Kraken Secures Access to Fed’s Core Payment Systems: WSJ

Kraken’s banking unit has won approval for a Federal Reserve “master account,” enabling it to move money on existing financial rails. Source: Decrypt

Kraken’s banking unit has won approval for a Federal Reserve “master account,” enabling it to move money on existing financial rails. Source: Decrypt

Positioning resets and liquidity expectations have seen Bitcoin retest $71,000 amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Source: Decrypt

War betting, insider trading accusations, and a list of overseas bans are piling pressure on the prediction market giant. Source: Decrypt

Ethereum’s co-founder is calling for “sanctuary technologies” spanning privacy tools, social systems, and infrastructure beyond finance. Source: Decrypt

Analysts say large investors are increasingly locking up ETH for yield rather than positioning to sell into market rallies. Source: Decrypt

Bitcoin Policy Institute study finds AI systems, including Claude, GPT, Grok, and Gemini, favored Bitcoin over fiat and other digital assets. Source: Decrypt

Colombia’s top criminal court cited AI detectors to reject a lawyer’s appeal. An attorney then ran the court’s ruling through the same software and got a 93% match. Source: Decrypt

X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, says creators posting AI-generated war videos without disclosure will lose access to X’s revenue-sharing program. Source: Decrypt

The dispute centers on whether crypto firms should be allowed to offer stablecoin yield, an issue that has stalled key negotiations. Source: Decrypt

Justin Bieber once invested a staggering $1.3 million to own a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT during the peak of the crypto craze. Today, those same NFTs have plummeted in value, now starting at just $12,000, highlighting the volatile nature of digital collectibles.