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Crypto investors are looking past market-cap rankings and back to fundamentals
Investors are starting to judge crypto tokens on usage, economics and value capture rather than market-cap rank, industry executives said.

The stablecoin yield clash that won't go away has banks, crypto battling over tradition
The bankers want people kept in lower-yield deposits for the good of the financial system as it's existed for generations, and their argument is gaining ground.

Clarity survives (barely), Strategy sells and the untold story of Mastercard's $1.8 billion deal: Crypto's week in 5 stories
Washington kept crypto’s biggest legislative hope alive, Wall Street pushed deeper into digital assets, and a security scare sent billions of dollars of bitcoin moving between wallets.

Trump expected to attend White House meeting with crypto CEOs, sources say
Those involved in a meeting of CEOs from the worlds of crypto, prediction markets and AI anticipate President Donald Trump will take part in next week's gathering.

Trump-backed World Liberty wins conditional bank charter from federal regulator
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said it granted "preliminary conditional approval" to World Liberty Trust Co. on Friday.

U.S. SEC to again delay 'innovation exemption' for tokenization amid Wall Street, White House concerns
The SEC was ready to release at least some part of the innovation exemption alongside its now-canceled open meeting for "Reg Crypto" on Friday.

SEC cancels long-awaited proposal of Reg Crypto, postponing meeting without new date
The first major crypto rule to be proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will have to wait a bit longer after a sudden postponement.

Tether says it completed long-promised 'Big Four' audit of finances behind $180 billion USDT stablecoin
KPMG U.S. examined Tether's books and even counted its gold bars as the $180 billion USDT issuer said it completed its long-promised financial audit.

Prediction markets should dial back faulty filings for incentives to boost trading: CFTC
The U.S. regulator of platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket suggests the industry is getting into bad compliance habits that may allow for market abuse.

Securitize falls 20% after earnings miss as tokenization revenue falls short
Tokenized assets hit a record and trading activity jumped, but revenue slipped in the firm’s first earnings report since going public.
