White House economists said banning rewards wouldn’t significantly boost banks’ financial health, amplifying the crypto industry view in the Clarity Act debate. Source: CoinDesk
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Investors gained access to an ETF that’s designed to avoid the U.S. trading session, offering exposure to Bitcoin while Wall Street sleeps. Source: Decrypt
The broker said advances in quantum computing are accelerating the timeline for crypto risk, but argued Bitcoin faces a multi-year upgrade cycle, not an existential crisis. Source: CoinDesk
Digital asset inflows totaled $11 billion in Q1, as institutional demand and ETF outflows left corporate buyers and venture capital as the primary sources of funding. Source: CoinDesk
Iran plans to collect cryptocurrency and other digital payments as transit fees from fully loaded oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, said the report. Source: CoinDesk
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) joined Internet Computer (ICP) as a top performer, climbing 8.9% from Tuesday. Source: CoinDesk
Researchers are advancing post-quantum protections even as current hardware remains far from breaking crypto systems Source: CoinDesk
Confluence users can now create visual assets within the software in addition to new third-party agents working with Lovable, Replit, and Gamma. Source: AI News & Artificial Intelligence
A White House report found that banning stablecoin yield products would boost community bank lending by just 0.02%. Source: Decrypt