FSB flags dollar stablecoins as bigger risk for emerging markets in annual report
US dollar-denominated stablecoins may expose emerging economies to external macro shocks and financial stability risks, according to the Financial Stability Board.
Zama integrates with Apex-backed T-REX for private tokenized assets
Cryptography startup Zama is plugging its privacy tech into T‑REX in a bid to let banks and asset managers trade sensitive assets on public blockchains without losing confidentiality.
ECB says stablecoins, tokenized deposits need central bank money to scale
ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said private digital money cannot scale Europe’s tokenized markets on its own, pointing to Pontes and broader legal reform as next steps.
Nasdaq, Talos target collateral bottleneck in institutional tokenization push
Nasdaq is wiring its collateral and surveillance systems into Talos’s institutional trading stack to target a $35 billion “trapped” collateral problem.
As mass adoption approaches, crypto has forgotten its roots
Mass adoption risks crypto’s cypherpunk roots. Privacy as a permissionless foundation must reclaim DeFi from surveillance, TradFi and memecoin casinos.
Kalshi joins Polymarket in sweeping user bans to head off insider trading
Kalshi and Polymarket have moved to restrict insider trading on the same day lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to ban popular sports event contracts.