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In a recent tweet, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Paul Atkins has confirmed participation at the ongoing digital asset summit event. This comes after the SEC issued historic guidance on its classification of crypto assets in the past week, one which Atkins described as a “historic week” for digital asset markets in the United States. Excited to speak today at this year’s @blockworksDAS after a historic week for America’s digital asset markets.Tune in below for my remarks and a fireside chat at 11:55AM ET today! ⬇️ https://t.co/POxsPlliv6 — Paul Atkins (@SECPaulSAtkins) March 24, 2026 Atkins revealed his excitement…

In a significant development for blockchain-based finance, Tempo has announced support for the omnichain stablecoin USDT0, a move poised to reshape cross-border payments and liquidity flows. This integration, reported by The Block, directly addresses a core challenge in decentralized finance: fragmented liquidity across multiple blockchain networks. Consequently, Tempo strengthens its position as a critical infrastructure provider for global dollar transfers. The company’s platform, which specializes in stablecoins and payments, now leverages USDT0’s unique architecture. This architecture is built on LayerZero’s omnichain token standard. Therefore, users gain a powerful new tool for efficient asset movement. Tempo’s Integration of USDT0: A Technical…

Aave Labs has published an updated version of its “Aave Will Win” ARFC after incorporating community feedback. The framework would direct 100% of revenue from Aave-branded products to the Aave DAO treasury under a token-centric structure. Aave has moved its latest strategic proposal into a more concrete phase. After weeks of discussion, revisions and community pushback on key details, Aave Labs has now published the updated ARFC for what it calls the “Aave Will Win” framework. Aave Labs is pitching a tighter DAO revenue loop At the center of the proposal is a fairly direct idea. If the framework is…

Coinbase’s “Everything App,” Base App, is sunsetting its Creator Rewards program and Farcaster-powered social feed as part of a strategic shift to focus entirely on tradable assets. The Creator Rewards program was launched in July and was intended to make Ethereum layer 2 Base a more social ecosystem, where activity and engagement translated into earnings. The Base App X account said on Monday that it handed out around $450,000 to 17,000 creators over seven months, with the data suggesting that creators earned an average of $26. “As we’ve rolled the app out, we’ve realized we need to do less, better.…

China’s Hainan provincial financial regulator warned the public after some entities promoted themselves as “Hainan International Data Asset Exchange,” “Hainan Data Exchange,” or similar names and claimed they could legally conduct RWA, or real world asset, and RDA, or real data asset, business. The regulator said those operations were not approved and may involve illegal financial activity that threatens public property safety. The notice said Hainan has not approved the establishment of any entity called “Hainan International Data Asset Exchange.” It also said any trading venue in the province must receive provincial government approval, and businesses cannot use names such…

A few months ago, I was speaking with a fintech team about their cross-border payment flows. High volume, fully compliant, nothing unusual. Even then, transfers were taking days. Fees were layered and hard to unpack. And visibility into where funds sat in the system was limited. This is not a fringe problem. This is how global payments still work. Now compare that to what is happening today. A Revolut user in Europe can send USDC or USDT and have it settle in seconds. No intermediaries. No waiting. No hidden spreads quietly eating into the transaction. The experience feels exactly the…

Decentralized finance (better known as DeFi) is a set of peer-to-peer financial services running on decentralized blockchains, most commonly Ethereum. Uniswap has been one of Ethereum’s hottest projects ever since its launch in late 2018. But can the rise of SushiSwap endanger its very presence? This article is delves into the infamous Uniswap Vs Sushiswap competition, comparing their pros and cons for users, liquidity providers, and token holders. What are decentralized exchanges (DEX)? The most prevalent decentralized exchanges or protocols are UniSwap, Curve, SushiSwap, and Balancer. All of these DEXs are based on the Ethereum blockchain. A decentralized exchange allows…

Financial technology trade groups, led by the American Fintech Council, are urging the Federal Reserve to move forward with a plan that would give certain non-bank financial firms direct access to U.S. payment rails. “A well-designed payment account can expand competition and responsible innovation in payments without introducing new risk,” Phil Goldfeder, CEO of the American Fintech Council, said in a statement on Monday. A payment account is a limited Federal Reserve account that allows certain financial firms to send and settle payments directly, without granting them full banking privileges.  The push comes as the Fed reviews responses to…

While regulatory efforts for the cryptocurrency market in the US continue unabated, a new draft prepared under the “Clarity Act” has brought a notable change to the forefront. According to the revised text, stablecoin users will be prohibited from earning yields simply for holding their assets. The draft aims to prevent the awarding of rewards tied to stablecoin balances, a step reportedly taken to prevent the formation of a structure similar to a banking system. It is stated that the regulation in question is particularly influenced by pressure from the traditional finance and banking sector. Coming at a time when…

Wall Street firms may embrace blockchain technology, just not in its current form. The open, distributed ledger visible to all comers runs counter to the way traditional finance works, said Don Wilson, the founder and CEO of DRW, a TradFi trading firm that’s been active in crypto for over a decade. “There is no world in which institutions are going to say, ‘Oh yeah, just publish all of my trades onchain,’” Wilson said at the Digital Asset Summit in New York on Thursday. “Any money manager would view it as a failure of fiduciary duty to publish to the world…