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GameStop Urged to Convert Its $5B Cash Into Bitcoin by Strive's CEO Matt Cole

GameStop has a unique opportunity to redefine itself as a market leader with its nearly $5 billion cash reserve, the letter said.

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Tech

USDe Issuer Ethena Labs Integrates Chaos Labs' Edge Proof of Reserves Oracles to Strengthen Risk Management

The Edge Proof of Reserves Oracles provide a real-time, transparent mechanism to verify that token issuers like Ethena hold sufficient reserves.

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Finance

OKX Settles U.S. DOJ Charges, Pays Over $500M Penalty and Forfeiture

An OKX subsidiary said it resolved a U.S. DOJ investigation.

OKCoin, Star Xu

Markets

Wall Street-Backed Crypto Exchange EDX Markets Adds 17 New Cryptocurrencies, Including XRP, SOL, Trump Coin

The expansion significantly broadens trading options for users, reflecting a friendlier regulatory environment in the U.S.

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

Policy

U.S. Marshals Service Can't Say How Much Crypto It Holds, Complicating Bitcoin Reserve Plan

The agency has been plagued with procedural and organizational issues for years.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Deribit Still in Talks to Be Acquired by Kraken: Source

A second source said U.S.-listed exchange Coinbase has also been kicking the tires of Deribit.

Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers (Extreme right) at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

Finance

Mastercard Says It Has Moved Beyond Experimentation in Crypto, Focused on 'Real Solutions'

“What is stopping [crypto] from going mainstream is really that consumers need to be able to find each other using what they already know,” Mastercard’s head of crypto and blockchain, Raj Dhamodharan told CoinDesk.

Raj Dhamodharan, Head of Crypto and Blockchain, Mastercard (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Regulator Pursuing Tokenization Pilot to Tap Stablecoins as Collateral

Caroline Pham, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief tapped by President Donald Trump, is hosting a CEO summit on one of her longstanding policy aims.

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Finance

ConsenSys Twice Hit by Operation Chokepoint, CEO Lubin Credits Bank for Fighting Back

The MetaMask creator survived by having redundant backup accounts, said Lubin, who was also personally targeted.

ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Blockstream Opens New Office in Tokyo as It Expands in Asia

The company plans to drive Japanese adoption of Bitcoin Layer-2 and self-custody technologies.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk archives)