National trust charters pushed crypto custody into a broader regulatory clash as U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed the OCC over approvals tied to Coinbase, Ripple, Bitgo, and other firms. Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe countered that fiduciary custody separates client property from lending risks. Key Takeaways: Senator Warren’s scrutiny over OCC trust charters intensified as crypto
Ontology is calling attention to a growing problem in the AI world: how do you prove that a piece of training data came from a real person without turning the whole process into a privacy nightmare? In a recent post, the project argued that the answer should not be more surveillance. Instead of asking contributors
In brief SpaceX publicly disclosed its IPO filing ahead of a planned Nasdaq debut under the ticker SPCX. Elon Musk will retain majority voting control through a dual-class share structure. The filing shows SpaceX absorbing X and xAI while spending billions on AI infrastructure and Starship development. SpaceX’s long-awaited IPO filing was released on Wednesday,
The U.S. Federal Reserve took another step toward special limited payment accounts that would give a lighter version of the master-account services the central bank offers to its fully-fledged banks, opening a comment period on the latest description of the new accounts. Firms with diverse business models can use such accounts to clear and settle
SpaceX officially confirmed plans to go public on Wednesday, setting the stage for what could become the largest initial public offering in history and potentially push CEO Elon Musk toward becoming the world’s first trillionaire. The rocket and satellite internet company filed its S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, giving investors
As demand for high-quality DApps (decentralized applications) continues to skyrocket, UXLINK, a Web3 social platform, today announced a strategic partnership with AdaptHF, an agentic network protocol. The collaboration enabled UXLINK to integrate AdaptHF’s AI Agent infrastructure to unlock decentralized applications into intuitive Web3 utilities that benefit social communities. UXLINK is a decentralized social platform built
Coinbase launched $USDF with Flipcash, a Solana-based stablecoin backed 1:1 by Circle’s USD Coin, as the crypto exchange expands its infrastructure business for companies issuing branded digital currencies. According to Wednesday’s announcement, $USDF is designed to serve as the settlement asset for currencies created on Flipcash, a platform where users can launch fixed-supply digital currencies
MoneyGram partnered with payments-focused blockchain Tempo to support stablecoin settlement and help validate remittance transactions on the network, as remittance companies increasingly adopt blockchain technology for cross-border transfers. The companies said Stripe plans to settle transactions to MoneyGram using Tempo’s infrastructure as part of efforts to move treasury and payment flows onto stablecoin rails. Tempo
CoW Swap is expanding to Solana, leveraging $NEAR Intents as backend infrastructure to power the intent-based decentralized exchange on the blockchain. The announcement comes as $NEAR Intents continues to develop cross-chain intent settlement capabilities. CoW Swap operates on a Coincidence of Wants (CoW) model, allowing users to express trading intents that are settled through batch
MoneyGram, a major global money transfer service, has partnered with Tempo to become the blockchain’s anchor remittance validator. The arrangement positions MoneyGram as a core validator within Tempo’s remittance network, enabling the integration of traditional remittance flows with blockchain infrastructure. The partnership aims to leverage distributed ledger technology to streamline cross-border payment settlement and validation