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Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies Economic Development Commission will hold its first hearing on Aug. 20 to examine a proposal to establish a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve (RESBit) worth up to $18.6 billion. As Agência Câmara de Notícias reported, the 3 P.M. ET session will gather technical perspectives on Bill 4501/24, which seeks to modernize Brazil’s treasury management and enhance competitiveness in...
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman acknowledged that crypto firms experienced debanking due to regulatory uncertainty. During the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium on Aug. 19, Bowman also announced a fundamental shift in the Fed’s approach to blockchain innovation. She revealed the central bank eliminated reputational risk considerations from bank supervision in late June to...
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott reportedly predicts that 12 to 18 Democrats will support comprehensive crypto market structure legislation. According to Aug. 19 reports, Scott is conducting individual meetings with Democratic members, including those outside the Banking Committee, to build bipartisan backing for the anticipated September bill introduction. The South Carolina...
Circle has launched a unified cross-chain infrastructure that enables businesses to access USDC balances across multiple blockchains. An Aug. 19 announcement labeled the new product as Gateway, a system that addresses liquidity fragmentation issues that force companies to pre-position funds across chains and manage complex rebalancing operations. Gateway combines smart contract infrastructure...
Polkadot is moving to reposition itself in the current bull market by introducing a dedicated unit to bridge its ecosystem with institutional capital. On Aug. 19, the network announced the launch of Polkadot Capital Group, a capital markets-focused division designed to attract Wall Street investors and build stronger ties with traditional finance. According to the network team, the initiative...
Crypto venture funding declined 59% quarter-over-quarter to $1.976 billion in the second quarter across 378 deals. According to a Galaxy report, last quarter was the second-smallest investment quarter since the fourth quarter of 2020. Later-stage deals captured 52% of total capital invested, representing only the second time since the first quarter of 2021 that mature companies received more...
On this SlateCast episode, Nemo.money CEO Nicholas Scott joined CryptoSlate’s Liam “Akiba” Wright and Nate Whitehill to discuss AI-guided investing grounded in verified data. Scott outlined Nemo’s portfolio-insight engine, privacy safeguards, and thematic discovery features, while contrasting progressive UAE regulations with slower UK oversight and highlighting stablecoins’ promise for...
Crypto exchange Bullish disclosed on Aug. 19 that part of its $1.15 billion IPO proceeds was received in a mix of stablecoins, including Ripple’s RLUSD on the XRP Ledger and President Donald Trump-affiliated USD1. The firm said these tokens were among several digital assets involved in the settlement process, which also included Circle’s USDC and EURC, Paxos’ PYUSD and USDG, Societe Generale-...
Wyoming has introduced the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), the first stablecoin created and issued by a US government entity, according to an Aug. 19 announcement. Formerly called the Wyoming Stable Token (WYST), FRNT aims to deliver fast, secure, and transparent digital transactions for individuals, businesses, and institutions worldwide. According to the statement, each FRNT token will be fully...
Geneva, Switzerland – August 19, 2025 – TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), announced today a strategic agreement with MetaMask. MetaMask will natively integrate TRON into the world’s leading self-custodial crypto wallet developed by Consensys. This integration...