a16z’s 2025 report highlights stability, institutional scale, and technological progress defining crypto’s subsequent development stage. Stablecoins processed US$46T (AU$70.5T) in a yr, whereas BlackRock and Morgan Stanley deepen their crypto choices. Advances in blockchain velocity, tokenisation, and AI integration mark crypto’s evolution into an open monetary system. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)Continue Reading

Senator Warren says the GENIUS Act leaves substantial gaps in oversight of stablecoins, potentially endangering financial stability. She urges the Treasury to address corruption and conflicts of interest arising from Trump-era crypto ventures. Significant gaps in stablecoin regulation could expose consumers, taxpayers, and the wider financial system to potential abuse.Continue Reading

Wise has posted a London-based job opening for a digital-asset product lead focused on stablecoins, suggesting a possible move into crypto amid improving regulation. The position, shared by product director Matthew Salisbury, will explore integrating stablecoin and blockchain capabilities into Wise accounts. The shift comes as stablecoin technology gains mainstreamContinue Reading

Ant Group and JD.com must stop issuing stablecoins in Hong Kong following instructions from the Chinese government. Chinese officials view privately run stablecoins as a risk to the e-CNY, its central bank digital currency, which has struggled with broad adoption. Officials are concerned that stablecoin “over-issuance” without full reserve backingContinue Reading

Governments are not merely regulating digital assets. A more precise understanding is that they are redefining what forms of money are politically permissible. With stablecoins increasingly absorbed into state-aligned frameworks to reinforce U.S. Treasury demand, and crypto markets reshaped under regimes like the EU’s MiCA, the space for financial anonymityContinue Reading

Ripple Labs has acquired GTreasury, a treasury software program supplier, for US$1 billion, including company money, fiat, and danger tooling to its product line. The acquisition goals to combine GTreasury’s platform with Ripple’s funds and blockchain infrastructure to assault legacy rails with 24/7, near-instant cross-border settlement. GTreasury’s platform will enableContinue Reading

Bitcoin fell 6% to US$109,277 as other major cryptocurrencies suffered even steeper losses. Market data reveals distribution currently leads over accumulation, with long-side liquidations rising and futures open interest falling from US$44.8 billion to US$42.7 billion. Long-term holders have realised profits on US$3.4 million BTC just as ETF inflows cooledContinue Reading