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• Tether’s role in Venezuela, Iran highlights the duality of stablecoins
  The dual life of stablecoins: A lifeline for citizens and a tool for sanctioned entities involved in Venezuela and Iran's economic crises. Recent turmoil in Venezuela and Iran has again put the spotlight on the duality of stablecoins, with the US dollar-backed assets such as Tether acting as both a savior for embattled citizens and […]
• Most US debanking cases stem from government pressure, report says
  Cato Institute analyst Nicholas Anthony argues the US Congress needs to reform the Bank Secrecy Act, repeal confidentiality laws and end reputational risk regulation to address debanking. The majority of debanking cases in the US are a result of government pressure, rather than individual banks’ policies, according to a new report from the American think […]
• South Korea to lift ban on corporate crypto investment: Report
  South Korea’s FSC reportedly shared guidelines allowing listed companies to invest up to 5% of equity in the top 20 cryptocurrencies, ending a 2017 ban. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) is reportedly updating its guidelines to allow corporations to invest in digital assets after a nine-year ban. Listed companies and professional investors will be able […]
• ​​Top UK Labour lawmakers push to ban political donations made in crypto
  The chairs of seven UK government committees have asked for a ban on crypto donations to be added to an elections bill set to be introduced soon. Seven senior UK lawmakers have urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to ban the use of crypto for political donations, arguing the assets help obscure foreign interference.Labour Party MPs […]
• Ethereum needs better decentralized stablecoins: Vitalik Buterin
  It isn’t a good idea to fully back a stablecoin with a single fiat currency, because if that nation-state fails, so will the stablecoin, argues Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. One of the inventors of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, argues that Ethereum needs better decentralized stablecoins to truly give people independence from the traditional financial system. “We need […]
• Crypto YouTube views sink to lowest level since early 2021, ‘it’s not just X'
  Crypto content viewership on YouTube has plunged over the past three months, signaling bear market conditions as retail interest in crypto continues to decline. Viewership of crypto content on YouTube has declined to its lowest level since January 2021 following a sharp retreat over the past three months.On Sunday, ITC Crypto founder Benjamin Cowen shared […]
• Memecoins hit hardest in rough year that saw 11.6M tokens fail
  Memecoin launchpads such as pump.fun flooded the market in 2025 with millions of “low effort” coins, leading to a record number of crypto token failures. Crypto market turbulence decimated memecoins in particular last year, driving the number of crypto project failures to over 11.6 million in 2025, the highest level recorded for a single year. […]