UK sanctions against HTX, Exmo and 16 other entities target Russia’s A7 crypto network with annual volume exceeding USD 90 billion.
Strategy STRC pays an 11.5% yield and uses it to finance Bitcoin purchases – the comparison with Terra-Luna reveals surface-level parallels.
Hong Kong grants first stablecoin licenses to HSBC and Standard Chartered: HKMA selects only 3-4 issuers from 36 applicants.
A DeFi user lost around $50 million in a collateral swap on Aave: the largest DeFi user error of all time in detail.
Ripple launches a $750 million share buyback at a $50 billion valuation. Employees and investors gain liquidity.
US Senate advances a CBDC ban with an 84-to-6 vote, embedded in a housing bill – a clause prohibits Fed-issued digital currency until 2030.
Nasdaq and Kraken are developing a gateway for tokenized equities between regulated exchanges and decentralized finance (DeFi) networks.
Strategy sells Bitcoin for the first time since December 2022, 32 BTC for USD 2.5 million to fund its preferred stock dividend obligations.
VanEck lists VBNB, the first US spot BNB ETF on Nasdaq. Sponsor fee 0.39%, custody at Anchorage Digital, no staking at launch.
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