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China Weighs Yuan-Backed Stablecoins as Kenya Seeks $5 B Debt Swap
Kenya’s Treasury said it is negotiating with Chinese lenders to convert roughly US$5 billion of existing dollar-denominated loans into yuan and to extend their maturities...

Harvard’s Rogoff Concedes 2018 Bitcoin Call Miss as Price Tops $113,000
Harvard professor and former International Monetary Fund chief economist Kenneth Rogoff has acknowledged that his 2018 prediction—Bitcoin was more likely to sink to $100 than climb to $100,000—pro...

CoreDAO and Hex Trust Launch Bitcoin-CORE Dual Staking for Institutions
Core Foundation, the group behind the Bitcoin-focused Core blockchain, has teamed up with digital-asset custodian Hex Trust to launch a dual-staking service for institutional investors...

iShares Ethereum ETF Surpasses $11 Billion YTD Inflows, Holds 6.3M ETH as Spot ETFs Face $197 Million Outflow
Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have experienced substantial inflows over the past several months, with nearly $8 billion invested in the iShares Ethereum ETF (ETHA) alone across 75 trading sess...

Harvard’s Rogoff Admits 2018 Bitcoin $100 Prediction Was Wrong
Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff acknowledged that his 2018 forecast—asserting bitcoin was more likely to sink to $100 than climb to $100,000—proved incorrect...

BIS Floats AML Scores for Non-Custodial Crypto Wallets
The Bank for International Settlements outlined a way to embed anti–money laundering checks into tokens, even for wallets outside exchanges....

Paxos’ Global Dollar Stablecoin Surges Past $500 Million Valuation
The Paxos-backed stablecoin is growing quickly as investors pile in to take advantage of the network’s revenue sharing....

Wyoming’s Stable Token Launch Sparks Debate Over State-Backed Crypto
Wyoming’s FRNT stablecoin reaches consumers directly, but experts caution it may trigger federal digital currency initiatives and privacy concerns....

Crypto Markets Continue to Slide as Geopolitical Uncertainty Weighs on Prices
BTC, ETH, and major altcoins continue to fall following Trump’s meetings with Zelenskyy and Putin....