DoubleZero adds Kalshi election market data ahead of US midterms
The expansion gives institutional and automated traders realtime access to Kalshi’s political markets as election betting activity continues to grow.…
Canadian whisky on the rocks? Crown Royal is set to avoid Trump’s new ban.
Canada’s top liquor brand looks on track for a reprieve because it’s bottled in the U.S. for American customers. Source：MarketWatch
TRM Labs doubles valuation to $2B in Series C expansion
The blockchain intelligence firm said its annual recurring revenue has quadrupled over the past three years as it expands its AIpowered investigations…
U.S. Bank tests proprietary stablecoin in cross-border Stellar transaction
The pilot moved USBDC between the bank’s North American and European entities on the public Stellar blockchain. Source：Cointelegraph
Bitcoin fails to reclaim $80K as Bessent fuels yen strength around 153 per dollar
Bitcoin trended lower with US stocks on Iran escalation while US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent contributed to fears of a yen carrytrade unwind.…
Fed rate hike hinges on two key inflation reports in the next two days
Consumer and wholesale prices are rising again. Just how bad does it have to get for the Fed to act? Source：MarketWatch
U.S. Treasury sanctions another widespread cyber-scam hub, Xinbi Guarantee
Chineselanguage platform Xinbi is accused of operating on crypto transactions as it offered services to other criminal networks. Source：CoinDesk
Treasury will buy more government bonds than previously announced. The market remains ‘underwhelmed.’
The Treasury Department said it would buy back $6 billion in U.S. government debt, exceeding the amount previously announced in its effort to contain bond…
PayPal expands stablecoin rails with custom token issuance platform
The PYUSDx stablecoin developer platform, backed by PayPal USD (PYUSD), is built with the help of M0 and MoonPay. Source：CoinDesk
Hunter Biden's new LAPTOP token lost 98% of its value in under an hour after $1.6 billion debut
LAPTOP swung from $190 to under $4 within minutes of opening on Base. Onchain records show tokens had been distributed to market makers for a week before…
KYC data is an irresistible honeypot for hackers, and we must change how it is collected
Privacypreserving identity verification systems could allow individuals to prove only what a service needs to know while keeping the underlying information…
Algorand names former Chainlink executive William Herkelrath as CEO
The former Chainlink and Curv executive will lead the blockchain organization’s push into institutional finance and quantumresistant security. Source：CoinDesk