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Aave Labs, the development team behind the decentralized finance protocol Aave (AAVE), has announced that its United Kingdom-based subsidiaries, Push Labs and Push Virtual Assets, have obtained registration as cryptoasset businesses from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This approval marks a significant step for the DeFi developer, enabling it to offer regulated cryptocurrency services and payment infrastructure within the UK market. What the FCA Registration Means for Aave Labs The FCA registration allows Push Labs and Push Virtual Assets to operate legally under the UK’s anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) framework. This is a requirement for any firm…

BlackRock announced the official launch of “B-LEND” (BlackRock Ledger-based Enterprise Network for Debt) today, May 19, 2026. This isn’t just another experimental pilot; it is a fully integrated platform designed to issue, trade, and settle sovereign-grade tokenized debt on a private, permissioned version of the Ethereum network. By enabling real-time atomic settlement for U.S. Treasury bills, BlackRock is directly attacking the inefficiencies of the T+1 settlement cycle that currently plagues traditional banking. a paradigm shift for institutional capital The B-LEND platform represents a paradigm shift for institutional capital. By tokenizing government debt, BlackRock allows large-scale pension funds and insurance companies…

A new discussion around Flare Networks is drawing attention in the $XRP community. In a tweet, community figure Eri highlighted what she called one of the network’s biggest strengths: verifying activity on the $XRP Ledger and Bitcoin without revealing sensitive user data. Eri pointed to comments from Encrypted Finance, a project building a privacy-focused layer on Flare’s infrastructure. According to her, the system could support up to 48 private operations at the protocol level, including minting, swapping, lending, borrowing, staking, sealed auctions, and dark pool trading. Key Points Flare’s privacy layer could enable confidential $XRP Ledger and Bitcoin activity without…

The U.S. government is moving closer to a full federal framework for stablecoins. In its latest step, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) advanced a proposed rule. That requires FDIC supervised stablecoin issuers to comply with strict anti-money laundering and sanctions standards under the $GENIUS Act. $GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules AdvanceThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has advanced a proposed rule requiring federally supervised stablecoin issuers to comply with AML and sanctions regulations under the $GENIUS Act.The proposal would apply to FDIC supervised… pic.twitter.com/q7pEGNx66h — BSCN (@BSCNews) May 25, 2026 The proposal would require Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuers (PPSIs) operating…

Coinbase has relaunched Direct Deposit in the US, allowing users to route part of their paycheck directly into their Coinbase account and automatically allocate funds into $USDC or crypto assets. The feature is part of Coinbase’s broader push to position the platform as a financial hub that connects income, investing, trading, staking, lending, and spending inside a single account. Coinbase’s app already markets itself as a platform for trading crypto, stocks, prediction markets, derivatives, staking, rewards, and other financial products. Users can enable Direct Deposit through the Coinbase app, generate an account and routing number, and use those details with…

CME Group has officially entered the always-on crypto market. Beginning Friday, CME Bitcoin futures and options now trade 24 hours a day, seven days a week on Globex, CME’s electronic trading platform, with only a 60-minute weekly maintenance pause between 10PM and 11PM UTC each Sunday. While weekend trades will still clear on the next business day, the broader implication is significant as the long-standing CME weekend gap has effectively disappeared. For years, the Friday close through Sunday reopen created one of bitcoin’s most recognizable structural inefficiencies. Traders routinely positioned around “gap fills,” exploiting the disconnect between CME’s limited trading…

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols built for crypto assets are increasingly retooling themselves for Wall Street, and VanEck’s tokenized Treasury fund arriving on lending platform Euler is the latest example of that shift. Securitize (CEPT), issuer and tokenization specialist behind VanEck’s VBILL Treasury fund, said Thursday that the product is now live on Euler lending markets. The move allows investors to use tokenized U.S. Treasuries as collateral to borrow and deploy liquidity elsewhere onchain while maintaining compliance limits tied to the asset. The move highlights how DeFi protocols are evolving as institutional investors push deeper into tokenized finance. Platforms that once…

More than 20 leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were delisted in April, with a significant number failing to survive even a full year on the market, according to data shared by Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas on social media platform X. Short Lifespans for Crypto-Focused Products Among the closures were several cryptocurrency-related products that launched with considerable fanfare but struggled to attract sustained investor interest. Direxion’s 2x Long Crypto Industry ETF, trading under the ticker LMBO, was delisted after just 0.68 years on the market. Its counterpart, the 1x Short Crypto Industry ETF (REKT), lasted only 0.67 years. Both…

Sui blockchain has attracted attention with its unique tokenomics, particularly with a hard cap of 10 billion tokens and a novel built-in mechanism called the Storage Fund. This fund operates at the heart of the network, providing incentives and sustainability both for current users and for future validators of the ecosystem. What is the Storage Fund and how does it work? On the Sui network, every transaction that adds data to the chain incurs a storage fee charged to the user. Instead of being paid directly to validators, these fees are deposited into the protocol-level Storage Fund. The primary aim…

DeFi security is back in the headlines after OpenZeppelin’s founder, Manuel Aráoz, claimed that the entire sector is unsafe. The issue has now sharply divided the community. Stani Kulechov, the founder of leading DeFi lending protocol Aave, is the latest figure to dismiss Aráoz’s comment. He said, Not a good take. DeFi infra today is materially more resilient than in prior cycles (partially also thanks to AI). Earlier in the week, Aráoz said he considers “all of DeFi unsafe,” citing the improving offensive capabilities of AI-powered cybersecurity agents that can swiftly crack smart contracts and protocols. According to him, the…