Cryptocurrency

Representatives of the crypto and banking industries are meeting with legislative staffers on Thursday and Friday to review revised compromise language on stablecoin yield provisions in the market structure bill, three people familiar with the plans told CoinDesk. Industry representatives first viewed the compromise language, spearheaded by Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.),…

Paradigm is building a prediction markets trading terminal aimed at professional traders and market makers, with partner Arjun Balaji leading the effort since late 2025. Venture capital firm Paradigm is developing a prediction markets trading terminal targeted at professional traders and market makers, according to Fortune. Paradigm partner Arjun Balaji is spearheading the project, which…

Bitcoin fell below $67,000, and Ether dropped over 4% as oil surged on renewed geopolitical tensions. Crypto markets slumped on Thursday as a fresh wave of risk-off sentiment swept across global markets following President Donald Trump’s pledge to continue military strikes against Iran. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at around $66,900, down 1.7% over the past…

SoFi, a nationally chartered bank with 13.7M members and $50B+ in assets, launched an enterprise banking platform combining fiat and stablecoin services on Solana with 24/7 payment support. SoFi launched Big Business Banking, an enterprise platform on Solana that combines traditional fiat banking with stablecoin services on a single regulated platform. The nationally chartered bank,…

The partnership brings leveraged derivatives to one of crypto’s largest consumer distribution channels, targeting emerging-market users priced out of traditional brokerages. Wallet in Telegram has launched perpetual futures trading through a new integration with Lighter, the Ethereum-based decentralized exchange (DEX), the teams announced Thursday. The feature enables users to open long and short positions on…

Ethereum’s share of non-USD stablecoin supply has fallen from 90% in early 2023 to 65% as of February 2026, though it remains the primary issuance chain. Ethereum’s dominance in non-USD stablecoin supply has shrunk to 65% as of February 2026, down from 90% in early 2023, according to data published by Dune and Visa on…

The open standard for embedding payments into HTTP interactions aims to become the settlement layer for AI agent commerce, with over 20 founding members spanning tech, payments and crypto. The x402 protocol, Coinbase’s open standard for embedding stablecoin payments directly into web interactions, has officially moved to the Linux Foundation as the newly launched x402…

Kraken introduces rewards up to 1% for users holding xStocks, extending yield opportunities beyond traditional dividend structures. Kraken launched an opt-in rewards program for xStocks on Thursday, offering users up to 1% rewards by holding tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs. The rewards program addresses a gap in traditional equities markets, which typically lack accessible yield…

The integration launches with more than a dozen U.S. stocks, major equity indices, and commodity contracts resolved using Pyth’s real-time price data. Polymarket has expanded beyond crypto and event-based contracts into traditional financial assets, integrating oracle provider Pyth Network as the resolution source for a new suite of equity, index, and commodity markets. The collaboration,…

Crypto markets are stuck in a holding pattern as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East cloud an otherwise improving macro backdrop, according to crypto asset manager Grayscale. “The war in Iran overshadowed virtually all other market developments in March,” the Grayscale research team said in a Wednesday report. Before the conflict escalated, global growth appeared…