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Crypto Payments Firm Mesh Raises $82M as Stablecoin Adoption Soars
The fundraising was completed using PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin and was led by Paradigm.

Paraguay Is Only Waiting for Crypto Law: El Salvador’s Top Crypto Regulator
“From my perspective, Paraguay seems to have the groundwork laid for supervision, regulation, and taxation regimes," said CNAD President Juan Carlos Reyes.

As House Panel Kicks Tires on Stablecoin Bill, Old-School Finance Giants Reveal Shift
In a U.S. congressional hearing on the new House stablecoin bill, witnesses including BNY and a Wall Street super-lawyer further show a tradfi arrival.

Cboe Files Several Amended Documents to Allow Ether Staking in ETFs
The exchange filed amended 19b-4 documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission asking to allow staking of the ETFs.

U.S. SEC's Acting Chair Walking Back Agency Proposal on Crypto Trading Platforms
The securities regulator's long-delayed rule expanding the scope of regulated exchanges shouldn't have tried to include crypto, Mark Uyeda argues.

Cayman Islands Now Requires Licensing for Crypto Custody and Trading Companies
The new law will go into effect on April 1, 2025.

Volatility Shares Files for 3 XRP ETFs
The filings add to a growing list of firms seeking to launch XRP-focused ETFs in the U.S.

Coinbase CEO Armstrong Says He'll Hire 1,000 in U.S. as Crypto Tide Turns
Brian Armstrong said recent policy shifts warrant a new push in the U.S., and president's working group chief Hines said Trump is delivering on crypto promises.

Trump's Crypto Summit Sets Agenda for U.S. Pivot
After ordering a bitcoin reserve, the president ushered crypto CEOs into the White House today to tell them their era of U.S. government resistance to crypto is over.

Sanctioned Russian Crypto Exchange Garantex Seized, Operators Charged With Money Laundering
Garantex was sanctioned in 2022 for facilitating money laundering for ransomware actors and darknet markets.
