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• Banks can’t seem to service crypto, even as it goes mainstream
  Crypto’s reputation is improving, but investors still complain that their banks are blocking their accounts for interacting with digital assets.Across the globe, it remains common for crypto users to have their bank accounts frozen and transfers blocked, even as institutional adoption rises.Panos Mekras, co-founder and CEO of blockchain fintech Anodos Labs, began dealing with crypto […]
• Voltage rolls out USD-settled Bitcoin Lightning credit line for businesses
  Voltage has launched a US dollar‑settled revolving credit line that plugs directly into Bitcoin and Lightning payment flows, letting businesses send instant, Lightning‑style payments.Bitcoin infrastructure company Voltage has announced the launch of Voltage Credit, a programmatic revolving line of credit designed to let businesses send payments with Lightning-style instant finality while still repaying the credit […]
• Deutsche Börse exec says tokenization is an evolution, not a threat
  Carlo Kölzer says tokenization is not threatening but is reshaping traditional markets after the company's 360T platform integrates Kraken-backed xStocks.A Deutsche Börse Group executive said tokenization is a natural evolution of market infrastructure, not a threat to traditional markets, and added that the exchange operator is positioning itself to integrate tokenized and traditional assets.Carlo Kölzer, head of […]
• Google searches for ‘Bitcoin going to zero’ at highest since 2022
  “Bitcoin going to zero” Google searches have spiked to their highest level since the FTX collapse, even as institutional buyers accumulate BTC and macro uncertainty hits record highs.Google searches for “Bitcoin going to zero” have surged to their highest level since the post‑FTX panic in November 2022, according to Google Trends data for the past […]
• Blockchain data may predict drug overdose surges months in advance: Chainalysis
  Larger crypto payments to darknet markets were linked to higher stimulant hospitalizations and deaths in Canadian health data.Blockchain transaction data tied to cryptocurrency payments may provide an early signal of emerging drug crises, according to a new report from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.The study, which examined illicit market activity across darknet drug and fraud ecosystems, […]
• Polymarket’s lawsuit could decide who regulates US prediction markets
  Polymarket’s lawsuit challenges state authority and could redefine whether the CFTC controls US prediction markets or whether states set their own rules.Polymarket’s federal lawsuit against Massachusetts could determine whether prediction markets are regulated solely by the CFTC or also by states.The dispute centers on whether event contracts qualify as financial derivatives under the Commodity Exchange […]
• Robinhood’s L2 testnet hits 4M transactions in first week, CEO says
  Robinhood plans a mainnet launch later this year as the testnet hosts experimental assets, including stock-style tokens.Robinhood’s Ethereum layer-2 network processed 4 million transactions in its first week of public testnet activity, according to CEO Vlad Tenev.In a Thursday post on X, Tenev said developers have begun experimenting with applications on the L2 network, which […]