Fortune reported that YouTube is allowing creators to be paid in PayPal's stablecoin, a potential boon for adoption due to the platform's size.
Brian Quarmby
Since discovering crypto in 2013, Brian Quarmby has been driven by a strong belief in the disruptive potential of decentralization. He has a keen interest in the Ethereum ecosystem and the DeFi space. He has been working with Cointelegraph since 2021 and currently contributes as a contributor.
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SEC clears DTCC to offer securities market tokenization service The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation plans to tokenize stocks, ETFs and US Treasurys next year after receiving an SEC no-action letter.
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CFTC Innovation Council adds prediction market, exchange CEOs The CFTC's new CEO Innovation Council includes leaders from crypto exchanges like Kraken and traditional stock exchanges such as Nasdaq to discuss market structure reforms.
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Payments giant Stripe acquires team from crypto wallet app Valora Stripe has hired Valora’s builders to work on its crypto initiatives, as the wallet’s app shifts ownership back to Celo’s cLabs.
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Trump to begin interviews with Fed chair finalists this week: FT Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has presented four names to the White House, with the list reportedly including former Fed governor Kevin Warsh and frontrunner Kevin Hassett.
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Stripe’s stablecoin blockchain Tempo launches public testnet Public testnet for the Stripe-and-Paradigm-built payments blockchain is now live, featuring tools for developer onboarding and stablecoin testing.
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Tether deepens AI bet, backs Italian firm’s humanoid robots The funding will support the development of humanoid robots for industrial use, aiming for “industrial scale performance.”
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Fitch Ratings flags risk for US banks with high crypto exposure While crypto offers banks an opportunity to generate new sources of revenue, Fitch warns it could bring risks that could lead to rating revisions.
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Philippines’ fastest-growing digital bank rolls out crypto services The digital bank now offers BTC, ETH, SOL and more via a secure app integration with US fintech firm Alpaca.
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Vitalik Buterin floats gas futures on Ethereum to hedge fee spikes Buterin proposed a system akin to prediction markets for gas fees, to provide Ethereum users with a means to hedge against future network fee volatility.
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Strategy won’t be forced to sell Bitcoin if stock drops, Bitwise CIO says Strategy has $1.4 billion in cash, no debt due until 2027, and Bitcoin's price is above the company’s cost basis, making a sale unlikely, argues Matt Hougan.
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Solana Mobile to roll out native token in January Solana Mobile says its SKR token, tied to its Seeker phone, will launch early next year, with a total supply of 10 billion tokens.
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Fusaka goes live as Ethereum edges closer to ‘instant feel’ UX How Ethereum's new PeerDAS feature slashes fees, boosts data capacity and paves the way for lightning-fast user experiences on the network.
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Trump hint sends Kevin Hassett Fed chair odds soaring in markets Trump hasn’t confirmed who he will have replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell with next year, but two recent hints, taken together, point to his crypto-friendly adviser.
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BitMine buys $70M ETH while Tom Lee revises Bitcoin prediction BitMine now holds over $10 billion in Ether, doubling down on its strategy to accumulate 5% of the supply despite being underwater on its total position.
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Japan government backs 20% tax on crypto profits, on par with stocks Japan has taken another step to reform its crypto taxation, replacing its tiered system that can reach as high as 55%.
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Grayscale to launch US’s first spot Chainlink ETF via trust conversion Grayscale’s Chainlink ETF is expected to launch on Tuesday this week, marking the first spot LINK ETF to enter the US market.
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Switzerland delays crypto tax info sharing until 2027 Switzerland will enshrine a global crypto tax sharing framework into law on Jan. 1, but will delay implementing it until at least 2027.
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DWF Labs launches $75M fund for ‘institutional phase’ of DeFi Crypto market maker DWF Labs’ fund has been earmarked for dark pool DEXs, decentralized money markets, and yield-bearing products.
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Texas buys the Bitcoin dip, acquiring $5M of BlackRock’s IBIT Texas has also allocated an additional $5 million for direct, self-custodied Bitcoin, signaling growing state-level adoption in the US.
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‘OG whale’ who called the October crash has a $44.5M long on Ether The Hyperliquid whale that made $200 million in the October crash has just added another $10 million to its long position on Ether.
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SEC issues ‘rare’ no-action letter for Solana DePIN project token FUSE It comes several months after the SEC issued a similar no-action letter to DoubleZero, seen as a significant regulatory milestone for DePIN projects.
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Bitcoin open interest dives, but bottom could see ‘renewed bullish trend’ Bitcoin open interest has seen a sharp decline in the last month, which one analyst says could form a “solid bottom” for it to climb back from.
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NYSE approves Grayscale DOGE and XRP ETFs, clearing launch for Monday NYSE Arca has greenlit the launch of Grayscale’s exchange-traded funds tied to Dogecoin and XRP, with the products set to go live for trading on Monday.
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Tom Lee speculates wounded market makers behind crypto crunch Crypto’s recent slump could be the result of a market maker liquidity crisis triggered by the crypto crash in October, speculates BitMine’s Tom Lee.
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Warning: WhatsApp worm targets Brazilian crypto wallets, bank accounts Alert: A WhatsApp worm is spreading a banking trojan in Brazil, targeting crypto wallets and financial logins.
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Kraken bags $800M for expansion plans at $20B valuation Crypto exchange Kraken has raised $800 million across two funding rounds, which boosted its valuation to $20 billion.
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Bitcoin whales switch to buying amid ‘extreme fear’ On-chain data reveals the number of Bitcoin whales have been increasing since the start of October.
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XRP ‘structurally fragile’ as 41.5% of supply at a loss XRP supply in profit is at its lowest levels in 12 months, and one analyst has warned of further downside if investors decide to cut their losses. Could XRP ETFs bring the bulls back?
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CZ’s lawyer denies Binance co-founder’s pardon was ‘pay-to-play’ Teresa Goody Guillén calls accusations a “pile up of false statements,” as she questioned the political immunity of critics like Senator Elizabeth Warren.