ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim
ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of…
Autonomous AI agent economy faces infrastructure gaps: Visa, Artemis
Visa and Artemis found that infrastructure bottlenecks are preventing broader commercial adoption of the autonomous AI agent economy. Source：Cointelegraph
US Senate unanimously adopts resolution opposing clemency for SBF
The Senate approved a resolution opposing clemency for former FTX CEO Sam BankmanFried as prediction markets put the odds of a Trump pardon by July 31 below…
Tether invests $20M into Argentine neobank Ualá
Tether reportedly invested $20 million into Ualá, as part of the Argentine neobank’s $197 million funding round announced earlier in March. Source：Cointelegraph
Bitcoin $107K buyers providing ‘early signals’ of 2026 bear-market bottom: Glassnode
Bitcoin realized losses appeared to be copying a reversal structure that marked previous bearmarket bottoms, with $69,000 a new BTC price battleground.…
Robinhood Chain memecoin launchpad Vlad.fun halts after ‘internal integrity’ issue
Vlad.fun suspended its platform after discovering a “serious internal integrity issue” involving members of its team, without disclosing the nature of the…
Hyperion DeFi to deploy 500K HYPE for Hyperliquid HIP-3 markets
The deal gives Hyperion an equity stake in Skew and a share of listingservice revenue as it expands the utility of its HYPE treasury assets.…
Trump to meet with senators over CLARITY Act on Thursday: Politico
US President Donald Trump is set to meet with several senators on Thursday as negotiators race to get the CLARITY Act across the line before the Senate’s…
Base’s social bet left it trailing in prediction markets and perps: Pollak
Base creator Jesse Pollak is stepping back from leadership of the Base App after admitting he was “definitively wrong” to bet on social experiences driving…
Stanford study says 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets enable settlement manipulation
Researchers found that Polymarket’s fiveminute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives to manipulate spot prices around contract settlement, proposing…
Revolut receives in-principle approval from UAE authorities for crypto services
Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority approved the Londonheadquartered fintech company for brokerdealer, management and investment, and exchange services…
US Senator blasts AG pick for ‘dismantling’ crypto unit, Trump’s CZ pardon
President Donald Trump’s pick for US Attorney General faced criticism from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on his approach to crypto enforcement and…