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Aave (AAVE), up 3.6% from Monday, joined Ethereum as a top performer. Source link

JPMorgan Chase Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Barnum said stablecoins may evolve into a form of regulatory arbitrage if new rules fail to align them with traditional banking standards. Speaking on the bank’s first-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Barnum framed the debate less as a technology shift and more as a question of oversight. Some stablecoin…

Trading venues Robinhood (HOOD) and Coinbase (COIN) could emerge as the main public-market beneficiaries of the rapid rise in prediction markets, according to a new report from Cantor Fitzgerald. The report argues that while leading platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket remain private, listed companies are already tapping into the trend by integrating event-based trading into…

The Ethereum Foundation is doubling down on one of the ecosystem’s most critical needs: security. On Tuesday, the organization unveiled a new initiative aimed at tackling a persistent challenge in crypto development—the high cost of smart contract security audits. Through its “Audit Subsidy Program,” the foundation is partnering with leading audit providers and ecosystem firms…

CoW Swap, a decentralized trading interface, said Tuesday it temporarily halted its services after detecting a domain name system (DNS) hijacking incident affecting its website, underscoring ongoing security risks at the front-end layer of DeFi platforms. In a post on X, the team said the attack occurred at 14:54 UTC and warned users to avoid…

Japan’s e-commerce giant Rakuten is adding XRP to its Rakuten Pay app, allowing its 44 million users to use Ripple’s cryptocurrency as a payment method with more than 5 million merchant locations across the country. In an announcement via X on Tuesday, Tatsuya Kohrogi, Ripple’s senior ecosystem growth manager, said Rakuten is also enabling its…

Bitcoin BTC$74,404.84 started the day with a promising chance for a breakout, but the rally fizzled out at a familiar brick wall that has kept a lid on prices for more than two months. After briefly topping $76,000 — a key resistance level — the largest crypto reversed course, slipping below $74,000 later in the…

Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, filed his 69-page financial disclosure with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, clearing the last bureaucratic hurdle before his confirmation hearing, now expected next week. The filing reveals combined assets with his wife of at least $192 million — but it’s the crypto-specific holdings buried…

Bitcoin BTC$74,690.80 touched $75,900 in mid-morning U.S. trading hours on Tuesday, marking its highest level since before February 5, when the price crashed down to $60,000. Optimism about developments in the Iran war is sparking solid gains across risk assets and continued declines in oil prices. The Nasdaq was ahead 1.2% and WTI crude was…

Goldman Sachs filed an application for a Bitcoin Premium Income exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Monday, marking one of the bank’s first direct pushes into the cryptocurrency investment space. The proposed fund would give investors exposure to bitcoin BTC$75,153.80 while generating income through a premium-based strategy. The structure relies on selling options tied to bitcoin-linked ETPs,…