The Council of the European Union, an EU body that amends legislation and commits national governments to adopting the bloc's laws, said it backs the European Central Banks plan to explore an officia… [+4707 chars]

Concerned that a CBDC will drain funds from traditional banks, regulators are considering caps on how much digital euro citizens can hold to ensure it's purely for payments.

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ECB gains backing from Council of EU for caps on digital euro holdings

The GENIUS Act represents something harder and harder to find in Washington: genuine bipartisan consensus on complex financial policy. After months of negotiation and compromise, Congress delivered a… [+5410 chars]

If bipartisan agreements like the GENIUS Act can be immediately reopened whenever an incumbent industry dislikes their competitive implications, legislative compromise becomes impossible, argues Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger.

Re-litigating the GENIUS Act Brings Risk and No Rewards

In todays newsletter, Paul Veradittakit, managing partner at Pantera Capital, shares his 2026 predictions on crypto, real-world asset tokenization and AI.
Programming Note: This will be our last new… [+6283 chars]

Pantera Capital's Paul Veradittakit shares his 2026 crypto predictions: RWA tokenization, AI security advances, a big IPO wave, and the shift to institutional adoption.

Crypto for Advisors: Predictions for 2026

Just a couple of years ago, it was virtually unthinkable that a Wall Street titan like JPMorgan would embrace crypto, but the recent arrival of the banks tokenized deposits on Coinbases layer-2 block… [+7291 chars]

The Wall Street titan’s recent embrace of a public blockchain is a harbinger of things to come.

JPMorgan’s tokenized dollars are quietly rewiring how Wall Street moves money

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)
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$92,202.82, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, continues to trade directionless above $90,000, with implied volatilit… [+7994 chars]

Bitcoin's Volatility Meltdown: Crypto Daybook Americas

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. Im Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk.
In this issue:
<ul><li>Stripe-Backed Bl… [+9935 chars]

Also: ZKSync Lite to Sunset, Blockstream App Update, Axelar’s AgentFlux

The Protocol: Stripe’s Tempo Testnet Goes Live

Binance has secured authorization from Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM), Abu Dhabi's special economic zone for finance, to operate under a comprehensive exchange, clearing, and brokerage framework acc… [+1758 chars]

Abu Dhabi’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority has granted licenses to three Binance entities covering exchange, clearing, and brokerage functions.

Binance Wins Full ADGM Approval for Exchange, Clearing, and Brokerage Operations

Welcome to the institutional newsletter, Crypto Long &amp; Short. This week:
<ul><li>Insights on the next big step for stablecoins (hint: its not another USD token) by Martin Bruncko of Schuman Fina… [+7698 chars]

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Martin Bruncko writes that the next big step for stablecoins will be a credible, scalable euro-denominated stablecoin issued by the private sector, not another USD token. Then, we dive into the sharp post-holiday…