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Finance

Stablecoin payments go 'invisible' in Southeast Asia as crypto card business surges

StraitsX, a Singapore-based company, has seen rapid growth in its stablecoin card program, with a 40x surge in transaction volume and an 83x increase in card issuance between 2024 and 2025.

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Markets

Strategy may have paused bitcoin accumulation last week, ending a thirteen week buying streak

The company seemed to have skipped it's weekly bitcoin purchase announcement for the first time since late december.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

Policy

No one is 100% happy with the stablecoin yield agreement: State of Crypto

The crypto and banking industries saw Senators Alsobrooks and Tillis' agreement-in-principle for stablecoin yield.

U.S. Capitol, the seat of Congress in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin bullish bets hit a 28-month high on Bitfinex, and that's music to bears' ears

Historically, spikes in Bitfinex BTC/USD longs have acted as a contrary indicator.

Bear. (Hans-Jurgen Mager/Unsplash)
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Markets

Crypto's CLARITY Act could be a headwind for DeFi tokens ring-fencing yield, analyst says

The proposed restriction on yield would shift value toward regulated players and away from decentralized finance' tokens, 10x Research's Markus Thielen said.

Yield (James Coleman/Unsplash)

Markets

Markets move to price in rate hikes as inflation fears and geopolitics reshape Fed expectations

Middle East tensions have driven divergences across asset markets as oil stays elevated and traditional safe havens falter.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference

Tech

New Ethereum project aims to fix network fragmentation and improve user experience

The project is designed to make Ethereum’s many layer 2s work together more seamlessly.

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Markets

XRP tests $1.33 as rising leverage and weak price action create unstable setup

Funding spikes and liquidations point to positioning build-up, with direction hinging on whether buyers can defend support.

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Tech

Bittensor ecosystem tokens' value hit $1.5 billion as Jensen Huang endorsement supports TAO rally

The ecosystem's smaller tokens are acting as leveraged bets on TAO, with multiple subnet tokens posting 200-400% monthly gains.

(Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

Tech

Inside Aave’s governance battle as DeFi giant prepares for upgrade

In an interview with CoinDesk, Aave Labs CEO Stani Kulechov reflected on the governance debates in the Aave ecosystem, as well as what’s to come for the network.

Stani Kulechov

Opinion

Crypto needs a reset before the next bull run

The industry’s most significant opportunities are being forged during this period of uncomfortable volatility. Here’s why, argues Grider.

Markets chart (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Washington sues Kalshi as states ramp up legal pressure against prediction markets

The Washington state attorney general alleged Kalshi offers "gambling products" products dressed up as prediction markets in a lawsuit Friday.

Kalshi App (Getty Images)
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Markets

Kalshi secures license to offer margin trading to institutional investors

Margin feature is a departure from traditional prediction markets, which typically require fully collateralized positions, and comes as the industry sees growing trading volumes and investment.

Kalshi will have a prediction contract weighed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Canada moves to ban crypto donations for election campaigns following UK

Bill C-25 follows years of warnings from Canada's Chief Electoral Officer about the risk that crypto donations could pose to electoral integrity.

Mark Carney (Liberal Party)

Markets

Why bitcoin's 'compressed' valuation offers reduced downside risk versus stocks

The recent surge in oil and gas prices has driven up inflation expectations, causing markets to adjust their bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts, with traders now pricing in a near 40% chance of no rate cuts this year.

Laptop with markets monitor and charts

Tech

Here's how bitcoin, Ethereum and other networks are preparing for the looming quantum threat

Across many of the most well-known ecosystems like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, responses are diverging along familiar lines: what to do on social consensus and technical iteration, and community members are split between caution and acceleration.

Quantum computer. (Getty Images)
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