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Velocity has raised $48 million in Series A funding, including a $10 million extension backed by Visa, Circle and Ripple, as stablecoin infrastructure moves closer to mainstream payments, settlement and treasury plumbing. The pitch is simple: make digital money movement useful for businesses, not just crypto bros.
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Two Robinhood engineers were charged with allegedly using nonpublic token-listing info to trade Hyperliquid perps for profit. Prosecutors say it was classic insider abuse in crypto clothing — and a reminder that decentralized markets don’t cancel out old-fashioned cheating.
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ETHSecurity Initiatives’ reported Round Two appears to put $600K behind Vyper, but the details are thin and the claim is still unconfirmed. If real, it could be a meaningful push for Ethereum security — or just another grant headline with more gloss than substance.
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Robert Kiyosaki is once again sounding the crash alarm, but the hard-number takeaway is his unchanged call for Bitcoin to hit $250,000 in 2026. The warning may be familiar, but his Bitcoin conviction is still very much alive.
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Kazakhstan is building a crypto analytics hub to track wallet activity, transfers, and payments more closely, while cracking down on unlicensed platforms and expanding regulated rails for licensed firms, stablecoins, and bank-linked crypto services.
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Nasdaq Verafin and Stablecore are joining forces to give banks a single compliance view across fiat and digital asset activity, with beta testing already underway and real-time sanctions screening next. Useful for adoption, but also another reminder that crypto’s bank-friendly future comes with tighter surveillance.
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Congress is weighing a bill that would put the U.S. Bitcoin reserve into law, lock reserve BTC away for 20 years, and force quarterly public audits. It’s a serious step for Bitcoin policy — but with heavy guardrails, no open-market buying spree, and zero room for government nonsense.
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Congress is weighing a rare two-for-one tax cleanup: restoring full gambling loss deductions to end “phantom income,” while also updating crypto tax rules for mining, staking, and trader loopholes. One fix is overdue relief; the other could finally drag digital asset taxes into the present.
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South Korea’s proposed cap on crypto exchange ownership could run into a legal wall if Naver Financial’s planned Dunamu takeover ever makes it a holding company. The rules aren’t in conflict yet, but if both take shape, the deal could get squeezed between a minimum stake and a maximum cap.
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Congress is weighing a crypto tax package that could spare tiny on-chain fees under $10, while also bringing wash-sale and constructive-sale rules down hard on digital assets. The biggest battle: whether miners and stakers get taxed only when rewards are sold, not when they’re received.
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