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Ripple Applies for US Bank License and Fed Master Account as Stablecoin Rules Tighten

Ripple Labs has applied for a national bank charter with the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). CEO Brad Garlinghouse confirmed the...

Judge Hits Tether as Celsius $4B Bitcoin Lawsuit Moves Ahead

A U.S. bankruptcy judge has allowed the Celsius lawsuit against Tether to continue. The case accuses Tether of breaching contract terms during a Bitcoin...

Bakkt Files $1B Shelf Offering After Bitcoin Policy Update

Bakkt Holdings Inc. has filed a shelf registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise up to $1 billion. The company...

Kalshi Raises $185M as Regulated Prediction Market Hits $2B Valuation

On June 26, 2025, The Wall Street Journal reported that Kalshi raised $185 million in a funding round that values the firm at $2...

Musk Says Grok AI Will Rewrite Human Knowledge Using Politically Incorrect Facts

Elon Musk said on June 22 that his company xAI will retrain its chatbot Grok AI using a new data set. According to a...

Trump Pushes House for Fast Approval of GENIUS Stablecoin Bill After Senate Vote

Donald Trump called on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the GENIUS Stablecoin Bill quickly after the Senate approved it on June 18....

Iran Slaps Crypto Curfew After $100M Nobitex Hack

The Central Bank of Iran ordered restricted working hours for local crypto platforms after the $100M Nobitex hack. New rules limit Iranian crypto exchanges...

JD.com Stablecoin Move Follows GENIUS Act Approval in U.S.

JD.com will seek a stablecoin license in countries with major sovereign currencies. Liu Qiangdong, the company’s founder, shared the plan during a June 18...

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