Massachusetts city to weigh crypto ATM ban, citing financial risks
Haverhill City Council, following other jurisdictions, is set to consider an ordinance banning crypto ATMs viewed as enabling financial fraud and money laundering.
BitGo rolls out portfolio-based crypto lending platform for institutions
Looking to streamline collateral management, the platform has enabled borrowing and lending against liquid, staked and locked assets within a single custody account.
Ethereum bulls must hold $2K: Volatility metric hints at ‘strong’ move next
A sharp drop in Ether’s realized volatility could result in significant ETH price moves if history repeats, making $2,000 a key support level to keep an eye on.
Galaxy expands retail platform with SOL staking, targeting 6.5% yield
GalaxyOne adds Solana staking with variable rewards and zero-fee incentives, extending institutional validator infrastructure to retail users.
The stablecoin question is: Who gets paid?
Stablecoin infrastructure delivers velocity but issuers and exchanges capture the rent. Velocity beats market cap as digital dollars become invisible financial plumbing.
OpenFX raises $94M to speed up cross-border payments with stablecoins
OpenFX raised $94 million in a Series A round to expand its stablecoin-based FX network, as firms explore faster cross-border payment infrastructure.
Base joins Ethereum, Tron, others in betting big on AI agent future
Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 Base said it will be upgrading its chain to allow AI agents to use it the same way developers or traders would.
AI agents like OpenClaw could drain crypto wallets via ‘malicious skills’: CertiK
CertiK has advised ordinary users “who are not security professionals, developers, or experienced geeks” against installing and using OpenClaw.
Ethereum’s EEZ and the attempt to rebuild one Ethereum
The Ethereum Economic Zone promises to stitch fragmented rollups back into a single system, but a similar model struggled to gain traction on Cosmos.
Standard Chartered says faster stablecoin turnover could curb demand
Stablecoin turnover has doubled in the past two years as AI payments and traditional finance use cases grow, though Standard Chartered still sees the market reaching $2 trillion.