Cryptocurrency

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says big banks are “undermining” President Trump’s crypto agenda by pushing CLARITY Act language that would ban 4–5% stablecoin yields now fueling Coinbase’s $1.35b revenue line.…

Solana meme coin WhiteWhale has crashed about 50% after its founder quit over family pressure and “pump the price” demands, locking $13m in tokens as the meme hangover deepens. Summary…

Prediction market traders trimmed the odds of a presidential pardon for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried after his parents renewed their public defense of him in a CNN interview.  Summary…

Summary ECB staff paper finds top 100 holders in Aave, MakerDAO, Ampleforth and Uniswap control over 80% of governance tokens. Concentrated voting blocs threaten DeFi protocols’ claims to “fully decentralized”…

Intercontinental Exchange has expanded its bet on prediction markets with a new $600 million investment in Polymarket.  Summary ICE invested $600 million more in Polymarket as part of its $2…

Two Chinese container ships linked to Cosco briefly moved toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday before turning back near Iranian waters, adding to market concern over shipping access in…

Ripple’s native token (XRP) stayed under pressure on Friday as traders watched a key chart level and fresh signals from the Ripple ecosystem.  Summary XRP trades near $1.34 after recent…

Bitcoin (BTC) remained under pressure on Friday as on-chain data showed large holders were still adding to their positions.  Summary Santiment said wallets holding 10 to 10,000 BTC added 61,568…

Vietnamese authorities have opened a wide fraud case tied to the ONUS crypto ecosystem after detaining several suspects and accusing them of using token promotions and controlled trading to take…

Binance Australia Derivatives has been ordered to pay a A$10 million civil penalty after Australia’s Federal Court found failures in how the platform classified clients for crypto derivatives trading.  Summary…