The SEC’s handling of cases involving Justin Sun and Elon Musk was among the factors that caused the agency’s top enforcement official to quit, according to sources.
Major Australian pension fund mulls crypto offerings amid growing demand
Hostplus is the third-largest super fund in Australia by members, with 2.2 million, and the fifth-largest by assets under management, with over $139 billion in assets.
Circle asks EU to ease crypto thresholds in proposed markets framework
Circle said no euro-denominated “e-money token,” including its EURC stablecoin, has reached the framework’s proposed market cap threshold for use in settlement.
TRON DAO expands AI fund to $1B as agentic economy race heats up
The $1 billion AI fund targets investments in stablecoin rails, agent identity, tokenized RWAs and developer tooling for autonomous AI systems.
Delaware to regulate stablecoins under banking framework in new bill
The stablecoin bill introduced in Delaware aims to create a licensing framework for stablecoin issuers as part of the state’s first major banking code update since 1981.
Bitmine chair sees ‘mini-crypto winter’ thaw for ETH as it hits 77% of goal
Bitmine Immersion Technologies bought another $139 million in Ether last week, bringing its ETH holdings to 4.6 million.
Balancer Labs shuts down 4 months after $100M+ exploit, protocol to continue
Executives at Balancer Labs are now pushing for the protocol to be managed by the Balancer Foundation and Balancer’s DAO.
Kalshi joins Polymarket in sweeping user bans to head off insider trading
Kalshi and Polymarket have moved to restrict insider trading on the same day lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to ban popular sports event contracts.
Eyecare biotech jumps 19% after stablecoin-focused rebrand
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2000 as a biopharmaceutical company developing eye care products and is now betting big on the Sky protocol and stablecoins.
Strategy seeks another $44.1B to accelerate Bitcoin buying
Strategy is increasingly turning to perpetual preferred stocks to fund its Bitcoin strategy, with the company adding 90,000 BTC to its balance sheet so far this year.