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The United States has finalized a $20 billion currency swap agreement with Argentina in one of the Trump administration’s most direct interventions to stabilize a foreign economy since he returned to the Oval Office. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal on Thursday after four days of close discussions in Buenos Aires. “The US Treasury is prepared, immediately, to take whatever exceptional measures are warranted to provide stability to markets,” Bessent said in a statement on X. He added that the Treasury had “directly purchased Argentine pesos” as part of the program. Washington steps in to stabilize Argentina’s collapsing currency…

Consulting company Cornerstone Research reported a significant drop in the number of enforcement actions implemented by the current leadership of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, compared to that under the previous administration. In a report released on Wednesday, Cornerstone reported that, under SEC Chair Paul Atkins, the number of enforcement actions against public companies and their subsidiaries decreased by about 30% in fiscal year 2025 compared to those in fiscal year 2024. The company said the data was “consistent with the general pattern for other fiscal years when the SEC administration changed,” referring to former Chair Gary Gensler. SEC…

Key Takeaways Hyperliquid whale who neared $100 million in profit now sits at $38.4 million after ETH and XRP reversal. Both assets have declined more than 18% in 10 days, erasing $61 million in profit and reversing the trader’s previous gains. A prominent Hyperliquid trader has seen profits fall to $38.4 million today, down from nearly $100 million ten days ago, as long positions in Ethereum and XRP came under pressure during the recent market downturn, according to a post on X from on-chain tracker Lookonchain. The decline coincides with a pullback in major digital assets. Ethereum has dropped from…

COTI Foundation, a programmable privacy layer for Web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi) payments, has excitedly declared its strategic partnership with Houdini Swap, a DeFi platform that enables users to privately send and swap cryptocurrencies across various blockchains. The mission behind this groundbreaking partnership is to secure the crypto assets’ private transactions and seamless swaps directly into the COTI network. New Partnership: COTI × @HoudiniSwap COTI partners with Houdini Swap for private and compliant cross-chain swaps.🔁It’s never been easier to swap native $BTC, $Zcash, $SOL & more directly into $COTI on the COTI Network, without exposing wallet history.👉Try it today:… pic.twitter.com/ATWzf7Z887…

The government of India may consider stablecoin regulations in its Economic Survey 2025-2026, while the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) takes a “cautious” approach to crypto and pushes for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), revealing a divergence in policy recommendations. The government will “present its case” for stablecoins in the annual report published by India’s Ministry of Finance, which outlines key policy recommendations and the state of the economy, business publication MoneyControl reported, citing an official familiar with the matter. However, the central bank continues to urge a “cautious” approach to stablecoins, according to RBI Governor ​Sanjay Malhotra. Speaking…

OKX Wallet, the flagship crypto wallet of the prominent crypto exchange, OKX, has partnered with Kite AI, an L1 chain for AI agents. The partnership is aimed at advancing innovation in the AI-led payment market with cutting-edge financial tools. As OKX Wallet’s official social media announcement discloses, the collaboration is set to permit users to leverage seamless AI-driven payment experiences. Hence, the development denotes a key move in broadening AI-improved, decentralized financial use cases across the globe. We’re excited to welcome @GoKiteAI as a community partner.You can now use our Wallet to explore the future of AI-powered payments on Kite…

Aave founder Stani Kulechov surprised the DeFi community by announcing that ETHLend. The original peer-to-peer lending protocol that eventually evolved into Aave will return in 2026. The update sparked excitement among early crypto users who still remember the project’s 2017 roots. The major pivot that reshaped the lending landscape. Stani Highlights Real Bitcoin Collateral Stani Kulechov shared the update while commenting on a recent experiment involving Bitcoin collateral. He emphasized that the tests used real Bitcoin, not wrapped versions. This detail quickly caught attention because most DeFi protocols rely on synthetic or wrapped BTC for on-chain activity. Aave 创始人在 X…

Standard Chartered’s recent research warned that stablecoins could drain up to $1 trillion from emerging market (EM) banks over the next three years as savers flock to digital dollar assets. While that figure represents only around 2% of total deposits across the most vulnerable economies, the structural implications could be historic. Experts Weigh in on Standard Chartered’s $1 Trillion Stablecoin Warning The report, led by Geoff Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Assets Research, and Madhur Jha, Head of Thematic Research, flagged Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka as the most exposed. Their findings indicate a growing migration of banking functions…

Just one day after Mike Selig’s confirmation hearing on becoming President Donald Trump’s next chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced his name toward a final vote by the overall Senate, moving him much closer to being a major regulator of the crypto industry. Nominee Selig, a senior official working on crypto policy at the Securities and Exchange Commission, will await that final confirmation vote before he can be sworn in to lead the U.S. commodities watchdog. In that role, it’s likely that Selig would lead U.S. oversight of much of the digital assets…

TL;DR Polygon will carry out a deep network upgrade that requires a temporary pause of deposits and withdrawals on Binance to ensure stability. Users will be able to continue trading normally on the exchange, although they will not be able to move funds on-chain while the network adjusts its validation logic. The upgrade will activate at block 80,084,800 and will introduce a hard fork with improvements in performance, security, and capacity for high-volume applications. Polygon is preparing a network upgrade that modifies the internal structure of the protocol and requires a temporary pause of deposits and withdrawals on Binance. Users…