Summary: The European Central Bank will purchase tokenized public-sector securities using its own funds, settling transactions through the newly launched Pontes distributed ledger system.
Summary: Following a grassroots campaign by local advocates, Shortwave Coffee has activated bitcoin payments at its five locations across three states.
Summary: The ECB is preparing to invest a small portion of its own funds in tokenized securities. Initial purchases will cover euro-denominated public-sector and supranational debt. Transactions will settle in central…
Summary: Coinbase is offering eligible U.S. retail customers access to IPO share allocations, starting with smart-ring maker Oura’s Nasdaq debut.
Summary: Jordi Visser contends that stablecoins and tokenization were engineered for AI agents rather than human users, positioning this shift as a bullish catalyst for Bitcoin.
Summary: Bitcoin closed a weekly candle above its 50-week simple moving average for the first time this cycle, with analyst Sean Hagan assigning roughly 80% confidence to this as a genuine regime change.
Summary: Circle introduced Digital Asset-Backed Borrowing, enabling institutional clients to use wrapped Bitcoin as collateral for USDC loans via third-party DeFi protocols.
Summary: Bitmine Immersion Technologies purchased 27,562 Ethereum worth approximately $74 million, bringing its total holdings to 5,983,940 ETH and positioning the firm near its stated 5% supply target.
Summary: The European Central Bank launched Pontes, a system enabling financial institutions to settle wholesale tokenized asset transactions using central bank money as an alternative to stablecoins.
Summary: Hunter Albright of SALT Lending argues that Gen Z's minimal share of the new home market is shifting wealth-building strategies toward Bitcoin collateral.
Summary: Solana reduced its target slot time from 300 to 250 milliseconds, marking the third phase of a speed upgrade that lowers latency without increasing transaction throughput.
Summary: Input Output Group advised users to avoid its YouTube channel after a suspected AI-manipulated livestream promoted a crypto giveaway scam.
Summary: Dan Hillery of UTXO suggests the $16 billion digital credit market could eventually rival Bitcoin's network value, highlighting new financialization layers.
Summary: WisdomTree and MoonPay have partnered to broaden US investor access to the tokenized WisdomTree Treasury Money Market Digital Fund, which MoonPay will also utilize for stablecoin reserves.
Summary: Financial advisor Ric Edelman likens current Bitcoin adoption to Amazon in 1999 and forecasts a price of at least $500,000 by 2030.
Summary: Circle activated its Arc Layer 1 blockchain Wednesday, featuring founding validators like BlackRock and Visa, while minting 10 billion ARC tokens without committing to a public launch.
Summary: Zcash token holders voted to reduce the network's target block time to 25 seconds while preserving the existing halving schedule for the upcoming NU7 upgrade.
Summary: The European Central Bank is recruiting online and mobile merchants to test beta digital euro payments in a voluntary pilot scheduled to begin in late 2027.
Summary: Phemex CEO Federico Variola stated that artificial intelligence has been a net negative for the cryptocurrency industry, citing capital diversion and increased security risks.
Summary: John Deaton argues the upcoming Senate cloture vote on the Clarity Act determines if debate can begin, requiring eight to ten Democrats alongside fifty-three Republicans.