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The release of the bipartisan crypto market structure bill text on Monday has left much of the crypto community dissatisfied. Most critics have directed their frustration at banking lobbyists. However, a smaller group argues that the real beneficiaries are large crypto firms that were expected to advocate for the industry’s broader interests. Crypto Reacts to a 278-Page Proposal After months of negotiations, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott released the text of a negotiated bill outlining a framework for the crypto market. The move brought the CLARITY Act one step closer to passage, with the legislation aiming to establish clearer…

Robinhood is enabling “Custom Combos” for users wagering on professional football, underscoring efforts to flesh out its prediction market offering as gambling heats up in the U.S. alongside the NFL postseason, the company said Friday. The contracts are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and resemble parlays offered by traditional gaming companies Draft Kings and FanDuel, allowing users to predict the likelihood of multiple outcomes at once, including the performance of individual players. However, a Robinhood spokesperson told Decrypt that Custom Combos and parlays are different, with the main difference boiling down to Kalshi’s role in facilitating wagers across…

MINGO Tickets has launched on Hedera to enable digital sports ticket sales in 54 African countries. The website operates with verifiable tickets through a web application to minimize fraud and duplication of event access. MINGO has launched MINGO Tickets, a digital ticketing platform built on the Hedera network, alongside an expansion covering 54 countries across Africa. The company said the rollout will improve how fans access live events while giving organizers stronger tools to manage entry and reduce ticket-related challenges. Live event ticketing remains vulnerable to fraud in many regions. Organizers often face duplicated tickets, repeated entry attempts, and high…

In a significant development for decentralized finance, the Solana-based automated liquidity protocol Kamino has announced support for the politically notable stablecoin USD1. This integration, confirmed on February 15, 2025, fundamentally expands the collateral options for borrowers on one of blockchain’s most active networks. Consequently, users can now deposit the dollar-pegged USD1 to secure loans, marking a pivotal moment for both the protocol and the stablecoin’s issuer, World Liberty Financial. Kamino USD1 Integration: Technical and Market Implications The Kamino protocol automates complex liquidity management strategies on Solana. By adding USD1 to its supported asset list, Kamino directly enhances its lending market’s…

Ethereum traded near $3,093 on the 4-hour chart after a sharp pullback from the $3,403 peak, as sellers regained control and pushed price below key trend signals. The retreat followed a strong rally, but the latest move suggests short-term momentum has shifted into correction mode. Besides weakening price structure, traders are also watching leverage and spot flow behavior, which still point to cautious market positioning. Consequently, ETH now sits at a key decision point where bulls must defend nearby support levels and reclaim overhead resistance to restart upside continuation. ETH Faces Heavy Resistance Zones ETH remains capped below $3,163, which…

Hokanews also points out the rising expectations in the impending December 910 Federal Reserve meeting where the markets anticipate a 25-basis-point rate reduction to 3.503.75 percent. It would be the third cut that the Fed would have made in 2025 following a gradual slowdown of the inflation. Analysts believe that this is a move that can be used to tone down the whole year 2026, particularly when Chair Jerome Powell aligns a more permanent move toward long-term monetary easing. This meeting is more sensitive to the crypto market. Bitcoin usually increases by between five and fifteen percent when the rate…

The Senate Agriculture Committee plans to publish its crypto market structure bill on Jan. 21 and hold a key hearing on the text on Jan. 27. The committee announced Tuesday that its hearing — originally scheduled for Jan. 15 but postponed on Monday — would kick off at 3:00 p.m. The markup hearing is a crucial step toward advancing legislation. Lawmakers will be able to debate amendments, vote whether or not to add them to the base text and then vote on whether or not to advance the overall bill to the full Senate. The Senate Banking Committee is holding…

SwissBorg has stated that its Meta-Exchange will be upgraded significantly so that customers will be able to access native USDC and ETH within the Base network. The update will represent another move towards the goal of SwissBorg of simplifying the use of crypto, as well as transforming traditional finance and integrating it into onchain ecosystems. The platform encourages native assets as opposed to wrapped versions of the same, thus improving the security and efficiency of users who visit Base. 🟦 You can now access native $USDC and $ETH directly in the Meta-Exchange.SwissBorg isn’t just the one-tap gateway to an expanding…

Crunch, a collective intelligence platform for model coordination, has announced plans to open decentralized AI mining on the Bittensor network to academic and enterprise machine learning scientists. Under the approach, Crunch coordinators will manage Bittensor subnet mining infrastructure, including blockchain operations and technical coordination. This allows contributors to focus on building and improving machine learning models without handling staking, mining slots, or other Web3 mechanics. The model keeps Bittensor’s decentralized structure intact while lowering barriers for non-crypto-native participants. Rather than targeting existing blockchain miners, Crunch aims to onboard new contributors from universities, research institutions, and enterprise AI teams. These participants…

BNB Chain and Brevis are building a programmable privacy layer based on zero-knowledge proofs to configure privacy. Intelligent Privacy Pool on BNB Chain targets Q1 2026 launch with ZK attestations and Association Sets for clean funds. BNB Chain has extended collaboration with Brevis to develop a programmable privacy layer based on zero-knowledge proofs. This is to facilitate privacy setup capability in favor of various users and compliance requirements. The initiative moves the network beyond conventional transaction privacy systems that focus mainly on obscuring senders, receivers, and amounts. Instead, the framework is designed to let users verify credentials without exposing full…