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• Figure Technology files ‘second IPO’ to bring native equity issuance to Solana
  Figure is planning a second IPO to issue blockchain-native equity on Solana, enabling onchain trading and DeFi use cases beyond traditional stock markets. Figure Technology, a blockchain-based financial services company focused on tokenized assets and lending, has filed for a second public offering aimed at issuing native equity directly on a public blockchain. The move, […]
• Crypto industry, trade unions clash over multi-trillion dollar retirement funds
  Relaxing the current rules for traditional retirement funds and pension plans could attract trillions of dollars of capital flows into crypto. A growing rift has emerged in Washington, D.C., between the cryptocurrency industry and labor unions as lawmakers debate whether to ease rules allowing cryptocurrencies in 401(k) retirement accounts.The dispute centers on proposed market structure […]
• Paxos, Fidelity, Ripple, BitGo, and Circle secure US trust bank approvals
  The conditional approvals clear a path for major crypto companies to operate as national trust banks under the supervision of the US OCC. The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has conditionally approved five national bank charter applications for companies tied to the digital assets industry.In a Friday notice, the OCC said it […]
• Europe reconsiders crypto oversight as ESMA centralization gains momentum
  As MiCA enters its implementation phase, uneven enforcement across the EU is reigniting debate over whether crypto supervision should move from national regulators to ESMA. Europe’s crypto regulatory framework is entering a new phase of scrutiny as policymakers weigh whether enforcement of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation should remain with national authorities or be […]
• Bitcoin wobbles at $92K as trader eyes end to ‘manipulative’ BTC price dip
  Bitcoin faced troublesome resistance levels to end the Wall Street trading week as new bullish BTC price forecasts reappeared. Bitcoin (BTC) battled stubborn horizontal resistance Friday with $94,000 next on bulls’ radar.Key points:Bitcoin keeps up pressure on familiar resistance levels as optimism over market strength increases.Read more
• Ripple expands European footprint with AMINA stablecoin payment partnership
  Ripple Payments partnered with Swiss crypto bank Amina to plug its fiat-to-stablecoin payment infrastructure into the FINMA-regulated institution. The payments subsidiary of blockchain services company Ripple has partnered with Swiss bank Amina to provide it with access to its payment infrastructure.According to a Friday Ripple Payments announcement, the company will allow Amina to “settle transactions […]
• Here’s what happened in crypto today
  Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation. Today in crypto: Phantom wallet has partnered with Kalshi to bring prediction markets directly into its wallet interface, the DTCC was given the regulatory go-ahead for a […]