The BIS says USDT and USDC behave like ETFs, not cash. That reframing changes how every fintech and DeFi team should plan their next 90 days. ===END===
North Carolina's bankers are lobbying Senator Tillis for a zero-exception ban on stablecoin yield under the CLARITY Act. Deposit flight is the real fear.
Jamie Dimon just told shareholders blockchain is competitive infrastructure. For platform leads planning agentic AI in finance, that repricing hits budgets in 2026.
Payward is paying up to $550M for Bitnomial, buying three CFTC licenses in one transaction and shortcutting years of regulatory build for Kraken's US derivatives stack.
Starknet's developer activity score hit 213.97, more than double Arbitrum's 93.67 and nearly 4x Optimism's 57.27. The ZK rollup's lead signals a shift in L2 momentum.
Fireblocks opening Aave/Morpho to 2,400 institutions shifts custody economics. Platform teams face a 90-day decision on whether to build yield rails or accept vendor lock-in.
Jeremy Barnum warns stablecoins might "run a bank" without banking oversight, as JPMorgan reports 13% profit jump while pushing its own blockchain payments