Lagarde's Digital Euro Pitch: Sovereignty Shield or Slow Burn for Cash?
ECB President Christine Lagarde insists the digital euro will complement cash and cut Europe's dependence on foreign payment rails — but the framing raises deeper questions.…
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ECB President Christine Lagarde insists the digital euro will complement cash and cut Europe's dependence on foreign payment rails — but the framing raises deeper questions.…
A compromised oracle in LayerZero's infrastructure has exposed a $292M vulnerability, raising urgent questions about the security architecture underpinning cross-chain protocols.…
Prosecutors in Wisconsin and New York say Circle repeatedly blocked efforts to recover stolen USDC, raising hard questions about stablecoin issuer accountability.…
A global Interpol operation spanning 97 countries netted 5,811 arrests and $293M in intercepted assets, with a single crypto wallet linked to romance scammers holding $122.5M.…
Gauntlet secures $125M Series C solely from SBI Holdings, targeting stablecoins, tokenization, and traditional capital markets in a major institutional pivot.…
The European Parliament has approved negotiations on the digital euro, pushing forward the EU's central bank digital currency ambitions despite a coordinated effort by right-wing lawmakers to halt the vote.…
Labour MPs who proposed a crypto donation moratorium in March are now pushing to make the ban permanent, citing millions in crypto contributions linked to Reform UK's Nigel Farage.…
Binance Pay expands into Kazakhstan's retail network via Alatau City Bank, activating 5,000 POS terminals in a bet on crypto-native payments infrastructure.…
Swift's tokenized deposit pilot lets 17 global banks move assets around the clock, but final settlement still depends on the same aging infrastructure the industry is trying to escape.…
Paxos, the OCC-regulated issuer of PayPal's stablecoin, confirms PYUSD will settle directly on Polygon — no bridge required.…
Labour lawmakers have tabled amendments to make the UK's temporary crypto donation ban permanent, as controversy over Reform UK's funding accelerates the push.…
A landmark Supreme Court ruling expands Trump's authority over federal regulators, raising fundamental questions about who controls crypto enforcement in America.…