Circle Gains Approval to Launch a National Trust Bank
Circle Secures Federal Banking Charter for Digital Assets @Circle has received final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank.
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Tencent is set to become Manus’s largest shareholder
China is pushing Manus toward a new group of owners after telling Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) to reverse its $2 billion purchase of the AI agent startup. As per the Financial Times, Tencent
Ark Invest Rotates Capital From Robinhood Into Circle
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest executed a notable portfolio shift on July 9, acquiring 217,896 shares of Circle Internet Group ($CRCL) at a cost of roughly $13.7 million, while simultaneously offlo
NEC and Ava Labs Partner to Launch Biometric-Verified Blockchain Architecture
Biometric Identity Comes to Avalanche @NEC and @Avax have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly develop a whitepaper outlining how NEC's biometric FaceVC technology and Avalan
Clarity ACT Delay Leaves The Industry Vulnerable...
Lummis Sounds the Alarm on Regulatory Inaction Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) is stepping up pressure on Congress to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, arguing that prolonged ina
Metaplanet wants its Bitcoin to underwrite a credit market
@Metaplanet is no longer content simply accumulating $BTC. Japan's largest corporate Bitcoin holder has opened a joint feasibility study to build tokenized, Bitcoin-backed credit products, a
Grayscale hands XRP the "global payments" label
@Grayscale has assigned $XRP a single, defining identity: global payments. In a breakdown of what each major crypto asset is actually built for, the world's largest digital asset manager gave
A court is sending the "is crypto yield a security?" question up on appeal
A Procedural Step With Major Stakes A Connecticut federal judge has cleared the way for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to weigh in on one of the most consequential unresolved questions i
A top Republican is pushing the Senate to vote on CLARITY before August
Hill sets an August deadline Rep. French Hill (@RepFrenchHill), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is turning up the pressure on Senate leadership to bring the Digital Asset
Five Democratic senators urge hearings on Trump’s crypto holdings and national security risks
Five Democratic senators have formally requested that Senate committees convene hearings to examine potential national security concerns arising from President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency h
OpenAI sold AI to Pentagon-blacklisted Chinese firms, raising alarms
OpenAI has reportedly supplied AI technology to Chinese companies on the Pentagon’s military-linked blacklist, adding fresh scrutiny to U.S. controls over advanced artificial intelligence exp
Metaplanet Plans Bitcoin-Backed Digital Credit Products in Japan
Japan-based Metaplanet has said it plans to offer bitcoin-backed digital credit products, marking a new step in the company's push to build financial services around its growing BTC treasury.