DeFi tokenized stock access expands as CEX volumes stagnate DeFi tokenized stock access expanded in early 2026 even as parts of the centralized exchange market showed limited momentum, highlighting a gradual shift in where some market participants are choosing to trade equity-linked exposure.…
CLARITY Act adds new DeFi compliance clauses as House advances bill The House’s latest CLARITY Act draft adds three notable compliance provisions for decentralized finance, tightening the bill’s treatment of DeFi even as it preserves broad exemptions for non-controlling developers and decentralized activity.…
VerifiedX pushes programmable Bitcoin, targeting institutional demand VerifiedX on May 17 said it is building a Bitcoin sidechain designed to make bitcoin programmable while preserving self-custody and optional privacy, a move that places the project squarely in the growing push for native Bitcoin…
Bitcoin ETF Outflows Hit $15M as Spot Volume Lags Bitcoin exchange-traded funds posted roughly $15 million in net outflows in the latest session, a modest but notable pullback that came as spot trading volume remained subdued and broader crypto funds showed a mixed…
$18T AUM Meeting Signals Crypto’s Institutional Patience Proof of Talk’s June 2-3 gathering at Paris’s Louvre Palace is being framed around a room representing more than $18 trillion in assets under management, underscoring how crypto’s institutional pitch remains focused on patience, allocation access…
Russian stablecoin A7A5 holds as dollar gap widens Russian-linked stablecoins have kept expanding even as access to dollar liquidity remains constrained, with new reporting showing A7A5 now transfers about $1 billion per day and has become a more widely used rail for cross-border…
CLARITY Act could lift U.S. innovation, a16z says The US CLARITY Act is moving through Congress as a16z crypto argues the bill could widen domestic innovation if lawmakers give digital-asset builders a clearer rulebook. The Senate Banking Committee advanced the measure on May…
Chainlink CCIP gains traction as bridge activity cools Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP, has moved from early deployment into wider market use, with the protocol now positioned as a core piece of cross-chain infrastructure for token transfers and messaging. Chainlink said in…
Stablecoin yield battle shifts as banks push repo-backed models Banks are moving deeper into the stablecoin yield fight as a growing number of firms and policymakers weigh whether return-bearing tokens can sit alongside traditional deposits. The immediate issue is not just product design.…
