Bitcoin slips ~2% in 7d as MUFG touts stablecoins’ price-stable payments. Summary TC trades near $68k, with a 7d move of about -2.25%, and a 24h range around $66.7k–$69.1k. MUFG’s Hardman says stablecoins better meet money’s role via price stability, fast settlement, and low-cost transfers versus BTC’s higher volatility. Stablecoins, often fiat-pegged, are gaining attention…
Crypto dev liability fears surge after 2025 cases, as Coin Center defends BRCA protections. Summary Coin Center urged the Senate Banking Committee to advance the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, warning that diluting it would chill U.S. blockchain innovation. The Lummis–Wyden bill clarifies that non-custodial developers and infrastructure providers are not money transmitters under federal law…
Telegram use in Russia faces rising blocks and slowdown as regulators tighten controls. Summary Telegram blocked 238.8k channels on Feb 15 and 187.3k on Feb 16, taking total blocked groups and channels to over 7.463m since Jan 1. Russia fully blocked WhatsApp and removed its domains from DNS, steering users toward the state-backed Max messenger…
Moonwell’s lending pools racked up about $1.78M in bad debt after a cbETH oracle mispriced the token at nearly $1 instead of around $2.2k, enabling bots and liquidators to drain collateral within hours of a misconfigured Chainlink-based update reportedly using AI-generated logic. Summary Misconfigured cbETH oracle set price near $1 vs roughly $2.2k, triggering a…
BTC holds near support as Kiyosaki flags imminent stock crash, boosting demand for scarce assets. Summary Kiyosaki warns of the “biggest stock market crash” approaching, citing his 2013 book and framing it as a wealth transfer for prepared investors. He is accumulating BTC, ETH, gold, and silver on dips, highlighting BTC’s fixed 21m cap and…
LatAm splits: El Salvador tokenizes SMEs, Brazil eyes BTC reserves, Argentina curbs wallet wages. Summary El Salvador targets $100m in tokenized SME funding via COIN–Stakiny, using EVM tech, biometric wallets, and CNAD oversight for equity tokens. Brazil’s RESBit bill would let the state buy BTC up to 5% of FX reserves, store in cold wallets,…
XRP price grinds higher as XRP Ledger stablecoin velocity hits a 1-year peak, signaling rising real payment activity behind the price action. Summary XRP price trades near $1.48 with flat intraday moves but firming market cap and liquidity. Stablecoin stock on XRPL is around $425M, with transfers near $1.2B over 30 days, lifting velocity. Rising…
Thai SEC adds BTC and other digital assets plus carbon credits as eligible underlying assets for regulated derivatives, with TFEX to design crypto-linked contracts to attract institutional traders and support ETF-like products. Summary Thai SEC now recognizes BTC and other crypto as underlying assets for futures and options on regulated exchanges. Licensed digital asset operators…
Altcoin Sherpa says Bitcoin’s bear phase could end within 12 months as ETFs, macro risks and a possible capitulation shape the next accumulation zone. Summary Altcoin Sherpa projects Bitcoin’s peak‑to‑bottom phase will likely conclude in less than a year, excluding the post‑bottom accumulation range. The analyst says a major selloff from the October peak and…
Global uncertainty and AI disruption are forcing investors and operators to shift from growth at all costs to resilience and optionality. Summary Overlapping economic, geopolitical, and currency shocks are undermining traditional market-cycle playbooks and confidence. AI is compressing build times and margins, shifting value to access, distribution, infrastructure, and trust-based moats. Capital increasingly favors resilient,…
