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CoinDesk · Crypto · 6:59 PM
Wells Fargo in talks with Kraken parent Payward for crypto trading liquidity

The discussions would see Payward supply liquidity for crypto trading as major banks deepen their involvement in digital assets.

CoinDesk · Crypto · 4:30 PM
Polygon taps TRON’s $94 billion stablecoin supply for seamless cross-border transfers

Polygon said businesses can also move the world’s largest stablecoin USDT between TRON and EVM networks without connecting to a wallet provider, bridge or fiat-ramp operator.

CoinDesk · Crypto · 4:18 PM
Iran Tanker Attacks Push Oil Higher and Bitcoin Lower

Bitcoin fell to around $84,000 as stepped-up Iranian attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz lifted oil, Treasury yields, and the dollar. Traders are now watching the $83,000 level that FxPro says would confirm sel…

CoinDesk · Crypto · 3:13 PM
Gate bets all-in-one money app is crypto’s biggest consumer trend this year and next

Gate rebrands around Gate Money, which combines accounts, asset conversion, savings and card payments as the exchange broadens beyond its trading base.

CoinDesk · Crypto · 3:03 PM
Crypto Long & Short: Zcash and the case for privacy in the age of AI

AI has made it cheap to link wallet addresses to the people behind them, and the permanence of the blockchain means records don’t age out. Michael Zhao of Grayscale Research explains how Zcash’s shielded transactions…

CoinDesk · Crypto · 3:00 PM
Cloudflare CEO Says AI Agent Traffic Could Be 1,000X Human Traffic in Five Years

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince sits down with CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to explain why the internet as we know it is about to be rewritten. Prince reveals that AI agent traffic has already overtaken human traffic onl…

CoinDesk · Crypto · 2:27 PM
Tether tapped by Kazakhstan’s central bank to explore stablecoin and tokenization

The National Bank of Kazakhstan said it will study a local currency-linked stablecoin and tokenized real-world assets with Tether.

CoinDesk · Crypto · 1:20 PM
Quantum computers threaten exposed private keys rather than blockchains, Europol warns

EU law enforcement agencies urged developers, exchanges, and users to initiate phased post-quantum migrations immediately to prevent future unauthorized fund transfers.

CoinDesk · Crypto · 12:40 PM
Ether is about to lose a steady buyer as Tom Lee says Bitmine will stop token purchases

Tom Lee said Bitmine will be “done stacking” once it owns 5% of ETH, setting an end date to an accumulation streak that began in mid-2025 and made the company the world's largest Ethereum treasury.

CoinDesk · Crypto · 12:34 PM
Crypto trading giant GSR's new vault business is a $100M bet on onchain credit

The firm is putting its own capital into stablecoin and tokenized gold vaults as institutional finance moves further onchain.

CoinDesk · Crypto · 11:59 AM
Swift blockchain ledger requires key internal layers, Taurus co-founder warns

Banks need their own permissioned ledger, wallet tools and smart-contract capabilities before they can use Swift’s tokenized-deposit network, Taurus’s Lamine Brahimi said.

CoinDesk · Crypto · 4:31 AM
Pudgy Penguins’ Abstract becomes second Ethereum layer 2 to shut in a week

The consumer-focused blockchain will close Dec. 15 after Igloo spent tens of millions supporting it, days after Blast said its own network was no longer worth operating.

CoinDesk · Crypto · 4:11 AM
Cardano gives token issuers power to freeze, seize and restrict assets

The new standard is aimed at regulated stablecoins, funds and bonds whose issuers need identity checks, sanctions controls and other transfer rules built into the asset itself.

CoinDesk · Crypto · 4:00 AM
Bitcoin dips below $84,000 as oil jumps on Iranian tanker attacks

Bitcoin briefly broke under the level analysts flagged as the point where sellers take over. Oil and the dollar both climbed.