A tentative agreement on stablecoin rewards has renewed hope for the CLARITY Act, a key piece of cryptocurrency legislation. Summary Galaxy Research warns that the crypto bill still faces critical regulatory hurdles ahead. Despite recent stablecoin deal, key issues like DeFi regulation remain unresolved. The crypto industry faces uncertainty as the legislative clock runs out
Animoca Brands has made a strategic investment in Ava Labs and entered a partnership aimed at accelerating growth across the Avalanche ecosystem, with an initial focus on entertainment, real-world assets, and digital identity. The companies said the collaboration will center on capital deployment, product integrations, and strategic advisory support for projects building on Avalanche. The
In times when most altcoins (and bitcoin) are failing to mark any gains, there is the AI-focused altcoin that shocked the crypto world. The current cryptocurrency environment does not lay down the foundations for what SIREN has done. Just the opposite; most top 100 alts are in the red daily, or weekly, some even
A new report from 10x Research reveals that the cryptocurrency market is currently seeing a divide in capital flows between retail and institutional investors. While institutional capital continues to support assets like Solana (SOL) and Ethereum (ETH), the XRP ecosystem is experiencing strong growth driven by retail adoption. Summary XRP’s growth is largely driven by
Datavault AI said Thursday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NYIAX, a move that gives the company control of blockchain-based exchange technology it says will underpin a broader push into institutional trading venues for data and other tokenized real-world assets. The announcement converts an October 13, 2025 letter of intent into a formal
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has provided more details on its pilot program that allows cryptocurrencies to be used as collateral in derivatives markets. The new guidance was issued in response to frequently asked questions about the program that began last year. Summary CFTC allows crypto as collateral in derivatives, following a pilot
Amazon is working on a new phone, internally called “Transformer,” to accelerate user engagement with its AI assistant Amazon Alexa, Reuters reported Friday. The device is conceived not as a conventional competitor to Apple or Samsung handsets but as a personalization interface designed to keep consumers tied to Amazon’s ecosystem of services. It may rely
Grayscale has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch the Grayscale HYPE ETF, a proposed spot exchange-traded fund tied to Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE. Summary Grayscale filed for a Nasdaq-listed HYPE ETF tied to Hyperliquid’s native token price movement. The proposed fund may add staking later, though it will not offer staking
Resolv’s USR stablecoin depegged following an apparent smart contract exploit on Sunday that allowed an attacker to mint 80 million USR tokens and dump them across decentralized exchanges, as noted by onchain analysts Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) and PeckShield. .@ResolvLabs It seems multiple large amounts of $USR have been minted. Stay alert! $50m: https://t.co/gDrTBJDkax$30m: https://t.co/jLyvQkMMSV pic.twitter.com/0F7JZrKR4V
Here’s the good news on the XRP ETF front. However, the asset was rejected mid-week. The spot exchange-traded funds tracking the performance of the second-largest altcoins managed to close the week in the green for the first time in March, but the actual numbers were far from impressive. Meanwhile, the underlying asset attempted a