The SEC’s latest crypto rule vote got pulled at the last minute, leaving U.S. founders stuck in the same old regulatory fog. With Congress stalled too, clarity on token fundraising, safe harbors, and market structure keeps slipping while builders look elsewhere.
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Grayscale has pulled its Cardano, Polkadot, and Hedera ETF plans just days before launch, signaling a business decision rather than an SEC rejection. Cardano still has a path via other issuers, but the real question is whether these altcoins can attract enough demand to make the wrappers worth it.
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XRPL’s latest audit caught 96 bugs, including 2 critical flaws, before the network could activate the affected features. The result: no user losses, but a blunt reminder that in crypto, an audit is a filter — not a force field.
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World Liberty Financial has indefinitely delayed its Maldives resort token sale after regional conflict rattled air travel and slammed tourism, undercutting the project’s revenue outlook. It’s a blunt reminder that tokenization still lives or dies by ugly real-world realities.
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund and Abu Dhabi-linked investors are quietly increasing Bitcoin exposure through Strategy shares and BlackRock’s IBIT, showing how major institutions prefer regulated wrappers and proxies over direct self-custody. As usual, the suits want the upside without the headache.
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Hong Kong has launched HKDAP, a regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, but only for institutions, corporates, and professional investors. It’s a tightly controlled bet on serious digital finance — not a retail free-for-all — and a reminder that dollar stablecoins still rule the game.
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OCC records show World Liberty Financial filed to charter a trust company — not that it has confirmed bank approval. The paperwork may be a real step, but the difference between an application and an operating green light is where the truth lives.
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Ripple is reportedly back at the White House for a crypto policy meeting that could shape the stalled CLARITY Act, with Coinbase, a16z, Chainlink, and regulators also expected in the room. The real fight is jurisdiction, and Washington still hasn’t untangled it.
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Tokenization-linked stocks sold off after reports the SEC may delay its innovation exemption again, stoking fresh doubts over U.S. crypto market structure. The buildout continues, but for now regulators are still moving like a bureaucracy that just found the on-switch.
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Trump is set to host the White House’s first crypto summit as Washington officially pivots toward a more pro-digital assets stance. The meeting could spotlight stablecoins, seized crypto, and the administration’s hard anti-CBDC line — but the real test is whether friendly rhetoric turns into actual policy.
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