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The Solana Institute has urged U.S. senators to preserve key provisions of the CLARITY Act as industry participants increasingly look toward an August timeline for advancing the legislation through Congress. According to Solana Institute President Kristin Smith, the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act provisions included in the CLARITY Act should remain unchanged as lawmakers prepare to consider the bill in the Senate. In comments posted on X, Smith said the CLARITY Act could soon reach the Senate floor, while arguing that protections for non-custodial blockchain participants are essential to the legislation. 3/ The industry’s leading founders, CEOs, and investors – rivals…

Europe’s stablecoin market is moving into its next, stricter phase as major exchanges continue reshaping $USDT access for users in the European Economic Area under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework. TL;DR Binance, Coinbase, Kraken and other platforms have adjusted stablecoin access for EEA users under MiCA. The shift has hit Tether’s $USDT hardest because Tether has not obtained MiCA authorization for the token. Circle’s $USDC and $EURC have benefited from being positioned as compliant alternatives in the region. The key date now is the final CASP compliance cliff on July 1, 2026. MiCA Keeps Reshaping Stablecoin Access In Europe…

Quick Answer: A blockchain is a distributed digital ledger that records transactions across a network of computers in a way that is secure, transparent, and nearly impossible to alter. No single entity controls it. Every participant holds a copy of the same record. Once data is added, it stays — permanently and verifiably. Key Takeaways A blockchain stores data in blocks that are cryptographically linked in chronological order — making any tampering immediately detectable by the network Bitcoin introduced the first blockchain in 2009; today the technology powers over $150 billion in DeFi protocols, $3.5 trillion in annual stablecoin settlement…

With Bitcoin ($BTC) price having underperformed Gold (XAU) and the broader United States stock market in 2026, Matthew Sigel, the head of digital assets research at VanEck, has made a bold prediction. Bitcoin price could hit $160,000 if it reclaims its all-time high relative to gold, Sigel said. The prediction, analyzed by Finbold on May 12, is based on the $BTC/XAU pair recovering to 35x, its previous peak, from its current level of 17.1x. Bitcoin / Gold Cross. US Stock Market Cap / GDP. Source: X Sigel highlighted that Bitcoin is cheap, as it has not followed the broader U.S.…

Stani Kulechov, on June 19 pitched Aave V4 as a bridge between Wall Street and DeFi, arguing that bringing securities financing on-chain could unlock a multi-trillion-dollar market and accelerate institutional adoption of crypto-native infrastructure. Specifically, this initiative would be directed towards three parts of Wall Street’s securities financing industry: collateralized loans backed by securities, repurchase (repo) agreements, and securities lending. The concept was put forth by Stani Kulechov in his blog post on X and described by him as “one of the largest markets that almost nobody outside Wall Street thinks about.” The numbers behind the pitch Kulechov supported his…

In BITA’s case, if bitcoin rallies, the ETF benefits from its IBIT holdings, but the gains are capped by having to pay out on the calls. If $BTC holds steady or falls, the call-writing premium offsets some of the decline. In effect, investors give up potential gains for a steadier stream of income. “By deploying a covered-call strategy on its Bitcoin-linked exposure, the fund seeks to convert Bitcoin’s historically high volatility into a recurring income stream with a target of +15% annual yield while retaining around 70% participation in its underlying capital appreciation potential,” Tagus Capital said in an email.…

Real-World Assets (RWAs) are digital tokens depicting ownership of tangible or intangible assets. LunarCrush, a platform that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, has released its list of Top 15 Real-World Assets (RWAs) Projects based on market capitalization. TOP #RWA PROJECTS BY MARKET CAPITALIZATION#Chainlink #Stellar #TetherGold #PAXGold #OndoFinance #Quant #VeChain #XDCNetwork #Injective #Maple #Pendle #Centrifuge #Polymesh #Mantra #Goldfinch pic.twitter.com/ORsWdYHuhZ — PHOENIX – Crypto News & Analytics (@pnxgrp) April 22, 2026 Market capitalization consists of 7D price change and Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV). These three parameters are used to calculate the Market Capitalization of RWA projects. Chainlink…

The US Government Accountability Office has urged the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to make an effort to coordinate with other federal agencies to address risks from blockchain technology. GAO made a June 8 letter to FDIC Chairman Travis Hill public on Monday, which said that it first flagged priority recommendations with the regulator in May last year, including addressing blockchain technology risks. It said that blockchain technology was an area of concern that it put on its “High Risk List,” as it deems that regulators have struggled to oversee blockchain-based financial products and the risks they could pose to US…

When a crypto exchange starts quoting yields that look more like a DeFi summer headline than a disciplined wealth management service, the market should pay attention—but not just for the number. Bybit’s announcement that its Private Wealth Management division generated over 50% in 30-day annualized returns across multiple strategies reveals as much about the competitive sprint for institutional capital as it does about the risk frameworks that accompany such figures. Bybit, which has consistently ranked as the second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, is not the first platform to court high-net-worth individuals and family offices with wealth management suites. But…

NeoPod hosted its first community AMA on June 10, featuring NNT writer and editor Dylan Grabowski, in a wide-ranging text-based Discord session covering Neo’s current state, the ongoing governance dispute between co-founders, and what the ecosystem needs to move forward. The event marks a new chapter for the NeoPod 2.0 refresh, which relaunched earlier this year with a focus on quality content creation and deeper community engagement. Grabowski, who has been with NNT since 2018 and also hosts The Smart Economy Podcast and serves as a GrantShares and Neo Council voting member, was candid throughout the session. A fractured ecosystem,…