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What Visa’s ‘Organic’ Stablecoin Report Misses

A new metric co-developed by the payments giant says only 10% of stablecoin transactions in April were “real” or “organic.” But the methodology appears to leave out some key use cases.

Visa headquarters in Foster City, California. (Wonderlane/Creative Commons)

The SEC Can’t Stop Suing Crypto Companies

Robinhood apparently made strenuous efforts to comply with the agency, even applying to become a special purpose crypto broker-dealer. The SEC is likely to sue for alleged securities violations in any case.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk, modified)

The Dollar Won, but Might the U.S. Lose Control of the Dollar?

We have a world currency already: it's the dollar. Do we want to keep it that way?

Close up of two dollar notes. (engin akyurt/Unsplash)

CZ’s Trial Proves It Pays to Cooperate

His four-month sentence was vindication for the Binance founder’s legal strategy.

Changpeng Zhao

Why Eigenlayer’s Airdrop Is Controversial

Although it’s actually conservative.

EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETHDenver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)