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Kevin Hassett’s rise as the leading contender to replace Jerome Powell in 2026 has triggered an unusual divide across financial markets: crypto traders are cheering, while bond investors are warning of destabilizing rate cuts. The split is sharpening as new reports detail private concerns raised to the US Treasury. Bond Markets Warn of Aggressive Cuts Bond investors have privately told the Treasury Department that they are concerned Hassett would push for rapid, politically aligned rate cuts, according to the Financial Times. The discussions, held in November with Wall Street banks, major asset managers, and members of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory…

The Russian judiciary has confiscated the cryptocurrency of a father of two who failed to pay well over a million rubles in child support to his former spouse. News of the case, which is a first of its kind, comes after Russia’s constitutional court reaffirmed the property status of digital assets under current law. Russian father loses his coins to overdue child support payments The Bailiff Service in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai has settled a child support dispute by selling the cryptocurrency holdings of the debtor, Russian media revealed. A resident of the western region’s Belorechensky District owed around 1.7 million…

Category Labs, the development team behind the Monad (MON) ecosystem, announced that they are considering a buyback of MON tokens from the open market in the first half of 2026. The announcement, made via the X platform, stated that subject to adherence to current regulations, the total amount of the buybacks could reach up to $30 million. Category Labs stated that the buyback process is entirely at the company’s discretion and may be initiated, suspended, or terminated depending on market conditions. The statement clarified that this announcement does not constitute a commitment to purchase a specific amount of tokens, but…

Delphi Digital is calling it early. In their latest outlook, the research firm says the Federal Reserve is on track to turn from a drag on crypto to a mild tailwind by 2026. As rate cuts and fading quantitative tightening (QT) combine into the first clearly positive liquidity backdrop since early 2022. Could rate cuts be a key tailwind for crypto in 2026?The Fed’s rate path heading into next year is the clearest it’s been in years. December 2025 delivers another 25bp cut, taking fed funds to roughly 3.5-3.75%. The forward curve prices at least 3 more cuts through 2026,……

World, the crypto and digital identity project co-founded by Sam Altman as Worldcoin, has conceded to a High Court order to delete all biometric data collected from Kenyan citizens. In a communiqué cited by local media outlets, Kenya’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) confirmed the project’s data controller permanently erased all information gathered from Kenyan users during World’s iris data collection operations in September 2023. The confirmation came after the High Court issued orders last May, directing that the data be wiped from World’s systems. ODPC said it would continue monitoring the compliance of technology firms in the…

Stablecoins are quickly becoming the backbone of global crypto payments — and infrastructure providers are racing to make them easier to use everywhere.—WalletConnect has announced full support for the TRON DAO network, extending WalletConnect’s reach into one of the world’s largest stablecoin and payment ecosystems. The integration connects 600+ WalletConnect-enabled wallets and 70,000+ dApps directly to TRON, significantly expanding access to fast, low-cost stablecoin transfers and onchain applications.With TRON now live across WalletConnect, users can send and receive TRC-20 stablecoins from any supported wallet, while developers gain instant access to TRON’s DeFi, NFT, and GameFi ecosystem — without additional integration…

Tether, the company behind the popular USDT stablecoin, made a big move in Q3 2025. It bought 26 tons of gold, bringing its total holdings to 116 tons, surpassing most central banks and signaling growing influence in global precious metals markets. The move has caught the attention of investors and analysts worldwide, sparking discussions about the role of private companies in traditionally state-controlled assets. Why Tether Is Buying Gold Gold is considered a safe-haven asset. It keeps its value even during uncertain times. For Tether, holding gold makes its USDT stablecoin stronger. Investors can feel more confident knowing the token…

Crypto regulation will become more defined this year as legislation progresses from draft to law worldwide, PwC, one of the “Big Four” global accounting firms, said in its Global Crypto Regulation Report. Countries with more transparent crypto rules will lead the industry, it said. The environment will be defined less by regulatory debate and more by execution and competition between jurisdictions to attract capital and legitimacy, according to the report, which also identified a trend toward increased cross-border coordination to improve international market integrity, financial crime prevention and investor protection. Global regulatory collaborative momentum is accelerating, and with it, the…

If you were to close your eyes and summon the ghost of 2020, you would likely smell the digital equivalent of ozone and gunpowder. It was the era of the “DeFi Summer,” a period that felt less like a financial revolution and more like a high-stakes arcade game played in a fever dream. We were all alchemists then, trying to turn food tokens Yam, Sushi, Pickle, into gold. The air was thick with $1,000\%$ APY promises, Discord servers that never slept, and the constant, thrumming anxiety that a rug-pull was just one smart contract interaction away. It was the Wild…

Putin’s top economic adviser says crypto payments and Bitcoin mining are now shaping Russia’s real trade flows. Oreshkin wants crypto formally added to Russia’s balance-of-payments as mining output surges nationwide. Russia signals a deeper crypto shift as companies use digital assets for imports and cross-border deals. Russia’s growing reliance on crypto is grabbing attention and the Kremlin now seems ready to acknowledge it. Maxim Oreshkin, President Vladimir Putin’s top economic adviser, says digital assets have become a real part of Russia’s trade flows and should finally be counted in the country’s official balance-of-payments data. He called Bitcoin mining an “undervalued…