Visa's new Stablecoin Platform lets banks and fintechs store, issue, and settle with stablecoins via Visa's network, backed by 130+ partnerships and 7-day U.S. settlement windows.
Lyn Alden-backed holding company Orange Juice raises $40M in permanent capital to acquire U.S. small businesses and run them on a Bitcoin treasury standard.
Ondo Finance and Japan's SBI Group have partnered to tokenize Japanese equities, settling trades in SBI's yen stablecoin JPYSC — a landmark RWA deal for Asian markets.
Anton Bukov claims he was fired from 1inch in November while still holding a 50% stake in the protocol. He has since launched infrastructure startup Second Tier.
Vlad.fun, a memecoin launchpad on Robinhood Chain, suspended operations after uncovering a 'serious internal integrity issue' — the second major launchpad halt in under a week.
FATF's June 2025 update warns stablecoins have overtaken Bitcoin in illicit transactions and criminals are minting proprietary tokens to dodge asset freezes.
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.
Trump meets senators Thursday to break the CLARITY Act stalemate as ethics disputes and the August recess deadline put crypto market-structure legislation at risk.
CleanSpark's AI subsidiary signed a 20-year, $6.6B triple-net lease for a 175 MW Georgia data center before securing the $1.75–$2.1B needed to build it.
