Sen. Cynthia Lummis says the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act “must be completed by the end of the year,” with Republicans planning a late‑April Banking Committee markup after months of delay. Summary Lummis told colleagues the CLARITY Act “must be completed by the end of the year,” and said Republican members of Senate Banking aim…
Polymarket has acquired DeFi infrastructure startup Brahma, folding its smart-account execution layer into a prediction market now eyeing a $20B valuation and an AI‑driven, onchain future. Summary Polymarket bought Brahma, a DeFi infrastructure startup for programmable smart accounts and automated execution, in its third acquisition in under a year as it eyes a $20 billion…
XRP has legal clarity and sits in a post‑parabolic range; models see slow upside toward 2026–2030, with any real breakout hinging on Ripple turning hype into payment volume. Summary XRP trades in the mid‑$1.40s and is negative year‑to‑date after a huge 2024–2025 run, behaving like a large‑cap alt digesting gains rather than a meme coin…
Canada’s FINTRAC has yanked 23 crypto MSBs from its registry in a single sweep, escalating an AML crackdown that now targets exchanges, ATMs and offshore operators alike. Summary FINTRAC revoked the registrations of 23 money services businesses offering crypto services, citing failures to respond to information requests, keep records updated, or meet AML eligibility conditions….
A Coinbase–EY survey of 351 institutions finds 74% expect crypto prices to rise and 73% plan to increase allocations, with stablecoins and tokenisation driving the next wave. Summary A January 2026 Coinbase and EY-Parthenon survey of 351 institutions found 74% expect crypto prices to rise and 73% plan to increase allocations this year. Respondents now…
Vanity Fair’s “crypto true believers” cover sparks backlash on X, reviving an old question: can an anti‑establishment movement win mainstream respect without losing its soul? Summary Vanity Fair’s “Crypto True Believers Demand to Be Taken Seriously” profiles Cathie Wood, Olaf Carlson-Wee and Michael Novogratz in imagery many in the industry see as mocking. Crypto founders,…
Stripe and Paradigm launch Tempo’s mainnet and the Machine Payment Protocol, targeting high-speed, stablecoin-based payments for AI agents and global enterprises. Summary Stripe- and Paradigm-incubated Tempo launches its payments-focused Layer 1 mainnet with no native gas token, settling fees in major stablecoins instead. The new Machine Payment Protocol aims to standardize machine-to-machine and AI agent…
Tether’s QVAC Fabric integrates BitNet LoRA to fine‑tune and run multi‑billion‑parameter AI models on consumer GPUs and flagship phones, pushing serious AI work to the edge. Summary QVAC Fabric brings BitNet LoRA fine‑tuning and inference to AMD and Intel GPUs, Apple’s Metal stack, and high‑end mobile GPUs, claiming 2–11x speedups over CPU baselines and up…
U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday, extending a risk‑on regime across the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq even as crypto‑linked names like Coinbase and MicroStrategy once again trade more like volatile Bitcoin proxies than companies being valued on their own fundamentals. Summary Gate data cited by ChainCatcher show the Dow opening up 0.66%, the S&P…
Summary Ripple plans to apply for a Virtual Asset Service Provider license from the Central Bank of Brazil, pulling its operations under Brazil’s new crypto framework instead of operating as a grey “technology vendor.” Banks and fintechs including Banco Genial, Braza Bank and Nomad already use Ripple infrastructure for same‑day dollar transfers, real‑backed stablecoins and…
