HBAR Price Hits Breakdown Target — Bounce Now or Another 16% Drop?
The HBAR market is navigating a perfect storm of technical vulnerability and operational disruption. The cryptocurrency has decisively reached the $0.113 target of a bearish head-and-shoulders pattern, a move that signals the completion of a projected 28% decline and leaves its price at a critical inflection point. Compounding the uncertainty for traders and institutions is […]
US Tech Force backed by Coinbase and Robinhood to recruit roughly 1,000 technologists for federal modernization
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has launched a US Tech Force to recruit roughly 1,000 early‑career engineers and technologists to modernize federal systems. Coinbase and Robinhood are among nearly 30 private‑sector partners supplying talent for one‑to‑two‑year government assignments targeting AI, cybersecurity, software engineering and data‑science capacity. The initiative seeks to close a technical skills […]
Visa offers stablecoin settlement for U.S. banks using Circle’s USDC on Solana
Visa has enabled U.S. issuer and acquirer banks to settle VisaNet obligations in Circle’s USDC on the Solana blockchain, reaching an annualized settlement run rate of $3.5 billion as of November 30, 2025. The initiative targets merchant payouts, cross-border transfers and corporate treasury flows, introducing near-instant, 24/7/365 settlement finality as a structural alternative to traditional […]
Coinbase Ready to Launch Prediction Markets, Tokenized Stocks
Coinbase is reported as ready to launch prediction markets and tokenized stocks, a development that signals expanded product scope for the platform and immediate compliance questions for custodians, VASPs and institutional treasuries. The announcement places the main keyword — Coinbase Ready to Launch Prediction Markets, Tokenized Stocks — at the center of operational and regulatory […]
Standard Chartered and Coinbase Expand Institutional Crypto Prime Services
Standard Chartered and Coinbase have announced expansions of their crypto prime services targeting institutional clients. This development impacts custody, execution and settlement workflows for treasuries and asset managers, while raising immediate compliance questions regarding anti-money laundering obligations, travel-rule implementation and segregated custody practices for virtual asset service providers (VASPs) and counterparties.
VanEck Degen Economy ETF: Rebrand Targets ‘Degen’ Culture and Digital Finance
VanEck will relaunch its underperforming Gaming ETF as the VanEck Degen Economy ETF after market close on April 8, 2026, aiming to capture what it describes as the “degen” digital-economy cohort. The new product targets sectors projected to grow at a 53.7% compound annual rate through 2030, replacing an ETF that held roughly $23 million […]
Helium Expands to Brazil with Mambo WiFi in DePIN Breakthrough
Helium has entered Brazil through a strategic partnership with local provider Mambo WiFi, deploying into a market where more than 100 million people frequently rely on shared or public Wi-Fi. The move pairs roughly 40,000 existing Mambo hotspots with Helium’s decentralized network architecture and a Solana-based protocol stack, creating a major DePIN deployment aimed at […]
Mubadala Capital partners with KAIO to explore on‑chain RWAs within Abu Dhabi’s regulated environment
Mubadala Capital has entered a strategic partnership with KAIO to explore on-chain Real-World Assets (RWAs), aiming to apply tokenization to private-market investment strategies. The collaboration positions on-chain RWAs within Abu Dhabi’s regulated environment and signals institutional interest in compliant digital lifecycles for traditionally illiquid assets, backed by Mubadala Capital’s more than $30,000,000,000 in managed capital […]
Hong Kong launches CARF consultation to curb crypto tax evasion
Hong Kong opened a public consultation to implement the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) and to amend the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for crypto assets. The consultation aims to compel service providers to collect and exchange tax-relevant crypto data as part of a wider effort to reduce cross-border tax evasion. Expanding CARF and CRS to cover […]
Zcash dynamic fee plan aims to prevent users being priced out
Zcash has proposed a dynamic fee plan that aligns transaction costs with real‑time network demand to prevent low‑value users from being priced out during congestion. The proposal combines action‑based fee accounting, privacy‑preserving “fee bucketing”, and a phased rollout to balance usability, miner incentives and institutional readiness.