CryptoEconomy

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Stormrae’s Solana-based King Arthur challenge drew 14,959 participants worldwide, who submitted 64,526 prompts to test a single autonomous AI agent.
Five participants successfully jailbroke the system and claimed more than $28,000 in SOL, while 70% of credit purchases funded the prize

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MoonPay integrated Ledger hardware wallet signing into its CLI wallet for MoonPay Agents, becoming the first solution to use the Device Management Kit.
The integration allows AI agents to execute operations across multiple chains while private keys always remain on the physical device.
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USDC surpasses USDT in trading volume for the first time since 2019.
Circle’s stablecoin now captures 64% of adjusted stablecoin trading volume.
Institutional capital favors USDC due to its Treasury-backed, regulated reserve model.
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USDC dethroned USDT as the highest-volume stablecoi

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Prediction markets surpassed $13 billion in monthly volume by late 2025, up from less than $100 million in 2024.
Outcome resolution became the main bottleneck for the growth of these decentralized markets.
When resolution is opaque or discretionary, capital concentrates only in

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JPMorgan detected that, since the start of the war with Iran, capital flows in ETFs are shifting from gold to Bitcoin.
The SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) gold ETF lost 2.7% of its AUM, while BlackRock’s IBIT captured inflows equivalent to 1.5% of its own.
Despite the rotation toward Bitcoin in s

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Tether seeks to establish a $500 billion valuation in its fundraising round and has yet to confirm an auditor or timeline for 2026.
The company reported over $10 billion in profit in 2025 with just 300 employees and holds $122 billion in U.S. Treasuries.
Without a full audit from a Big

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Hester Peirce called for simpler disclosure standards and warned that micromanaging crypto markets could hurt investors by adding complexity instead of clarity overall.
She said SEC staff is still developing an innovation exemption that could allow limited trials involving tokenized

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The Senate voted 89-10 to attach a CBDC ban amendment to the housing bill, signaling broad resistance to a Federal Reserve digital dollar.
The surviving amendment blocks any U.S. CBDC path until 2030 if the House agrees, even though Ted Cruz’s push for a permanent ban failed.
The vote

Libeara received a Capital Markets Services licence from Singapore's Monetary Authority, allowing it to deal in tokenised Collective Investment Schemes and securities. This marks its transition to a regulated financial institution, enhancing support for institutional clients.

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Kash Razzaghi said crypto’s next phase will be driven by payments and utility, not speculation, with blockchain aimed at solving real-world money movement problems.
He argued clearer regulations are opening the door for institutions just as the infrastructure’s benefits become more

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Mike Alfred highlights Bitcoin’s consolidation at $70,000 as a sign of resilience against global market instability.
Banks like Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan are facing restrictions on private loan funds, which Alfred labels a “new financial monster.”
The investor projects a massive entry o

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Strategic Alliance: Anchorage Digital integrates Puffer Finance to allow institutional clients to generate yields through the pufETH liquid restaking token.
Regulated Security: Institutions can participate in the restaking ecosystem without managing their own infrastructure, keeping

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Bitcoin funding rate turned negative, signaling short sellers dominate the market.
Institutional ETF inflows counterweight bearish sentiment, limiting downside toward $66,000.
Gold tops $5,100, challenging bitcoin’s narrative as a store of value.
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Perpetual Bitcoin contracts

Metaplanet запустила свои подразделения венчурного капитала и управления активами, выделив 4 млрд иен на улучшение биткойн-инфраструктуры в Японии, стремясь укрепить местную экосистему цифровых активов несмотря на недавние убытки.