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Sat, Sep 19, 7:15 AM ET
Nasdaq invests $100 million in Kraken parent Payward at $21 billion valuation
The stake values Payward well above the $13.3 billion implied by Deutsche Boerse's April investment and is aimed at expanding tokenized stock trading.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Senate Republicans release revised Clarity Act text ahead of September 15 vote
The revised draft tweaks DeFi and credit union provisions and adds registration requirements for controlled trading protocols, though the bill's path remains un
Decrypt · +14 outlets
German finance ministry drafts 25% tax on crypto gains, scrapping tax-free holding perk
The proposed tax would end Germany's long-standing exemption on bitcoin sold after a one-year holding period, with reports differing on whether it starts in 202
Decrypt · +9 outlets
Visa backs $2.5 billion onchain credit program for card settlement financing
Visa's onchain lending uses private settlement data and smart contracts to fund card programs, though loss terms remain undisclosed.
Cryptoslate · +14 outlets
SEC proposes sweeping transfer agent overhaul targeting tokenized stock recordkeeping
The rule change would extend double recordkeeping requirements to tokenized stock markets, a key regulatory question for the sector.
CoinDesk · +3 outlets
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and AMC's Adam Aron escalate fight over stock tokens
Tenev argued companies cannot control how their shares are tokenized, pushing back on Aron's objections as the dispute over tokenized equities widens.
CoinDesk · +5 outlets
Consensys to spin MetaMask into a separate company, stays silent on IPO plans
The split separates the dominant Ethereum wallet from its parent, with coverage questioning the gap between Ethereum adoption and ETH demand.
CoinDesk · +5 outlets
Bitcoin falls toward $78,000 as hot PPI and 19-year-high bond yields pressure risk assets
Hot US inflation data lifted Treasury yields to multi-decade highs, dragging bitcoin, gold and memecoins lower ahead of Fed rate expectations.
Cointelegraph · +4 outlets
Bitwise shuts down its Dogecoin ETF less than a year after launch
The closure marks one of the first shutdowns among the wave of US altcoin ETFs launched over the past year.
The Block · +14 outlets
Nasdaq, Boerse Stuttgart and others ask EU to remove or raise cap in tokenization trial
European finance and tokenization groups urged lawmakers to drop the proposed 100 billion euro cap on tokenized instruments or set a 1.5 trillion euro baseline.
Cointelegraph · +9 outlets
AI agents cut estimated cost of a quantum attack on bitcoin, research shows
Researchers working with AI coding agents reduced a resource benchmark for a key quantum attack step by more than 50%, intensifying the long-running crypto secu
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Coinbase Wallet rebrands to chase 'anything, anywhere' trading as Robinhood chain heats up
Coinbase's self-custody wallet is being positioned as a testing ground for new assets and trading experiences amid rising competition.
Decrypt · +1 outlets
DeepSeek's new model nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on design at 1.4% of the cost
The comparison highlights the rapidly closing gap between frontier AI models and cheaper alternatives.
Decrypt
Coinbase partners with Moov to bring stablecoin payments to over 1,000 US community banks
The partnership extends stablecoin payment rails to a large network of smaller US banks.
finance.yahoo · +14 outlets
Europe's top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi EU access over authorization gaps
ESMA warned that deeper links between crypto and traditional finance could amplify spillover risks as prediction markets face scrutiny.
CoinDesk · +4 outlets
Trezor says third-party breach of email provider led to phishing emails from its domain
The hardware wallet maker said attackers abused its email provider to send convincing phishing messages to customers.
The Block · +14 outlets
Extinction warnings ramp up as more OpenAI and Anthropic researchers join AI slowdown calls
Growing internal dissent at leading AI labs adds pressure to the safety debate.
CNBC · +1 outlets
PayPal expands stablecoin rails with custom token issuance platform
PayPal is adding a platform that lets partners issue their own stablecoins, deepening its push into onchain payments.
CoinDesk · +1 outlets

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