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Miami — Tether.io Head of Government Affairs Jesse Spiro said the crypto industry sees the 2026 U.S. midterm elections as a critical test for whether Washington’s recent embrace of digital assets will endure. “What we’ve seen is a lot of good immersion and progress over the last year,” Spiro said during a panel discussion at the Consensus Miami 2026 conference, pointing to the passage of the GENIUS Act and progress on market structure legislation. “But as with anything else, the apple cart can always get upset.” Spiro warned that the elections could have a “seismic impact” on the industry’s trajectory,…

Morgan Stanley launched a crypto price war on E*Trade at 50 basis points, undercutting Coinbase and Schwab. Morgan Stanley has launched a crypto trading pilot on its ETrade platform at 50 basis points per trade, immediately undercutting every major retail rival. Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana are available directly inside ETrade brokerage accounts via Zerohash, which handles liquidity, custody, and settlement. The 50-basis-point fee sits below Schwab’s 75bps, Fidelity’s 1%, and Coinbase retail fees that can exceed 0.5% depending on tier and payment method. Jed Finn, Morgan Stanley’s head of wealth management, said the move is “much bigger than trading crypto…

Aptos, the Layer-1 blockchain network behind the $APT token, has announced a strategic partnership with Netstars, a prominent Japanese QR code payment services provider, to develop stablecoin and Web3 payment applications. The collaboration, disclosed via Aptos’s official X account, marks a significant step in bridging blockchain infrastructure with mainstream digital payment systems in Japan. Partnership Details and Scope Netstars, which operates a widely used QR code payment platform in Japan, plans to explore integrating Aptos’s blockchain infrastructure into its existing payment ecosystem. The initiative focuses on creating stablecoin-based payment solutions and Web3 applications that could enable faster, lower-cost transactions for…

In brief GameStop pledged 4,709 $BTC $BTC to a covered-call strategy on Coinbase Prime, giving the exchange the right to rehypothecate or sell the coins. The move reclassifies the holdings from an intangible asset to a receivable, changing how gains and losses flow through earnings. CEO Ryan Cohen has declined to rule out selling GameStop’s Bitcoin, calling the company’s other opportunities “way more compelling.” Video game retailer GameStop disclosed this week that it moved all but 1 $BTC worth of its Bitcoin treasury holdings into a covered call options strategy on Coinbase Prime. By doing so, the 4,709 $BTC stash—worth…

Crypto, tech, and software stocks are rallying today because traders are buying growth names again while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite sit at record levels. The S&P 500 rose 0.29% to 7,230.12 after touching a fresh all-time intraday high. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.89% and closed at 25,114.44, also at a record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went the other way, falling 0.31%, or 152.87 points, to 49,499.27. Apple (AAPL) helped push the wider market higher, while lower oil prices gave traders one less headache at the start of the new trading month. Donald Trump had said on Truth…

In a significant cryptocurrency market movement, World Liberty Financial ($WLFI) has executed a major treasury transaction, depositing tokens worth $12.5 million to the Binance exchange. This latest transfer, reported by blockchain analytics firm The Data Nerd, forms part of a broader two-month strategy involving nearly $80 million in $WLFI tokens. The transaction highlights evolving treasury management practices within the digital asset sector and raises important questions about liquidity strategies for project treasuries. World Liberty Financial’s Strategic Binance Deposit A blockchain wallet definitively linked to the World Liberty Financial treasury deposited 135 million $WLFI tokens to Binance approximately 12 hours before…

Meta (NASDAQ: META) is under fire again with Senator Elizabeth Warren as the company plans to roll out stablecoin features to its billions of users. Senator Warren shared her concerns that Meta’s stablecoin ambitions are a threat to financial security. She has also been vocal about her criticism of the Trump administration’s involvement in the crypto industry. Why is Elizabeth Warren probing Meta? Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is back on the trail of Meta and Mark Zuckerberg, just one week after the company quietly revived its long-dormant plans to integrate stablecoin payments into Facebook. The Senator wrote a letter demanding…

Payward, the parent company of the prominent cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, is reportedly seeking a new round of capital that would value the firm at approximately $20 billion. The development, first reported by Unfolded, signals a significant step for the exchange as it navigates a shifting regulatory landscape and increasing competition in the digital asset market. Details of the Funding Round While specific terms of the fundraising effort have not been publicly disclosed, sources familiar with the matter indicate that Payward is in discussions with potential investors. A $20 billion valuation would represent a notable increase from previous funding rounds, reflecting…

The rapid rise of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) has posed major challenges inhibiting widescale adoption of DAOs. High fees and poor user experience are the primary obstacles to adoption, currently hindering users’ ability to engage effectively with DAOs. M3 DAO has partnered with REI Network to build solutions to the challenges of operating within the present DAO ecosystem. By partnering with REI Networks, M3 DAO will be able to utilize their use of providing zero-cost, lightweight technologies that enable M3 DAO to enhance the onboarding experience for an estimated 200,000 current global users to the Web3 solution. Bridging the Gap…

Jordi Visser, a well-known figure in the financial world, emphasized in a broadcast that global markets have entered a “capacity” phase and that investors must now accept that the era of low inflation and abundant liquidity is over. According to Visser, Bitcoin retains the potential to be the strongest performing asset in this new economic regime. Visser stated that we are in a process similar to the inflationary fluctuations of the 1970s, reminding that stock market returns have historically been negative during periods when inflation (CPI) has been at or above 4%. The renowned investor stated that the structural increase…