The crypto industry’s stablecoin operations, such as the arrangement between issuer Circle and leading exchange Coinbase, could be under serious pressure in the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s newly proposed set of stablecoin rules. Even as OCC chief Jonathan Gould testified in… Read More
Google searches in the U.S. for “bitcoin zero” surged to a record 100 on the company’s relative interest scale in February, coinciding with bitcoin’s BTC$68,383.32 slide toward $60,000 after a 50%-plus drawdown from its October all-time high. The spike could be read as a signal… Read More
Coinbase is expanding its crypto-backed lending product in the U.S. to include XRP, DOGE$0.09765, Cardano’s ADA and LTC$53.27, widening access to a service it has pitched as a way for customers to unlock liquidity without selling their holdings. The product allows users to post crypto… Read More
Billionaire real estate mogul Barry Sternlicht said his firm, Starwood Capital Group, which manages over $125 billion in assets, is ready to begin tokenizing real-world assets but can’t move forward due to regulatory barriers in the United States. “We want to do it right now… Read More
Bloomberg Intelligence macro strategist Mike McGlone said Monday that collapsing crypto prices may signal broader financial stress, warning bitcoin could revert toward $10,000 and potentially foreshadow the next U.S. recession. In a post on X, McGlone also said the long-standing “buy the dip” mentality that… Read More
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which is set to be a leading regulator of the crypto markets, has named some of the crypto sector’s most prominent executives as members of its newly established Innovation Advisory Committee, including the CEOs of Coinbase, Ripple, Robinhood and… Read More
