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DeFi

Did Tether just freeze $72M in USDT with no link to a hack in Monero money laundering sting?

A reported $120.2 million USDT routing through Monero left about $72 million frozen, but the market impact showed how quickly…
Jun 15, 2026
DeFi

Coinbase Launches High Yield USDC Vault with Ethena

Coinbase’s new vault lends USDC against Ethena-backed collateral for higher yields, marking the first product in the Coinbase-Ethena collaboration. Read…
Jun 14, 2026
DeFi

Bitcoin’s Hidden Yield: Why Options Are Taking Over Crypto | David Lawant, Anchorage Digital

Bitcoin does not have native yield. But that has not stopped institutions, treasury companies, miners, whales, ETFs, and crypto-native desks…
Jun 13, 2026
DeFi

Travala lets AI agents book hotels with USDC on Base

Travala’s new protocol lets AI agents search and book hotels with USDC on Base, but travelers still approve the final…
Jun 6, 2026
DeFi

Bitmine Launches $300M Preferred Offering at 9.5%

Bitmine’s preferred stock offering follows Strategy’s playbook with one critical difference: ETH staking yield gives the company a self-funding mechanism…
Jun 4, 2026
DeFi

Tom Lee’s Bitmine borrows a page from Saylor’s playbook to offer 9.5% yield in preferred stocks

The largest Ethereum treasury firm is taking a page from Michael Saylor’s Strategy to issue preferred shares to tap new…
Jun 3, 2026
DeFi

SpaceX targets record $75 billion IPO as bitcoin treasury and liquidity risks draw focus

SpaceX’s proposed $75 billion IPO would rank among the largest ever, while its $1.29 billion bitcoin holding and the broader…
Jun 3, 2026
Industry News

Payment giants Stripe, Visa, Mastercard said to be among backers of soon-to-debut stablecoin platform

U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase is also said to be looking into the possibility of participating in the new stablecoin platform.…
Jun 3, 2026
Industry News

MoneyGram launches stablecoin on Stellar, joining rush toward digital dollar payments

MGUSD, issued by Stripe’s Bridge, will power services across MoneyGram’s global network as stablecoins gain traction in cross-border payments. Read…
Jun 2, 2026
DeFi

Circle Freeze on Zama’s Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi ‘Crossfire’

A court-ordered restraining order pushed Circle to blacklist Zama’s cUSDC wrapper on Ethereum. The privacy protocol is not a defendant…
May 30, 2026