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Jesse Pollak admits Base's social-first strategy was 'definitively wrong', steps back from Base App leadership as the chain fell behind in perps and prediction markets.
Tether invests $20M in Ualá as part of a $195–197M round valuing the Latin American neobank at $3.2B, marking a major push into consumer fintech.
Morgan Stanley has secured preliminary OCC approval for a crypto trust bank consolidating Bitcoin custody, trading, staking and lending under one in-house roof.
VerifiedX and BitGo have signed a non-binding MOU to bring qualified institutional custody to vBTC.b, a canonical Bitcoin asset deployed on Coinbase's Base L2.
Velocity closes a $38M Series A led by Dragonfly and FirstMark, with Coinbase Ventures joining, to build enterprise stablecoin treasury and payments infrastructure.
The UK formally adopts a 'no gain, no loss' CGT treatment for crypto lending and DeFi liquidity pools, effective April 6, 2027, deferring tax until economic disposal.
Stephen 'Cap' Newnham, Superteam UK lead, is running as an independent in the Clacton by-election against Nigel Farage on an onchain transparency and pension self-custody platform.
Unverified Reddit reports claim MULTI/DEX has launched in Play Mode — an AI-powered, non-custodial multi-chain DEX on DFINITY's Internet Computer Protocol.
Cap's stablecoin protocol slashes its Stabledrop airdrop from $12M to $4.2M after the founder admits he committed to the figure before funding was secured.
BitMine purchased 17,242 ETH for $49M as Chairman Tom Lee points to Robinhood Chain's early L2 traction — even as ETH trades at $1,782 amid a Fear & Greed reading of 28.
