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Senate Banking Committee lawmakers say crypto bill is ‘closer than ever’ despite setbacks
Despite the postponement of a hearing that could have advanced crypto legislation, lawmakers insist the effort is far from dead....

State Street expands tokenization push as banks rush to bring cash and funds onchain
Tokenized deposits and fund shares are emerging as a regulated alternative to stablecoins within the banking system....

Kaito token plummets after X revises API policies to ban InfoFi crypto projects
InfoFi has led to a "tremendous amount of AI slop & reply spam" on the X platform, the firm's product lead said....

CME adds Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar to growing crypto derivatives lineup
CME is positioning crypto futures as a testing ground for broader changes like smaller contract sizes and, eventually, continuous trading....

Generic Protocol bets on private stablecoin model with GUSD launch as Congress battles over yield
Generic’s natively private stablecoin, GUSD, reroutes yield away from issuers to applications and users in a bid to reshape incentives....

Ripple, LMAX Group strike deal to expand institutional stablecoin use with $150 million in financing
Ripple will provide $150 million in financing as LMAX Group integrates RLUSD as collateral across its institutional trading venues....

Football.Fun debuts FUN token as sports betting drives onchain prediction markets
Football.Fun has launched its FUN token in a Thursday TGE, with trading supported across Base, Solana, and several crypto exchanges....

MetaMask adds native Tron support across mobile and browser extension wallets as multichain push accelerates
The rollout builds on MetaMask's recent Solana and Bitcoin support, as the wallet increasingly positions itself as a multichain solution....

Anchorage unlocks onchain lending using off-chain collateral via Spark
Anchorage tapped Spark to unlock onchain credit markets for its institutional clients who want to keep their assets in off-chain custody....

Ethereum treasury firm BitMine invests $200 million in MrBeast’s Beast Industries
The $200 million in MrBeast’s Beast Industries ties the largest U.S.-listed Ethereum treasury to a global YouTube and creator economy....