-custodial, everyday digital payments.
Aave CEO Stani Kulechov outlined a 2026 roadmap centered on a major protocol upgrade, real-world asset expansion, and a consumer-facing mobile app.