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Treasury Proposes Rules for How GENIUS Act Stablecoin Licensing Works
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Treasury Proposes Rules for How GENIUS Act Stablecoin Licensing Works

Treasury's new GENIUS Act proposal would put a due-diligence duty on exchanges that list stablecoins.

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Stripe Is Acquiring AI Router OpenRouter for +$8B
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Stripe Is Acquiring AI Router OpenRouter for +$8B

OpenRouter's founder built OpenSea, then built "Stripe for AI." Now Stripe is buying the company in a massive deal.

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Ansem Debuts Launchpad and the z500 Onchain Index
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Ansem Debuts Launchpad and the z500 Onchain Index

A new Solana launchpad and onchain index from trader Ansem builds atop the $ANSEM token.

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JPMorgan Dropped Polymarket Banking Over Regulatory Risk
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JPMorgan Dropped Polymarket Banking Over Regulatory Risk

Last October, JPMorgan ended Polymarket’s banking relationship over regulatory concerns but still maintains significant ties to the platform.

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SEC Delays Vote on Crypto Fundraising Rules
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SEC Delays Vote on Crypto Fundraising Rules

The SEC postponed a vote on rules that could give crypto projects new fundraising exemptions as the CLARITY Act stalls in Congress.

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Kalshi Eyes $40B Valuation in Yet Another New Raise
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Kalshi Eyes $40B Valuation in Yet Another New Raise

Kalshi is reportedly raising $750M+ at a $40B valuation, seeing its valuation 20x in a year as it considers for a 2027 IPO.

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Justin Drake: The EF Is Moving Away From Poseidon for Ethereum L1
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Justin Drake: The EF Is Moving Away From Poseidon for Ethereum L1

Justin Drake says off-the-shelf hashes can now match Poseidon inside zk-proofs.

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Ether.fi Unveils Major Revamp of Its Neobank
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Ether.fi Unveils Major Revamp of Its Neobank

Ether.fi's latest neobank upgrade wants to replace your bank account.

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Written by Bankless • Today • 1 min read Treasury Proposes Rules for How GENIUS Act Stablecoin Licensing Works Treasury's new GENIUS Act proposal would put a due-diligence duty on exchanges that list stablecoins... News 0 0 Treasury Proposes Rules for How GENIUS Act Stablecoin Licensing Works Written by Bankless • Today • 1 min read Stripe Is Acquiring AI Router OpenRouter for +$8B OpenRouter's founder built OpenSea, then built "Stripe for AI." Now Stripe is buying the company in ... News 0 0 Stripe Is Acquiring AI Router OpenRouter for +$8B Written by Bankless • Today • 1 min read Ansem Debuts Launchpad and the z500 Onchain Index A new Solana launchpad and onchain index from trader Ansem builds atop the $ANSEM token.... News 0 0 Ansem Debuts Launchpad and the z500 Onchain Index Written by David Christopher • 3 days ago • 1 min read JPMorgan Dropped Polymarket Banking Over Regulatory Risk Last October, JPMorgan ended Polymarket’s banking relationship over regulatory concerns but still ... News 0 0 JPMorgan Dropped Polymarket Banking Over Regulatory Risk Written by David Christopher • 3 days ago • 1 min read SEC Delays Vote on Crypto Fundraising Rules The SEC postponed a vote on rules that could give crypto projects new fundraising exemptions as the ... News 0 0 SEC Delays Vote on Crypto Fundraising Rules Written by David Christopher • 3 days ago • 1 min read Kalshi Eyes $40B Valuation in Yet Another New Raise Kalshi is reportedly raising $750M+ at a $40B valuation, seeing its valuation 20x in a year as it co... News 0 0 Kalshi Eyes $40B Valuation in Yet Another New Raise Written by Bankless • 4 days ago • 1 min read Justin Drake: The EF Is Moving Away From Poseidon for Ethereum L1 Justin Drake says off-the-shelf hashes can now match Poseidon inside zk-proofs.... News 0 0 Justin Drake: The EF Is Moving Away From Poseidon for Ethereum L1 Written by Bankless • 4 days ago • 1 min read Ether.fi Unveils Major Revamp of Its Neobank Ether.fi's latest neobank upgrade wants to replace your bank account.... News 0 0 Ether.fi Unveils Major Revamp of Its Neobank Written by Bankless • 4 days ago • 1 min read Polymarket Acquihires Turf's Sports Prediction Team Months after first partnering together, Polymarket has welcomed Turf's entire team aboard.... News 0 0 Polymarket Acquihires Turf's Sports Prediction Team Written by David Christopher • 5 days ago • 1 min read Eigen Labs Launches Yukon for Open AI Research Eigen Labs launched Yukon, an open, autoresearch platform where humans and AI agents can compete to ... News 0 0 Eigen Labs Launches Yukon for Open AI Research Written by David Christopher • 6 days ago • 1 min read BitGo Launches Public Bitcoin Quantum Risk Checker BitGo launched a free tool that scores Bitcoin addresses for quantum risk based on whether their pub... News 0 0 BitGo Launches Public Bitcoin Quantum Risk Checker Written by David Christopher • 6 days ago • 1 min read CFTC Invokes Emergency Authority to Keep Kalshi Operating The CFTC invoked emergency authority to keep Kalshi operating as New York seeks to shut down the fed... News 0 0 CFTC Invokes Emergency Authority to Keep Kalshi Operating Written by Bankless • 6 days ago • 1 min read Anthropic Signs Huge Data Center Deal With Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms A big data center lease just sent Riot Platforms shares soaring, after Bloomberg named the undisclos... News 0 0 Anthropic Signs Huge Data Center Deal With Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Written by David Christopher • 1 week ago • 1 min read Strategy Sells Another $109M in Bitcoin to Buy Back STRC Strategy sold $109M in Bitcoin last week, using the proceeds to buy back STRC while leaving its sepa... News 0 0 Strategy Sells Another $109M in Bitcoin to Buy Back STRC Written by Bankless • 1 week ago • 1 min read Senate Pushes Clarity Act Vote to September Ethics disputes and stalled negotiations have pushed the Clarity Act's Senate vote to September.... News 0 0 Senate Pushes Clarity Act Vote to September Written by David Christopher • 1 week ago • 1 min read MetaMask Launches Agent Wallets MetaMask launched Agent Wallet, giving AI agents self-custodial access to onchain trading within use... News 1 0 MetaMask Launches Agent Wallets Written by David Christopher • 1 week ago • 1 min read Uniswap's Pools.Trade Launchpad Goes Live on Robinhood Chain Uniswap launched Pools on Robinhood Chain, offering two token launch formats, locked liquidity, lowe... News 0 0 Uniswap's Pools.Trade Launchpad Goes Live on Robinhood Chain Written by David Christopher • 1 week ago • 1 min read Eigen and Lighter Launch Autoresearch Challenge to Speed up Exchange Eigen Labs’ Lighter challenge has already made its ZK prover 3.3x faster, with developers and AI a... News 1 0 Eigen and Lighter Launch Autoresearch Challenge to Speed up Exchange Written by Bankless • 1 week ago • 1 min read Circle's Arc Names Its Founding Validators Ahead of Mainnet Release Arc, Circle's institutional blockchain, goes live September 16th with a validator cohort built from ... News 0 0 Circle's Arc Names Its Founding Validators Ahead of Mainnet Release Written by Bankless • 1 week ago • 1 min read Mastercard and Visa Continue Advancing Their Stablecoin Ambitions The biggest card companies are taking different paths to the same goal: dominating the rails beneath... News 0 0 Mastercard and Visa Continue Advancing Their Stablecoin Ambitions Written by David Christopher • 1 week ago • 1 min read Solana Proposal Could Increase SOL Burns 14-Fold Solana validators weigh proposals to burn more fees and cut SOL issuance, but the plan needs more st... News 0 0 Solana Proposal Could Increase SOL Burns 14-Fold Written by David Christopher • 1 week ago • 1 min read Cloudflare Launches Programmable Wallets for AI Agents Cloudflare unveils wallets that let AI agents use stablecoins to buy APIs and content through x402, ... News 1 0 Cloudflare Launches Programmable Wallets for AI Agents Written by David Christopher • 1 week ago • 1 min read New Ethereum Proposal Would Massively Increase Burn EIP-8361 would burn more validator rewards as ETH staking rises, lowering issuance but raising conce... News 0 0 New Ethereum Proposal Would Massively Increase Burn Written by Bankless • 1 week ago • 2 min read Coldcard's RNG Bug Has Reportedly Compromised As Much As 2,000 BTC A weak RNG in Coldcard wallets has cost users an estimated +$100M worth of BTC in less than a week. ... News 0 0 Coldcard's RNG Bug Has Reportedly Compromised As Much As 2,000 BTC Written by Bankless • 1 week ago • 1 min read BlackRock Unveils Two New Tokenized Treasury Funds on Ethereum Two new BlackRock funds, BSTBL and BRSRV, are extending the asset manager's push into onchain financ... News 0 0 BlackRock Unveils Two New Tokenized Treasury Funds on Ethereum Written by Bankless • 2 weeks ago • 1 min read Ethereum Institutional Closes Ecosystem Funding Round With +100 Backers Ethereum Institutional locks in +100 ecosystem backers to accelerate institutional Ethereum adoption... News 0 0 Ethereum Institutional Closes Ecosystem Funding Round With +100 Backers Written by Bankless • 2 weeks ago • 1 min read The Ethereum Foundation Welcomes Its Newest Board Member The Ethereum Foundation adds privacy and security advocate pcaversaccio to its board.... News 0 0 The Ethereum Foundation Welcomes Its Newest Board Member Written by David Christopher • 2 weeks ago • 1 min read Fanatics Buys CFTC Exchange in Prediction Market Push Decrypt reported that Fanatics is buying an exchange and clearinghouse from BGC, following DraftKing... News 0 0 Fanatics Buys CFTC Exchange in Prediction Market Push Written by David Christopher • 2 weeks ago • 1 min read Hyperliquid SK Hynix Perp Drops ~20% on Bad Print A single anomalous trade in South Korea sent Hyperliquid's SK Hynix perp down ~20%, raising concerns... News 0 0 Hyperliquid SK Hynix Perp Drops ~20% on Bad Print Written by David Christopher • 2 weeks ago • 1 min read Judge Blocks Minnesota's Prediction Market Ban A federal judge blocked Minnesota's prediction market ban, ruling it preempted by federal law, hours... 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News 1 0 Visa Unveils Stablecoin Platform With OUSD at Its Core Written by Bankless • 1 month ago • 1 min read DTCC Executes First Live Trades With Tokenized Wall Street Assets Wall Street's $114T clearing backbone just executed real production trades with tokenized securities... News 0 0 DTCC Executes First Live Trades With Tokenized Wall Street Assets Written by Bankless • 1 month ago • 1 min read Galaxy Debuts GOFR to Pipe Institutions Into DeFi Credit Galaxy's new managed lending program gives institutions one blended DeFi borrowing rate without havi... News 1 0 Galaxy Debuts GOFR to Pipe Institutions Into DeFi Credit Written by Bankless • 1 month ago • 2 min read Ethereum Foundation Privacy Team Spins Out as EthSystems Ex-Ethereum Foundation privacy researchers have launched EthSystems, a for-profit firm building priv... News 0 0 Ethereum Foundation Privacy Team Spins Out as EthSystems Written by Bankless • 1 month ago • 1 min read Sablier Is Winding Down Development of Its Token Streaming Protocol Ethereum's OG money-streaming platform is closing up shop, though its smart contracts will live on.... News 0 0 Sablier Is Winding Down Development of Its Token Streaming Protocol Written by Bankless • 1 month ago • 2 min read Jupiter Partners with Collector Crypt on New Pokémon Card Gacha Jupiter just teamed with Collector Crypt to launch onchain gacha packs to its millions of users. ... News 0 0 Jupiter Partners with Collector Crypt on New Pokémon Card Gacha Written by Bankless • 1 month ago • 1 min read Strategy's New MSTR Sale Pushes Its Cash Reserves to $3B Strategy held its 843,775 BTC steady last week while stacking dollars via MSTR. ... News 0 0 Strategy's New MSTR Sale Pushes Its Cash Reserves to $3B Written by David Christopher • 1 month ago • 2 min read Empery Digital Sells Half Its Bitcoin Treasury for $87M Empery Digital sold 1,400 BTC for debt, an AI data center deal, and legal costs, echoing Strategy's ... News 0 0 Empery Digital Sells Half Its Bitcoin Treasury for $87M Written by David Christopher • 1 month ago • 2 min read Circle Wins OCC Approval for National Trust Bank Circle's new OCC-chartered trust bank gives USDC federal custody backing, sending CRCL up 10%+ as it... News 0 0 Circle Wins OCC Approval for National Trust Bank Written by David Christopher • 1 month ago • 1 min read Kraken Rebuilds App Around Embedded AI Intelligence Kraken is rebuilding its app with AI in its core, joining Coinbase and Robinhood in making AI the co... News 0 0 Kraken Rebuilds App Around Embedded AI Intelligence Written by Bankless • 1 month ago • 1 min read Hyperliquid Policy Center and Phantom Ask CFTC to Pave Way for Onchain Infra HPC and Phantom asked the CFTC to confirm code isn't a financial service.... News 0 0 Hyperliquid Policy Center and Phantom Ask CFTC to Pave Way for Onchain Infra Written by David Christopher • 1 month ago • 1 min read Paradigm Raises $1.2B Fourth Fund, Expands Into AI Paradigm's $1.2B fourth fund broadens beyond crypto into AI and robotics, joining Framework Ventures... News 0 0 Paradigm Raises $1.2B Fourth Fund, Expands Into AI Written by David Christopher • 1 month ago • 1 min read BNB Chain Builds New L1 for Agentic Trading BNB Chain's new L1 removes the mempool and targets sub-50ms preconfirmation, built for AI agents as ... News 1 0 BNB Chain Builds New L1 for Agentic Trading Written by David Christopher • 1 month ago • 1 min read Robinhood Chain's First Big Traction Comes From Memecoins Robinhood Chain was built for tokenized stocks and agentic trading, but memecoin CASHCAT is driving ... News 0 0 Robinhood Chain's First Big Traction Comes From Memecoins Written by Bankless • 1 month ago • 1 min read SEC Tees Up "Regulation Crypto" in New Rulemaking Agenda The SEC just published its 2026 rulemaking agenda, and crypto is a top priority.... News 0 0 SEC Tees Up Written by Bankless • 1 month ago • 1 min read Lazy Summer Protocol Drained of $6M in Vault Price Exploit Lazy Summer Protocol lost $6M to a NAV manipulation exploit three months in the making.... News 1 0 Lazy Summer Protocol Drained of $6M in Vault Price Exploit Written by Bankless • 1 month ago • 1 min read Ondo Unveils Perps DEX With Tokenized Stocks as Collateral Ondo just launched a perps platform where tokenized stocks can be used to back leveraged positions.... News 0 0 Ondo Unveils Perps DEX With Tokenized Stocks as Collateral Written by David Christopher • 1 month ago • 1 min read USDC Extends Lead Over USDT to 70% of Volume in 2026 USDC now handles 70% of adjusted stablecoin transaction volume as banks like Standard Chartered and ... News 0 0 USDC Extends Lead Over USDT to 70% of Volume in 2026 Written by David Christopher • 1 month ago • 1 min read Buterin Proposes 'Extremely Lean' Ethereum Overhaul Buterin's new proposal would shrink Ethereum's validator state sharply using daily ZK proofs, part o... News 0 0 Buterin Proposes 'Extremely Lean' Ethereum Overhaul Written by David Christopher • 1 month ago • 1 min read Strategy Sells $215M More BTC as Bitcoin Holds Steady Strategy sold $215M in BTC over two weeks to fund dividends, and BTC closed the week higher, testing... News 1 0 Strategy Sells $215M More BTC as Bitcoin Holds Steady Written by David Christopher • 2 months ago • 1 min read eToro Leads $12.5M Round for Onchain Perps Platform Extended eToro led a $12.5M round for Extended, a perpetuals exchange it will integrate into its recently acq... News 1 0 eToro Leads $12.5M Round for Onchain Perps Platform Extended Written by David Christopher • 2 months ago • 1 min read Africa's Largest Centralized Exchange Integrates Hyperliquid Perps VALR will become the first major regulated exchange to natively integrate Hyperliquid, sourcing onch... News 0 0 Africa's Largest Centralized Exchange Integrates Hyperliquid Perps Written by David Christopher • 2 months ago • 1 min read Solana Launches Onchain Governance With 100K SOL Entry Solana's new governance system lets validators with 100,000 SOL staked propose network changes, whil... News 0 0 Solana Launches Onchain Governance With 100K SOL Entry Written by Bankless • 2 months ago • 1 min read Tokenized Trading Card Gachas Blow Past $300M in June June marked a new ATH for onchain gacha spending volume, the category's fourth record month running.... News 0 0 Tokenized Trading Card Gachas Blow Past $300M in June Written by Bankless • 2 months ago • 1 min read Ethereum Institutional Launches as Ecosystem's New Wall Street Liaison Ethereum Institutional has arrived as a nonprofit liaison for institutional adoption.... News 0 0 Ethereum Institutional Launches as Ecosystem's New Wall Street Liaison
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