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