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Opinion

The fight over stablecoin yield isn’t really about stablecoins

It’s about deposits and who gets paid on them, argues Le.

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Finance

Ethereum treasury firm buys jet engines amid tokenization push after selling ETH

ETHZilla is betting on bringing real-world assets on blockchain rails after it sold at least $114.5 million of its ETH stash over the past months.

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Finance

Spacecoin launches SPACE token just days after partnering with Trump family-linked DeFi project

The project aims to create a decentralized satellite internet network, with the initial satellites, CTC-0 and CTC-1, already demonstrating blockchain-based communication from space.

Satellites in space (Kevin Stadnyk/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Here's what bitcoin bulls are saying as price remains stuck during global rally

It's about a lot more than "zooming out." Supply overhangs and investor "muscle memory" regarding gold help explain bitcoin's poor absolute and relative performance.

Rate cut size next week comes into question (Bruce Mars/Unsplash)
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Finance

One of the oldest NFT trading platform which facilitated over $300 million in sales at its peak shuts down

The platform, Nifty Gateway, which once facilitated over $300 million in sales, had shifted its focus to building onchain creative projects in 2024, but will now close.

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Finance

GameStop's $420 million bitcoin move sparks speculation of selling

While blockchain data confirms the movement to Coinbase Prime, the transfer could also mean internal asset management or custody.

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Policy

Ukraine banned Polymarket and there’s no legal way for it to come back

Polymarket and similar platforms are considered unlicensed gambling operators, leading to blocked access.

Kyiv in Ukraine (Glib Albovsky/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Days of our market structure bills: State of Crypto

We have a new draft and fresh questions.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
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Markets

Here is why investors are snubbing Michael Saylor’s 10% dividend offer in Europe

Access and market structure issues limit adoption of Strategy’s first non U.S. perpetual preferred, Stream.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

R3 bets on Solana to bring institutional yield onchain

As DeFi investors seek stable, uncorrelated returns, R3 is building Solana-native structures to bring private credit and trade finance into crypto markets.

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Tech

Ethereum Foundation makes post quantum security a top priority as new team forms

EF researcher Justin Drake says a new post-quantum team will drive wallet safety upgrades, research prizes and test networks as quantum timelines shorten.

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Markets

Bitcoin’s weakness versus gold and equities puts quantum computing fears back in focus

Some investors have revived concerns that quantum computing could threaten bitcoin, but analysts and developers say recent price weakness reflects market structure.

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Policy

Senate Agriculture's crypto market structure draft peppered with Democrat pitches

The latest draft of the major crypto legislation has begun to be targeted with amendments as the Senate Agriculture Committee approaches its hearing next week.

Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. (screen capture, Senate Agriculture Committee)

Policy

SEC dismisses lawsuit against billionaire Winklevoss twins-backed Gemini over Earn product

The SEC said Gemini Earn customers had already received 100% of their assets back through Genesis' bankruptcy, warranting the dismissal of the case.

Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

FBI arrests ex-Olympian drug 'kingpin' who allegedly used crypto to move proceeds

The U.S. caught a top-ten most-wanted fugitive when they arrested Ryan Wedding, a former top snowboarder who's said to have used digital assets in his crimes.

Ryan Wedding, top ten most wanted fugitive (FBI)

Finance

Stablecoins moved $35 trillion last year but only 1% of it was for 'real world' payments

While stablecoins settled around $35 trillion last year, only around 1% of that represented genuine payments like remittances and payroll, a new report found.

A Visa card being held to next to a payment terminal. (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)
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