Coinbase Ventures led a $14.6 million round for Bastion, a startup providing white-label stablecoin issuance with backing from Sony, Samsung, A16z and others.

Bitcoin Core proponents defend OP_RETURN changes as neutral, while critics warn of spam and capture.

XRP price was up 6.8% since Monday’s crypto market pullback, as traders said key support levels must hold to sustain a recovery to new all-time highs.

Chainalysis APAC policy lead Chengyi Ong says favorable policy and taxes helped boost crypto in Japan, while stablecoins were popular across the Asia Pacific.

Chainlink has integrated its data services and crosschain protocol into the institutional blockchain Canton Network and joined as a super validator.

DefiLlama data showed that Aster topped daily perpetual trading volumes with $24.7 billion on Wednesday, surpassing competitors including Hyperliquid and edgeX.

Bitcoin whale distribution and a weakening technical structure could push BTC price into an extended sell-off toward $100,000.

Kraken committed $2 million to Freedom Fund PAC and America First Digital, citing a need to defend crypto users’ rights in the US.

FearsOff CEO Marwan Hachem told Cointelegraph that it was risky to keep too much centralized control in projects that “claim to be decentralized.”

The Ethereum co-founder warned that closed systems breed abuse and monopolies, urging open-source, verifiable infrastructure for healthcare, finance and voting.