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In a significant upgrade for DeFi users, the Scallop protocol has just supercharged its decentralized application. The team announced the integration of a highly anticipated Scallop flash loan feature, a move that could unlock new strategies and efficiency on the Sui blockchain. This isn’t just a minor update; it’s a suite of powerful tools designed to give traders and liquidity providers more control and insight than ever before. What Exactly is the New Scallop Flash Loan Feature? The core of this update is the introduction of flash loans. For the uninitiated, a flash loan allows you to borrow a significant…

The MSTR stock price has been in a strong downtrend, mirroring the performance of other Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies like Metaplanet, American Bitcoin, MicroCloud Hologram, and Semler Scientific. Strategy shares were trading at $241 on Friday, much lower than the year-to-date high of $456. It is hovering at its lowest level since November last year. So, what next for the OG of the treasury industry? MSTR stock price technical analysis Copy link to section The daily chart shows that the Strategy share price has been in a strong downtrend as it formed a series of lower lows and lower…

The Polish parliament has finally approved a government-proposed crypto bill that has become the focal point of a heated political clash with the head of state and the opposition. The legislation, strongly criticized by the industry as a threat to domestic crypto business, has been pushed through after an earlier attempt to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto failed. Polish lawmakers adopt crypto law vetoed by Nawrocki The Sejm, the lower house of parliament in Poland, has adopted the country’s new Crypto-Asset Market Act, local media reported. On Thursday, the comprehensive framework was backed by 241 members of the chamber, out…

Key Takeaways Architect Financial Technologies, led by ex-FTX US chief Brett Harrison, raised $35 million to build institutional trading infrastructure. The company targets derivatives, equities, and digital asset markets with support from major fintech investors. Former FTX US president Brett Harrison has secured $35 million in funding for Architect Financial Technologies, The Information reported today. Founded in early 2023, the Chicago-based startup builds institutional trading software for derivatives, equities, futures, options, and digital assets. The fintech firm offers tools for algorithmic execution, market visualization, discretionary trading, and risk management. Architect plans to expand into Europe and APAC, and maintains regulatory-compliant…

Pieverse, an agent-native financial infrastructure provider, has launched the Agentic Neobank, a platform designed to support AI-managed accounts with full auditability and defined user controls. The product allows users to deposit supported digital assets, delegate limited permissions to an autonomous agent, and receive compliance-ready records of all account activity. The platform consolidates Pieverse’s existing tools, including Timestamping, compliant invoices and receipts, x402 and x402b payment standards, and agent-native settlement rails, into a single account-style interface. Users fund an account, set intent and limits, and authorize a Pieverse “Purr-Fect Agent” to manage funds within those parameters. Assets deposited into the Agentic…

Goldman Sachs Research, a division of the leading investment bank that specializes in data-driven insights and analysis on economies and markets, has predicted three additional interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve. According to the Research firm, the Fed will implement one interest rate cut in December and two more in 2026. Related: Trump Pressures Fed Chair Powell Over Costly Renovation and Interest Rates According to David Mericle, chief US economist and member of the Goldman Sachs Research team, the latest forecast is consistent with the bank’s original forecast about the Fed’s actions, despite Jerome Powell’s latest press conference…

The GENIUS Act represents something harder and harder to find in Washington: genuine bipartisan consensus on complex financial policy. After months of negotiation and compromise, Congress delivered a stablecoin framework designed to protect consumers, support innovation, and reinforce the dollar’s global leadership. Now, just as regulators begin the hard work of implementation, some in the Big Bank lobby want to reopen settled issues, using the ongoing market structure legislation to inject amendments to the GENIUS Act. That approach risks undermining both efforts. Implementation of the GENIUS Act won’t be simple or quick. The Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of…

Key Highlights Coinbase announced that it will now allow SOL deposits and withdrawals via the Base network Recently, it announced the integration with Jupiter, which allows users to trade Solana-based tokens directly from their Coinbase app With numerous integrations and acquisitions, the crypto firm is planning to buildan Everything App On December 23, the ecosystem around Coinbase revealed a new connection between its own Base network and the Solana blockchain. JUST IN: Coinbase enables SOL deposits and withdrawals via the Base network. pic.twitter.com/0miO7vONwh — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) December 23, 2025 According to the latest announcement, the new development means that users…

Aave’s community members and participants have become sharply divided in recent weeks over control of the protocol’s brand and related assets, intensifying an ongoing dispute over the relationship between the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and Aave Labs, the centralized developer firm that builds much of Aave’s technology. The debate has drawn outsized attention because it cuts to a central question facing many of crypto’s largest protocols: the tension between decentralized governance and the centralized teams that often drive execution. As protocols scale and brands accrue value, questions around who ultimately controls those assets, token holders or builders, are becoming harder…

Most companies want their brand to be front and center when a consumer uses their product, but as an infrastructure provider that specializes in crypto payments, the opposite is rather true for Transak and its stablecoin ambitions. Transak co-founder and CEO Sami Start told Decrypt that the company is leaning into modular APIs as a white-labeled offering for established firms that want to augment their existing services with stablecoins.  As a result, the Tether-backed firm, which has raised $40 million in total funding, is betting that the next wave of stablecoin adoption will feel more invisible than how it looks…