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View More NewsReal-world assets (RWA) crossed $32 billion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, as Wall Street’s love affair with tokenization continues to accelerate.JPMorgan was the latest to double down on its interest through a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a new tokenized money-market fund for stablecoin issuers on Ethereum.Not everyone is impressed by the big names and numbers.”[Most] of the projects out there, and even the traditional finance players coming into crypto, they’re only looking at the issuance layer,” Chris Kim, founder and CEO of liquidity provider Axis, told Cointelegraph. “Nobody is actually focusing on…
US lawmakers in the Senate Banking Committee held a markup for a long-awaited crypto market structure bill, marking a pivotal step toward Congress’ effort to establish regulatory clarity for digital asset companies and markets.In a Thursday session of the US Senate Banking Committee, all 13 Republican members and two Democrats voted to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY), with nine Democrats also voting no on the bill. Senators Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks sided with Republicans to vote yay. The vote came after lawmakers proposed more than 100 amendments to the crypto bill, ranging from provisions on stablecoin…
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A US federal judge has sentenced the former chief revenue officer of defunct cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius to time served after almost three years…
In brief SATA is set to become the first U.S. security to pay cash dividends every business day starting June 16. Strive reported a…
from the not-the-flex-dc-thinks-it-is dept Earlier this week, OpenAI became the latest tech company to publicly endorse KOSA, the Kids Online Safety Act. The company,…
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from the hetero-druggy-fascists-are-the-heroes-this-country-deserves dept As was covered here last week, ProPublica’s Hannah Allam reached out to Trump’s “terrorism czar” Sebastian Gorka to ask him…
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Bitcoin (BTC) touched $80,000 around Thursday’s Wall Street open as US stocks hit fresh all-time highs and oil retested $100.Key points:Bitcoin rebounded to $80,000…
In brief Bullish reported Q1 2026 adjusted revenue of $92.8 million, falling short of the $94.1 million analyst consensus. Net losses expanded to $604.9…
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Oobit launched its crypto payments platform in Colombia, expanding the Tether-backed company’s operations across Latin America.The company said Colombia is its ninth live market…
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The Senate Banking Committee is holding its markup hearing for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act — more commonly known as just the Clarity…