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U.S. Senate's Stablecoin Push Still Alive as Bill May Return to Floor: Sources

The legislation to regulate stablecoin issuers hit a big bump a week ago, but negotiations continued and the latest version may move again.

U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

0x Acquires Competitor Flood in Push to Boost Share of $2.3B DEX Aggregator Market

The acquisition is 0x’s first since the firm’s founding in 2017.

0x founders Will Warren and Amir Bandeali (0x)

Markets

Bitcoin, Strategy Confirm Concurrent Bull Cross, Strengthening Uptrend Signal: Technical Analysis

Bitcoin and MSTR both flashed a bullish signal, indicating a potential major uptrend.


Markets

Bitcoin Backed Token YBTC Comes to Sui as Bitlayer Integrates Its BitVM Bridge to Sui Network

Peg-BTC (YBTC), the bridged version of BTC, can be deployed in the SUI-based DeFi to generate yield.

Bitlayer CEO Charlie Hu. (Bitlayer)

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VeChain’s Sunny Lu Wants to Tokenize Sustainable 'Human Behavior' Like Driving a Tesla

At Consensus Toronto, VeChain is debuting new infrastructure that combines RWAs, AI agents, and NFT staking to make crypto usable by everyone.

VeChain CEO Sunny Lu (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

From Early Michael Saylor Bet to Billions in Deals: How Jefferies Became a Crypto Powerhouse

The firm has advised on 120 transactions with over $150 billion of deal value across fintech, market structure, and exchanges since 2015.

Jefferies quietly becomes a power player in crypto investment banking. (Unsplash)

Policy

As Meta Said to Mull Tokens, Senator Warren Calls for Blocking Big Tech Stablecoins

While the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee argues for stablecoin limits, she and colleagues also questioned Binance's talks with Treasury.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (	Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Markets

DOGE, XRP, ETH, SOL Follow Bitcoin Through the Cloud as Altcoin Momentum Builds

Top altcoins are mimicking BTC's late April bullish breakout that set the stage for a rally to $100,000.

Clouds photographed from above.  (wal_172619/Pixabay)

Markets

Breakout Alert: Ether, Bitcoin Cash-Bitcoin Ratio Break Downtrends as DOGE, SHIB Bottom Out

ETH, BCH and top memecoins are flashing bullish chart patterns.

Close-up of the head of a statue of a bull (cjweaver13/Pixabay)

Finance

Ripple M&A Target Hidden Road to Open New Office in Abu Dhabi With a Potential Royal Family Addition

The firm has received in-principle approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM.

The Abu Dhabi skyline (Nick Fewings/Unsplash)