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Federal Reserve moves toward narrower, crypto-driven take on master accounts
The U.S. central bank has been mulling the idea of a "skinny" version of master accounts for firms that want payments access without the deeper Fed demands.
Most Influential 2025's Honorable Mentions
The crypto industry is ever-growing and ever-changing. It would be difficult to summarize it in 50 names. Here are a few final individuals and entities we wanted to make note of this year.
Senate confirms Trump crypto-friendly nominees to take over CFTC, FDIC
In a package of confirmations, the U.S. Senate approved Mike Selig to lead the CFTC and Travis Hill to run the FDIC, both with major potential reach into crypto.
WhiteFiber signs 10-year, 40 MW colocation deal with Nscale valued at about $865 million
The firm's Enovum unit will deliver 40 megawatts of critical IT load in two phases at a campus in Madison, North Carolina, under a 10-year agreement.
What if crypto's U.S. market structure effort just never gets there?
Guessing the direction of Congress is akin to long-range weather prediction, with so many variables in play, and the industry's fate depends on a break in the storm.
Filecoin price falls 1% after earlier strength, underperforms wider crypto markets
The storage token hit an intraday high of $1.26 before selling off sharply to trade down on the day.
ECB’s Christine Lagarde shifts focus to digital euro rollout after holding rates
With technical and preparatory work complete, the ECB pressed lawmakers to move quickly on Europe’s public digital currency amid global stablecoin concerns.
U.S. SEC aids brokers on crypto custody, looks more closely at ATS activity
In its ongoing series of staff statements to illuminate the regulator's view on crypto matters, the Securities and Exchange Commission touched on broker custody.
Crypto industry insiders met with key senators on market structure bill negotiation
Executives and lobbyists attended a meeting today with Senator Tim Scott and others to hash out the ongoing talks over crypto's most important policy effort.
Robinhood looks better placed than Coinbase for prediction-market upside, Mizuho says
Robinhood stands to gain more from prediction markets than Coinbase as users plan to deploy fresh capital rather than sell existing crypto, the bank said.
