Ripple wants AI agents to pay in XRP and RLUSD. The market is still mostly USDC
The XRPL AI Starter Kit gives developers tools for agent payments, but early x402 activity has clustered on Base and Solana. Ripple’s bet is...
Crypto should adopt the best of centralization, says LMAX CEO
As digital assets mature the industry should borrow more from traditional market infrastructure, especially credit, clearing and collateral systems, David Mercer argues.
Saylor to Musk: Thanks to you, 25% of ‘Mag8’ firms now hold bitcoin
“Thanks to you, 25% of the Mag8 now holds bitcoin on the balance sheet,” Saylor wrote on X, congratulating Musk on SpaceX’s historic IPO...
Perpetual futures could become crypto’s next ETF moment
John Palmer, head of derivatives at Kraken, said he expects sophisticated traders to lead adoption of newly approved U.S. perpetual futures, with broader institutional...
Tokenization mirrors the $20 trillion ETF boom as blockchain and AI converge, Ondo exec says
Tokenization is laying the groundwork for autonomous investing and real-time portfolio management, Ondo’s new head of portfolio products John Hoffman said.
Wall Street is moving past crypto pilots and deeper into Ethereum, says Etherealize founder
In an interview with CoinDesk, Etherealize cofounder Vivek Raman said Ethereum is currently in a transitional phase where the infrastructure has largely been built,...
Bitcoin rises above $64,000 after Pakistan prime minister says Iran peace deal is near
Bitcoin traded above $64,000 on Saturday, supported by its strongest ETF inflows in a month and growing optimism around geopolitical developments.
Stablecoins Were Meant to Disrupt Finance. Instead, They Became Idle Cash.
O’Connor argues that crypto’s clearest success story has scaled as money but not as capital.
Here’s what SpaceX’s IPO means for its $1.3 billion bitcoin reserve
The largest company on public markets now holds bitcoin as a treasury reserve, not as a business model. Its first earnings cycles will test...