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SBI's $289 million Bitbank deal is symptomatic of Japan's crypto consolidation: Architect Partners

The investment bank said the purchase of Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank is a bet on regulated scale as sweeping reforms reshape the country's digital asset market.

Tokyo, Japan (Jaison Lin/Unsplash)

Finance

Tether putting $23 billion gold stockpile to work with bullion-backed loans

The stablecoin issuer is extending its tokenized gold strategy by allowing holders of XAUT to borrow against their bullion, mirroring bitcoin-backed lending without selling the underlying asset.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

Markets

Former Ethereum Foundation leader warns of funding gap as governance shifts

A former Ethereum Foundation member says the network must quickly build new funding institutions as the Foundation steps back.

Trent Van Epps

Policy

Anti-trafficking group says Clarity Act's Section 604 could weaken accountability

An anti-human trafficking advocate said a Clarity Act provision could weaken accountability despite existing criminal laws.

Katie Boller Gosewisch

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Virtuals' Jansen Teng says AI agents are evolving into autonomous economic actors

The next phase of AI agents may be less about chat and more about earning, spending and coordinating.

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Finance

Wall Street's IPO revival hasn't reached dot-com euphoria levels, Goldman Sachs says

U.S. IPO issuance has rebounded sharply in 2026, but the bank said the current surge lacks the deal volume and speculative excess that defined the dot-com era.

Wall Street. (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)

Policy

CoinEx denies claims it served as $3.84 billion gateway to sanctioned Iranian crypto firms

Blockchain analysts TRM Labs says CoinEx facilitated more than $3.8 billion in blockchain-traced flows with sanctioned Iranian crypto entities. CoinEx disputes the findings.

Map of Iran with a pin just north of Esfahan. (Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock)

Markets

Aave could soar to $3,500 by 2030 on DeFi revival, says StanChart

Geoff Kendrick said Aave has moved past April's cyberattack-related market disruption and is well positioned to benefit from growth in tokenized assets and DeFi.

Stani Kulechov, Aave Labs (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

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Finance

YZi Labs ends proxy war with BNB treasury company CEA Industries

Partner Alex Odagiu will serve as an interim president, pending a search for a new chief executive, while head of YZi Labs Ella Zhang and Matthew Roszak also appointed directors of CEA.

Ella Zhang, head of YZi Labs, at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin's recent drop below $60,000 signals Fed, ETF and AI pressures: Deutsche Bank

Bitcoin's slump to its lowest level since late 2024 reflects a hawkish Federal Reserve, exchange-traded fund outflows and a shift of capital into AI, the bank said.

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