The SEC’s five year exemption recognizes AMM liquidity pools within regulated tokenized stock markets, drawing attention to the XRP Ledger’s native exchange infrastructure without approving XRP or XRPL for tokenized securities trading.
Bitcoin is outperforming gold as Treasury bond buybacks, strong ETF inflows and demand for hard assets boost its momentum, while expectations for elevated Federal Reserve rates and Treasury yields restrain the nonyielding precious metal.
StarkWare reduced the estimated cost of a quantum resistant Bitcoin transaction by 79% to about $67, even as Bitcoin slipped near $84,000 under pressure from higher Treasury yields and weaker demand for risk.
The SEC and CFTC are using existing authority to build crypto rules after the Clarity Act stalled, while industry leaders, federal lawmakers, and state officials clash over regulatory certainty and control of digital asset markets.
Binance is taking a $100 million stake in Circle while promoting USDC to its global users, giving the stablecoin issuer a major distribution channel as it challenges Tether’s commanding international position.
Bitcoin held near $86,000 as ETF demand, forced buying, and a technical breakout strengthened analysts' conviction that crypto winter has ended, although the market remains about 30% below its October record valuation.
Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000 as ETF inflows, short covering, and bullish derivatives activity powered a broader crypto advance, while ether, binance, and solana posted even stronger gains over the past month.