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Buterin says Ethereum Foundation will shrink, sell less ETH, and focus on 'CROPS'

Buterin's influence in the EF will decrease as the board expands. He framed the EF as "one node, with a defined purpose," not the center of Ethereum.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

PCE, jobless claims and housing data test Fed cut hopes: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting May 25.

Economic data in newspaper (Markus Spiske)

Finance

Prometheum bets Wall Street distribution is the missing link for tokenized securities

Crypto has solved tokenization, but not distribution and Prometheum says broker-dealers and RIAs are the key to bringing digital assets into mainstream finance.

Road sign saying "Wall Street"

Markets

HYPE funds attract millions as investors dump bitcoin and ether ETFs

Investors turn to HYPE and XRP funds while dumping bitcoin and ether ETFs.

Calculator next to price charts. (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)
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Markets

Hyperliquid is emerging as a challenger to traditional exchanges and prediction markets, says FalconX

A new report shows Hyperliquid is rapidly expanding beyond crypto into pre-IPO markets, prediction contracts, and 24/7 asset trading, putting Wall Street giants on high alert.

REX Shares has launched a first-of-its-kind convertible-bonds exchange-traded fund (ETF). (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin trades above $77,000 as oil's 5% slide pushes Asian equities higher

Oil’s 5% drop on potential Strait of Hormuz reopening boosted Asian equities and supported crypto sentiment.

BTC's price. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin options are coming to Nasdaq. Here's what it means for you

The new offering, pending CFTC approval, aims to democratize seamless crypto risk management.

Nasdaq. (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

Coinbase does not fear competition from Wall Street, says exchange executive

A Coinbase executive called on regulators to implement sensible crypto regulation, while announcing the Stand With Crypto event taking place in over 500 locations worldwide.

(Coinbase/Press)
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Policy

Crypto and the Fed: State of Crypto

This past week saw incremental, but potentially important steps.

U.S. Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

A massive $1 trillion hidden market is waiting to be unlocked in bitcoin, says new report

Ledn forecasts the bitcoin-backed lending market could grow to $1 trillion within a decade as new research highlights strong borrower demand.

Lending money, bills on a person's hands (Christian Dubovan/Unsplash)

Tech

AI is speeding up the quantum threat to crypto, security experts warn

Researchers and builders believe that artificial intelligence may be accelerating the quantum timeline and forcing a broader rethink of how digital security works.

Cybercrime fingers typing

Finance

Crypto rails are becoming the default payment layer for AI agents, report says

A new report from Keyrock says stablecoins on blockchain rails are becoming the go-to payment layer for AI agents as traditional card rails struggle to handle micropayments.

Robots (Unsplash/Sumaid pal Singh Bakshi/Modified by CoinDesk)
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Markets

Bitcoin heads higher as President Trump announces Iran peace agreement

"An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other Countries," wrote President Trump late Saturday afternoon.

Donald Trump (Credit: Library of Congress on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin is ready to beat stocks and bonds again after underperformance against Wall Street

Former Credit Suisse global head of portfolio and Risk Dimensions CIO Mark Connors says bitcoin has broken out of its longest stretch of underperformance in history and is ready to beat stocks, bonds, and gold as inflation stubbornly sticks around.

(Steven Lelham/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto trader sees Hyperliquid, AI tokens leading next altcoin rally

Hyperliquid’s surge and renewed interest in AI-focused crypto projects are signaling a broader return of risk appetite in altcoins, says Michael van de Poppe.

Michael Van de Poppe

Policy

Clarity Act could spark a boom in crypto ‘yield-as-a-service’

The bill’s restrictions on yield-bearing crypto products may push the industry away from passive "hold-to-earn" models and toward AI-driven, compliant yield infrastructure, according to STBL Chief Commercial Officer Joe Vollono.

Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Harold Mendoza/Unsplash)
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