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Visa Stablecoin Treasury Engine Pushes Settlement Deeper Into Institutional Finance Visa has launched a stablecoin treasury engine for financial institutions, marking another step in the shift from crypto payment experiments to real institutional settlement infrastructure. The service is designed to let financial institutions settle merchant network balances using stablecoins such as USDC and EURC. That […]

SEC And CFTC Open Joint Consultation On Crypto Derivatives Rules The SEC and CFTC have opened a joint consultation on digital asset derivatives, giving the market a fresh sign that US regulators are trying to reduce confusion around crypto products that sit between securities and commodities oversight. The consultation focuses on security-based swaps and digital […]

Ostium Halts Trading After $18M Oracle Key Breach Arbitrum-based perpetuals exchange Ostium has suspended trading after an $18.4 million exploit tied to a compromised off-chain oracle key, highlighting again how vulnerable trading venues can be when price infrastructure fails. The attack did not appear to stem from a direct breach of Ostium’s smart contract code. […]

CFTC Self-Reporting Guidelines Could Change Crypto Enforcement Incentives The CFTC has introduced new penalty mitigation guidelines for self-reporting and cooperation, creating a clearer framework for firms that voluntarily disclose regulatory breaches. The advisory, titled “Enforcement Advisory on Self-Reporting, Cooperation, and Voluntary Disclosure Penalties,” sets out how civil penalty reductions may apply when entities self-report, cooperate […]

Strategy Pauses Bitcoin Buying As Cash Reserve Hits $3.225B Strategy has paused its weekly Bitcoin buying while building a $3.225 billion cash reserve, giving the market a clearer look at how the company is balancing its aggressive BTC treasury strategy with debt and preferred dividend obligations. The company’s latest Form 8-K shows that Strategy held […]

Metaplanet Unit Secures ¥9.66B Financing As Bitcoin Treasury Plan Expands Metaplanet’s Bitcoin strategy is expanding again, this time through a financing agreement tied to its subsidiary Bitcoin Japan. The company said Bitcoin Japan signed an agreement with EVO Fund for financing of up to ¥9.66 billion, or roughly $59.5 million. The structure includes zero-coupon convertible […]

Coinbase’s Base Moves Toward Tokenized Stocks For Non-US Users Coinbase-linked Base is moving toward tokenized stock integration, with Base creator Jesse Pollak pointing to a model built around 1:1 equity backing and dividend pass-through. The planned product is aimed at non-US users and remains unavailable to US retail traders. That is an important limitation, because […]

Russia’s State Duma has moved crypto regulation toward its final legislative stage, advancing a bill that would establish formal rules for mining, exchanges, and cross-border settlement activity. The bill, listed as No. 636524-8, is aimed at creating a statutory framework for parts of the digital asset sector that have already become active inside and around […]