Elon Musk’s social media platform X has hired a new head of design with deep roots in crypto product development as the platform continues to expand into payments and financial services. Benji Taylor said in Wednesday’s post that he now leads design for X under its ties to xAI and SpaceX. Taylor founded Los Feliz […]
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BitGo and ZKsync are teaming up to offer banks a full-stack infrastructure for tokenized deposits as financial institutions look to bring traditional money onto the blockchain rails without stepping outside regulatory boundaries. The effort combines BitGo’s institutional custody and wallet services with ZKsync’s Prividium, a permissioned, privacy-preserving blockchain designed for regulated entities. The joint offering
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In the growing political moment for securities tokenization, the House Financial Services Committee gathered views on the innovation at a Wednesday hearing, even as the specter of President Donald Trump’s family crypto ties arose more than once. Lawmakers broadly agreed that tokenized securities generally need the same regulatory railings as traditional securities trading, matching the
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Welcome to our institutional newsletter, Crypto Long & Short. This week: Ryan Kirkley on how crypto prediction markets risk encouraging manipulation and amplifying misinformation on a large scale. Top headlines institutions should be aware of by Francisco Rodrigues. Geodnet decoupling suggests fundamental reassessment in Chart of the Week. Thanks for joining us! -Alexandra Levis Expert
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Artificial intelligence agents will be deployed starting Wednesday by law enforcement agencies using analytical tools provided by TRM Labs, which added the new agents intended to allow investigators to use plain language to frame their searches. The new investigative assistant is embedded in the TRM Forensics service extended to law enforcement agencies, crypto businesses and
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The Solana Foundation is positioning the network as the core infrastructure for an emerging “agentive” Internet, where AI systems—not humans—initiate and execute economic activity. “AI is not really a vertical. It’s a platform shift… affecting everything across every industry, including crypto,” said Vibhu Norby, Chief Product Officer of the Solana Foundation, during a panel at
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Startale Group said it closed a $63 million Series A round, adding $50 million from SBI Group to an initial close of $13 million from Sony Innovation Fund in January. The Singapore-based company, which operates in Japan, builds blockchain tools for both financial companies and retail users. Its products include Strium, a blockchain for tokenized
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Network news ETHEREUM SURFACES KEY MOMENT WITH QUANTUM, AI CHANGES AHEAD: The first few months of 2026 have forced the Ethereum community into an introspection of sorts — one that goes beyond price, beyond technical upgrades, and into the question of what the network is really trying to be. Even before this year, there has
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Circle (CRCL) was hit much harder than Coinbase (COIN) in Tuesday’s sharp selloff due to crypto bill CLARITY Act’s latest stance on stablecoin dividends, but one analyst says the regulatory change could ultimately favor the stablecoin issuer. Both names see modest declines on Wednesday, but remain solidly lower since the news leaked Monday night. The
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Led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the British government has announced an immediate moratorium on cryptocurrency donations to political parties, citing concerns that digital assets could be used to hide the origins of foreign money in British politics, according to the Press Association. The move puts crypto at the center of a broader crackdown on
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