‘We are Running Out of Time’: U.S. House Democrat Urges Stablecoin Bill Compromise
Rep. Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, pitched a “grand bargain” to finish a stablecoin bill this year.
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Candidate Harris Unlikely to Make Full-Throated Crypto Policy Before Election: Source
Senior campaign officials are meeting with a select group of crypto insiders to hash out policy concerns, but those in the discussions aren’t expecting a big splash before the vote.
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AI-Related Cryptos Lead Altcoin Surge; Bitcoin Breakout Nears with Several Catalyst in Q4: Analyst
NEAR, RNDR, TAO and LPT booked double-digit gains as artificial intelligence-focused tokens were the best performers within the CoinDesk 20 Index.
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Altcoins Surge Leaving Bitcoin and Ether Behind After Fed Cuts Interest Rate
The market cap of altcoins rose 5.7% after the central bank announced it would lower interest rates by 50 basis points. Bitcoin’s market cap rose only 4.4%.
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Ether Is Going to Shine Again, Steno Research Says
The recent Federal Reserve interest cut will fuel increased onchain activity, and this will strongly benefit the Ethereum blockchain, the report said.
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U.S. Election Betting: CFTC, Kalshi Both Grilled by Judges in Appeals Court
The agency appealed a lower court’s decision to let the firm offer prediction markets on which party will control each house of Congress. Crypto firms are watching the case.
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Inside OKX’s Strategic Shifts to Its Regulatory Approach, Formula 1 Branding and App Design
“We find ourselves in a really unique place” and aim to be “one of the largest web three technology companies,” OKX CMO Haider Rafique told CoinDesk in an interview.
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Germany’s DZ Bank to Offer Customers Crypto Trading Through Boerse Stuttgart Tie Up
The first banks will be connected this year, with a phased roll out for selected retail customers.
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Australia to Prioritise Wholesale CBDC Over Retail
The Reserve Bank of Australia made a strategic commitment to prioritize work on a wholesale CBDC.
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U.S. Republican Lawmakers Say Crypto Legislation Not Yet Off the Table for This Year
Rep. Patrick McHenry and Sen. Cynthia Lummis said they’re still shooting for crypto legislative action in the “lame duck” session after the November elections.