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Morgan Stanley's Oldenburg: Bitcoin on U.S. bank balance sheets is coming, just not yet
Morgan Stanley launched the first bank-issued Bitcoin ETP, but Amy Oldenburg said advisors, regulators and balance sheets still have a long way to go.
Policy Summit and other things at Consensus 2026: State of Crypto
We are kicking off the show in Miami this week. Here's what you should attend.
Crypto is at bottom of U.S. voters' priorities heading into elections, CoinDesk survey shows
Americans had a generally unfavorable view of cryptocurrencies, the survey of 1,000 randomly selected registered voters found.
Americans still prefer banks over crypto for financial access, CoinDesk's survey shows
New polling of voters suggests they aren't yet warming much to crypto, tending to see it as a negative force in the economy, and they have similar distrust of AI.
U.S. voters don't trust Trump administration to oversee crypto sector, CoinDesk poll finds
The new poll suggests the vast majority of people think that government officials should keep their own financial interests separate from the industry.
Mike Cagney’s second act: Turning blockchain into Wall Street’s new plumbing
Figure’s $1 billion month capped a years-long push to strip out middlemen from credit markets, bringing real-world assets, lending and even equities onchain.
Brazil's central bank bans stablecoin and crypto settlement in cross-border payments
The ban applies to fintechs and payment firms, closing the back-end payment rail for cross-border flows, but individual crypto investors can still buy and hold assets.
Crypto industry backs CLARITY Act yield compromise, pushes Senate Banking for markup
The agreement necessitates firms restructure reward programs from a "buy and hold" to a "buy and use" model; however, CCI raised concerns over its broad prohibition.
Clarity Act text lets crypto firms offer stablecoin rewards while shielding bank yield
The text released Friday blocks crypto firms from offering stablecoin yield offerings that look like bank deposits, but "bona fide" transactions are allowed.
Bitcoin takes another aim at $80,000 as stocks rise, oil drops on Iran optimism
The crypto asset rose nearly 3% over the past 24 hours.
