The state’s five-member Executive Council rejected the first-in-the-nation deal 3-2, unwilling to attach New Hampshire’s name to a volatile asset even though backers said it carried no taxpayer risk.

The USDC issuer’s new bank will open by offering fiduciary custody for Circle and its affiliates, with management of the stablecoin’s reserves pushed to a later phase.

OUSD’s announcement sent Circle’s stock into a free fall. But how much of a threat does the new stablecoin actually pose?

Justin Blau and Michael Blau, co-founders of Drip, explain how their pay-per-use platform lets AI agents access paywalled content. Can AI agents make the micropayment model finally make sense?

A 1-for-15 reverse split and a record-low share price cap a brutal stretch for the Trump-backed miner that bet on hoarding Bitcoin instead of pivoting to AI.

The messaging cooperative’s shared ledger will let banks including HSBC, Citi, and Wells Fargo move tokenized deposits for 24/7 cross-border payments.

An affiliated entity filed with the National Futures Association on July 3, though flipping on leverage still hinges on CFTC approval.

Senate negotiators have combined the Banking and Agriculture committee bills, but the Democrats’ ethics demand still stands between the market structure effort and a floor vote.

Grewal, who ran Coinbase’s courtroom battle against the SEC and its Washington policy push, will leave as chief legal officer on July 31; Molly Abraham, a vice president of legal, takes over as general counsel.

In a joint comment letter, the wallet maker Phantom and the Hyperliquid Policy Center argue that writing onchain protocol software isn’t running a brokerage, and press the CFTC to keep developers and non-custodial wallets off its registration rolls.