HB 183 revives Florida’s crypto-reserve push, allowing up to 10% in digital assets while adding tougher custody, documentation and fiduciary standards.
Brayden Lindrea
Brayden Lindrea is a journalist on Cointelegraph’s APAC news team, having joined the team in 2022. He covers everything from crypto market trends and regulatory shifts to cybercrime and innovation. He is particularly interested in covering Bitcoin adoption — from the community level right through to institutions and nation-states. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Sydney. Brayden has no crypto holdings above Cointelegraph’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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Trump confirms US is in a trade war with China Asked by reporters whether the US is preparing for a trade war with China, US President Donald Trump responded: “Well, we’re in one now.”
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Sorare CEO still bullish on Ethereum despite ‘upgrading’ to Solana Fantasy sports crypto platform Sorare is migrating from Ethereum to Solana, with its CEO saying it is a better fit for Sorare due to its scalability and focus on consumer applications.
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Japan is working on new rules to crack down on crypto insider trading Japan is set to amend its rules, which would empower its securities regulator to investigate and punish those involved in crypto-related insider trading.
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S&P Global taps Chainlink to rate stablecoins’ ability to retain peg S&P Global Ratings and Chainlink have partnered to provide onchain stablecoin risk profiles for TradFi players looking to enter or expand into the $300 billion market.
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Bhutan migrates its national ID system to Ethereum The Kingdom of Bhutan has tapped Ethereum to store the national identities of its roughly 800,000 citizens, leveraging the network’s immutability and decentralization.
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Steak ‘n Shake quickly U-turns as Ether poll angers Bitcoiners Steak ‘n Shake quickly retracted the idea of accepting Ether as a payment after Bitcoiners slammed its poll asking the community if it should.
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ETH, BNB, DOGE lead as crypto market cap rebounds to $4T Ether, BNB and Solana led as the crypto market powered back up after Friday’s flash crash, with crypto treasury firm BitMine capitalizing on the dip.
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Democrats propose ‘restricted list’ for DeFi protocols, sparking outcry Democratic senators have been criticized for pitching a counter-proposal to the market structure bill that could effectively “kill DeFi.”
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MetaMask to let users bet on politics, sports via Polymarket MetaMask is partnering with Polymarket to offer all markets on the prediction platform, with the integration slated for later this year.
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MetaMask, Infinex tap Hyperliquid to challenge CEXs in perps market MetaMask and Infinex have integrated Hyperliquid, the most liquid decentralized derivatives platform, to steal market share from CEXs in the rapidly growing perps market.
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Strategy’s $78B Bitcoin nears Amazon’s 2nd-largest corporate treasury Strategy’s $78 billion stash of Bitcoin is close to the cash positions held by Amazon, Google and Microsoft, the last of which rejected Bitcoin as a treasury asset last year.
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BlackRock’s most profitable ETF is now a ‘hair away’ from $100B The iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, or IBIT, has earned BlackRock $25 million more in fees than its second-most profitable ETF and is just shy of reaching $100 billion in net assets.
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US national debt rises by an eye-watering $6B every day The US national debt is nearing $38 trillion, with many more now seeing Bitcoin’s appeal as a viable alternative to the dollar.
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GENIUS Act could mark end of banking rip-off: Multicoin exec Traditional banks will be battling with stablecoin issuers for retail depositors when the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act takes full effect in a win for everyday people.
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Joe Lubin confirms SWIFT is using Linea to build its new payments system Consensys boss Joe Lubin has confirmed that SWIFT will leverage the Ethereum layer 2 Linea blockchain to build its crypto payments ledger.
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SEC silent on Canary Litecoin ETF amid US government shutdown The US SEC has seemingly missed its decision deadline for the Canary Litecoin ETF, adding to uncertainty amid a government shutdown and new generic listing standards.
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US Senator Ted Cruz pushes back on bill aimed at stopping American doxing Two bipartisan bills to protect the data of all Americans were blocked by Senator Ted Cruz, who argued it may affect law enforcement efforts to track down criminals.
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Bullish launches in 20 US states after winning New York licenses Bullish’s crypto trading services are now on offer across 20 US states after receiving regulatory approval from New York’s financial regulator last month.
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House Republicans to probe Gary Gensler’s deleted texts A group of House Republicans said they’re engaging with the SEC’s Office of Inspector General to find out more about former SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s deleted text messages.
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Ethical hackers save crypto billions, SEAL’s Safe Harbor makes it possible White hat hacker collective SEAL has acknowledged 29 companies for supporting its Safe Harbor framework, enabling ethical hackers to defend user funds during live attacks.
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Stripe’s new tool can make stablecoins ‘with just a few lines of code’ Stripe’s new “Open Issuance” tool will enable companies to easily build and launch their own stablecoins, as well as manage the token’s reserves.
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‘Government Grift’ ETF tracking Congress trades could launch this week A Bloomberg ETF analyst said the Tuttle Capital Government Grift ETF could launch this week, allowing retail investors to make similar trades to US Congress members.
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Binance joins Coinbase in offering white label crypto services for TradFi Binance is offering crypto-as-a-service for TradFi institutions, providing access to its spot and futures markets, liquidity pools, custody, and compliance tools.
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Firedancer devs’ new proposal aims to make Solana even faster Jump Crypto has proposed removing Solana’s fixed compute block limit to prioritize high-performance validators to handle complex blocks over suboptimal validators.
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OpenAI unveils ChatGPT ‘Pulse’ — Could it help you trade crypto? OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Pulse to deliver customized daily updates to users based on their interests. It could even be helpful for cryptocurrency investors.
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BlackRock chases Bitcoin yield in latest ETF as a ‘sequel’ to IBIT BlackRock filed a registered trust company to back its proposed Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, a yield-generating product that would complement its $87 billion spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT.
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Circle taps Crossmint to expand stablecoin rails for humans and AI Stablecoin issuer Circle has partnered with crypto infrastructure and self-custody platform Crossmint to offer USDC across more chains for both humans and AI agents.