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Crypto Mar 18, 2026

SEC Names Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and 13 More Crypto Assets Digital Commodities — Not Securities

The SEC and CFTC issued a joint 68-page interpretation on March 17 explicitly naming 16 crypto assets as digital commodities. S...

Crypto Mar 17, 2026

The CLARITY Act Has 18 Working Weeks Left. It Has Not Completed Step One.

FintechWeekly mapped the CLARITY Act's remaining legislative steps against the official 2026 Senate calendar. The window is tig...

Crypto Mar 16, 2026

CLARITY Act Campaign Finance: A Fintech Weekly Analysis of Who Funds the Industry Deciding Its Own Fate.

Fintech Weekly analysed FEC records for the senators deciding the CLARITY Act's fate. The direct contributions are the smaller ...

Crypto Mar 13, 2026

DeFi Slippage, Aave Swap Gone Wrong: A Trader Just Turned $50 Million Into $36,000. The Protocol Said It Worked Exactly as Designed.

On March 12, a wallet swapped $50.4 million in USDT for AAVE and received 327 tokens worth roughly $36,000. MEV bots took the r...

Crypto Mar 12, 2026

CLARITY Act Tracker: Status, Timeline & What Happens Next

The CLARITY Act failed a 49-50 Senate vote on September 15, 2026. This tracker covers the current status, the full timeline and...

Crypto Feb 26, 2026

Payments are Why Banks are Right to Worry About Stablecoins

Colin Butler argues stablecoin payments—not trading—pose the real deposit risk to banks as on-chain money enters everyday finance.

Crypto Feb 11, 2026

Robinhood’s Crypto Infrastructure Bet Signals the Next Phase of Mainstream Adoption

Robinhood’s expansion into staking, tokenized assets, and onchain infrastructure signals a shift in how mainstream fintech plat...

Crypto Feb 9, 2026

It’s Harder to Move Ten Cents than Ten Million: What Stablecoins Reveal About Scale

High-volume micropayments expose weaknesses in traditional payment rails. This op-ed examines how stablecoins are reshaping set...

Crypto Feb 5, 2026

Multiliquid and Metalayer Launch RWA Redemption Facility on Solana

Multiliquid and Metalayer Ventures introduce an instant redemption facility on Solana to address liquidity constraints in token...

Crypto Feb 5, 2026

Circle and Polymarket Shift to Native USDC for Onchain Settlement

Circle partners with Polymarket to replace bridged USDC with native USDC, standardizing dollar settlement for prediction market...

Crypto Feb 5, 2026

Ripple Prime Adds Hyperliquid to Institutional DeFi Access

Ripple Prime integrates Hyperliquid support, allowing institutional clients to access onchain derivatives liquidity with cross-...

Crypto Feb 5, 2026

Stablecoin compromise reveals shift beyond “us versus them” mentality

Debate over stablecoin regulation highlights a shift from rivalry to cooperation between banks and crypto firms, as policymaker...

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