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U.S. Hearing Highlights Stablecoin Rift in Competing House Bills
U.S. lawmakers aren’t yet able to reach across the chasm between Republicans and Democrats’ very different ideas for how to oversee stablecoins, despite notes of hope from both sides evident in a Thursday hearing of the House Financial…
Climate Finance Firm Solid World Opens Forward Carbon Liquidity Pools With Polygon
The pool will enable the purchase of mangrove-based carbon credits.
Galaxy Executed Its First OTC Options Trade as Demand for On-Chain Options Ramps Up
In 2022, “DeFi performed exceedingly well while CeFi and some traditional methodologies for transacting had some challenges,” Jason Urban, Galaxy’s global head of trading, told CoinDesk TV.
Crypto Perpetuals Exchange DYdX Considering the Launch of More SubDAOs
The conversation was initiated to promote more decentralization within the dYdX ecosystem ahead of its v4 upgrade.
The Blocksize Wars Revisited: How Bitcoin’s Civil War Still Resonates Today
Amid climbing transaction fees and increased development activity, bitcoiners are warring over the future of the network. Is this a replay or a result of the so-called Blocksize Wars.
Regulators Should Not ‘Front-Run’ Congress on Stablecoins
The House has made it clear that passing a stablecoin bill is a top priority. Regulators – like the SEC – shouldn’t get ahead of the legislative process, say Bain Capital’s Tuongvy Le and Khurram Dara.
Filecoin Price Drops After SEC Asks Grayscale to Withdraw Application to Make Trust Reporting
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked Grayscale to withdraw its application to launch a Filecoin Trust product, the company revealed Wednesday.
USDC Issuer Circle Moves $8.7B to Repo Agreements to Protect Reserves From U.S. Government Default
Circle’s reserve fund has ditched Treasury bills that mature beyond May 31, rotating assets to cash and overnight repurchase agreements instead, a company spokesperson said.
The Risks and Rewards of High-Frequency Crypto Trading
High-frequency trading can be lucrative in newer markets like crypto, but HFT is not without its unique risks.