Who is Cynthia Lummis? America's Pro-Crypto Senator
Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) is the Republican senator from Wyoming and the most consistent pro-crypto voice in the U.S. Congress, a lawmaker who bought her first Bitcoin in 2013 and now chair
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Sui The Latest Privacy Blockchain? Confidential Transfers Explained
Sui (@SuiNetwork) is not becoming a privacy blockchain, but it just shipped a privacy feature. On June 8, the network launched confidential transfers in public beta on its Devnet, letting tok
Ripple Taps RLUSD To Bring Safe Water To Millions
Ripple Joins Water(.)org's Get Blue as Exclusive Digital Asset Partner Ripple has signed on as the exclusive digital asset and payments partner for Water(.)org's Get Blue campaign. Through Ri
New York wants big tech out of stablecoin business
New York wants to add a GENIUS Act restriction on big tech stablecoin issuers into its own rulebook. The GENIUS Act became the first United States federal law regulating stablecoin payments w
MicroStrategy CFO sells company shares amid stock plunge
The Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), née MicroStrategy, stock continued to decline on the price chart even days after the world's leading Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company announced its first BTC sale i
Regulators Push Insider Trading Controls for Crypto Prediction Markets
A scholarly framework from Stevens Institute of Technology argues for a measured approach to enforcing insider trading rules in prediction markets, rather than pursuing an outright ban. The w
BlackRock Updates Filing for Bitcoin Premium Income ETF
BlackRock has updated its regulatory filing for a proposed Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, submitting revised S-1 registration documents to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the asse
Mastercard’s Agent Pay: Powering a 24/7 Economy Where AI Agents Transact at Machine Speed with RippleX in the Mix
Mastercard’s AP4M Signals the Rise of Machine-Speed Payments Mastercard is pushing payments into a new phase where money moves at machine speed, quietly powering an economy driven less by hum
Circle Wrapped Bitcoin’s 2026 Growth Strategy Targets Institutional DeFi
The advent of Circle Wrapped Bitcoin comes just in time to become an indispensable part of the upcoming world of Institutional DeFi where Bitcoin is not seen merely as a dormant digital curre
Saylor Calls for Universal Collaboration to Strengthen Bitcoin Network
Four Camps, One Network @Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, published a formal essay on X on June 5 calling for greater unity across the $BTC ecosystem. Rather than picking sides, the pa
CLARITY Act to Become Crypto's Fight For Financial Freedom?
Lummis Frames Crypto Regulation as a Freedom Issue Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) is making the case that digital assets are not just a financial instrument but an expression of American
NYDFS moves to align local stablecoin regulation with federal GENIUS Act framework
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on June 9 proposed new stablecoin regulations designed to bring the state’s existing framework into alignment with the federal GENI