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Crypto’s next billion users might be AI agents, and they’re paying with stablecoins
According to Coinbase’s head of AI product, we’re currently in the “Napster/LimeWire era” of agentic payments.

Bitcoin and Ether bears get decimated amid 'squeeze-led' rally and Musk's X wants to pay creators in stablecoins: Crypto's week in 5 stories
Bitcoin and crypto staged their strongest rally in months as Treasury intervention, regulatory moves and a historic short squeeze collided, while banks and technology companies pushed deeper into stablecoins.

Pass the Clarity Act
Reopening a settled provision four weeks before a vote would sink the bill, argues Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association.

The hard truth is that the Clarity Act is an anti-crypto bill
After years of stalled bills, misguided enforcement, and catastrophic collapses, almost any comprehensive crypto legislation began to look like progress. But Clarity is turning that hunger for progress into a political trap, argues Berkeley Law lecturer Hermine Wong.

Strengthen the Clarity Act
The American Bankers Association seeks to strengthen the Clarity Act, not kill it, argues Rob Nichols, president and CEO of the ABA.

Citi plans to launch bitcoin custody for institutional clients later this year
The Wall Street bank plans to let clients hold bitcoin alongside traditional assets through its new Custody+ platform.

Crypto’s easy-money era is ending in a wave of failures
Inflated valuations and weak business models are driving crypto’s shakeout, Global Settlement Network CEO Ryan Kirkley says.

The Coldcard hack proves reputation is not a security model
A community built on verification spent five years outsourcing its judgment to one man, writes Foundation CEO Zach Herbert.

How a bug in Coldcard’s code went unnoticed for years, leading to $100 million in hacked funds
Crypto’s favorite maxim, “don’t trust, verify” wasn’t followed in the case of Coldcard’s code.

Trezor warns 14,000 customers after fulfilment partner suffers data breach
The incident marks the first time Trezor customers' shipping addresses were exposed.

