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Key takeaways Kyrgyzstan has launched USDKG, a USD-pegged stablecoin that the project says is backed by physical gold rather than cash and short-term US Treasurys. The token was first deployed on Tron with a reported initial issuance of 50 million units, with plans to expand to Ethereum. This article explains why gold-reserve narratives and state-linked … Read more

Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $90,000 after Wednesday’s Wall Street open as traders eyed vulnerable short positions. Key points: Bitcoin erases recent losses with a fresh trip to the $90,000 mark. Liquidity games remain the key driver of short-term BTC price action, with shorts this time getting punished. Bearish price predictions include a “breakdown” below the … Read more

Key takeaways YouTube isn’t changing how creators earn — only how they get paid. The stablecoin payout runs through PayPal’s existing payout infrastructure, with PayPal converting dollars into PYUSD. The feature positions PYUSD as a digital dollar for settlement and fund transfers. Creators may gain faster access and alternative treasury options, but they must also … Read more

Securitize, a company focused on tokenizing securities, said Tuesday it plans to launch what it calls the first compliant, onchain trading experience for public stocks that are issued as tokens representing real share ownership. According to the announcement, Securitize’s stock product is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2026. The company said the … Read more

The key constraint on real-world assets (RWAs) has been regulatory engagement rather than technology, and that dynamic has been shifting in the US, said Ashley Ebersole, chief legal officer of Sologenic. Ebersole joined the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in early 2015, where he served in the agency’s early internal working groups on crypto and … Read more

Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 signed a 15-year, $7 billion lease to deliver 245 megawatts of artificial intelligence data center capacity at its River Bend campus in Louisiana, marking one of the biggest infrastructure agreements between a crypto-native company and hyperscale AI demand.  Hut 8 announced on Wednesday that infrastructure provider Fluidstack will lease the … Read more

The Solana Foundation has announced a partnership with Project Eleven, a post-quantum crypto security company, to prepare Solana for the rise of quantum computing. According to a Tuesday announcement, Project Eleven led a full quantum computing threat assessment on Solana and prototyped a functioning Solana testnet using post-quantum digital signatures. The announcement claims that its … Read more

HashKey, Hong Kong’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, made its trading debut on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX) following a $206 million initial public offering. Shares of HashKey Holdings officially listed on the HKEX main board on Wednesday, opening at 6.70 Hong Kong dollars ($0.86), according to data from the exchange. Announcing the news in … Read more

While attracting new users may not be a core challenge for crypto, keeping them active beyond the first month is far more difficult, and data from prediction markets is spotlighting the issue.  Polymarket retention data, compiled by analytics company Dune and market maker Keyrock, tracked monthly cohorts of new active users and measured the number … Read more