USDT payments feature in Polish energy giant’s failed $230M oil deal: FT
Tether’s USDT stablecoin was part of a failed oil trade that reportedly cost a Polish energy giant $230 million in late 2023. Source：Cointelegraph
US House crypto tax package omits mining, staking reward deferral
The 114page bill would change the tax treatment of crypto fees, stablecoins and lending while leaving existing rewardtax timing unchanged. Source：Cointelegraph
Ethereum, Base wallet standards talks fail, Ethlabs researcher says
Ethereum and Base are pursuing different account abstraction designs after talks failed, according to Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang. Source：Cointelegraph
Bitcoin short-term holders hit 30-day profit streak as bull-market odds improve: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin shortterm holders approached a full month in partial profit as analysis saw improving odds of an enduring bullish BTC price reversal.…
US seeks $61M in USDT allegedly tied to sanctioned Iranian oil sales
Tether froze $61.19 million across 10 Tron addresses in 2025 that prosecutors allege were connected to blackmarket Iranian oil proceeds. Source：Cointelegraph
Solana more than triples transaction size limit with mainnet upgrade
Solana raised its transaction size limit to 4,096 bytes, giving developers more room for zeroknowledge proofs and transactions with multiple signatures.…
CLARITY Act odds fall to 16% as key Democrats resist GOP’s ‘final’ offer
Banking groups also said the GOP’s final text leaves stablecoin reward loopholes, while tribal gaming interests warn that its prediction market provisions…
CoinEx to cease operation after 9 years, citing ‘significant’ crypto contraction
CoinEx said falling trading volumes and liquidity, along with rising regulatory and compliance costs, had exceeded “reasonable boundaries,” with withdrawals…
Balancer eyes wind-down after restructuring fails to revive revenue
Balancer cut costs and shipped new products after restructuring, but Marcus Hardt says v3 failed to replace legacy revenue as November’s $128 million exploit…
Democrats push back on GOP’s ‘final’ CLARITY offer with counterproposal: Politico
Some Democrats remain dissatisfied with the bill’s crypto ethics provisions and will be sending a counterproposal just hours before a key procedural vote.…
Kraken brings DeFi yield to tokenized stocks and ETFs
Kraken’s new xStocks vaults let investors earn yield on tokenized versions of Nvidia and major US stock market ETFs by lending the assets in DeFi markets.…
UK regulators to develop tokenization roadmap after industry feedback
The FCA received 123 responses to its wholesale tokenization consultation, with most respondents identifying posttrade processes as the main opportunity for…