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In brief The OCC opened a 60-day comment period on draft rules implementing the GENIUS Act. The proposal prohibits anyone other than a “permitted payment stablecoin issuer” from issuing a payment stablecoin in the U.S. AML and sanctions rules will follow separately, with the Act taking effect the earlier of 18 months after enactment or 120 days after final regulations. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Wednesday proposed rules to implement the GENIUS Act, laying out how payment stablecoins would be issued and supervised under the agency’s jurisdiction.In a notice of proposed rulemaking issued Wednesday, the OCC…

On-chain analytics firm Glassnode has highlighted how accumulation from the large Bitcoin entities has remained relatively weak recently. Bitcoin Accumulation Trend Score Has Been Struggling To Break 0.5 In a new post on X, Glassnode has talked about the latest trend in the Accumulation Trend Score for Bitcoin. This on-chain indicator tracks whether BTCinvestors are accumulating or distributing right now. The metric calculates its value by looking at the balance changes happening in the wallets of the investors. Additionally, it also accounts for the size of the wallets themselves. This second weighting factor means that larger entities have a stronger…

Trump family-backed crypto venture World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has proposed new measures to boost participation in governance through a staking system and incentivize the use of its stablecoin USD1.In its latest proposal on Wednesday, the team suggested governance votes should require holders to stake their tokens for at least 180 days to ensure “voting power is held by participants with long-term alignment to the protocol,” instead of “short-term holders or speculators.”Stakers would earn an annual percentage rate of 2% provided they participate in at least two governance votes during the lock-up period. Governance power would be based on the amount…

Anchorage Digital, the first crypto firm to secure a U.S. banking charter, said Wednesday that its holding perpetual preferred stock in bitcoin treasury firm Strategy on its balance sheet. Anchorage’s CEO Nathan McCauley called it “conviction compounding.””Institutions don’t just talk about Bitcoin, they structure around it. When the company that operationalizes Bitcoin infrastructure puts capital alongside the company that operationalized the Bitcoin treasury strategy…that’s a signal,” McCauley said on X. Saylor responded by saying that “conviction is contagious,” hinting at a possibility of other firms soon following Anchorage’s lead in buying Strategy’s yield-generating preferred stock. Anchorage’s investment is a capital…

Are you looking for the best crypto YouTube channels for your inspiration and investment journey? With so many crypto channels posting daily market updates, price predictions, and next big coin alerts, it’s tough to know who’s worth your time. Some focus on real education and long-term strategy, while others rely on hype. If you want clear insights instead of noise, you’re in the right place.In this best crypto YouTube channels 2026 Guide, we break down the best crypto YouTube channels based on credibility, content quality, and real value. Whether you’re a beginner learning the basics or an experienced trader tracking…

Bitcoin’s adoption by institutions, banks, merchants, public companies, and nation-states has boomed in 2025, despite the recent price drawdown, says the financial services company River.“There is no bear market in Bitcoin adoption,” River said in a report published on Tuesday, which noted that while Bitcoin (BTC) is down 50% from its all-time high, “adoption is compounding in ways that aren’t affecting the price, yet.”“Trust in Bitcoin has grown faster than that of any asset in history,” it said. “What began as an experiment is now a globally recognized store-of-value, with adoption patterns that rival the internet.” Bitcoin is now mainstream…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Crypto isn’t just building faster payments rails. It may be building the financial system for non-humans.As AI agents grow more autonomous, developers are already giving them crypto wallets, allowing software to hold assets, pay for services, trade tokens and even hire other agents. The technical pieces are falling into place. The legal ones are not.At a recent panel at NEARCON 2026, Electric Capital’s Avichal Garg framed the moment as historically significant.“What happens if there’s not a human behind it at all?” Garg asked. “It’s some piece of code that owns a wallet, executing code to make…

Bitcoin BTC$64,996.47 reclaimed $65,400 early Wednesday as a weaker U.S. dollar and a risk-on tone across Asian equities gave crypto markets their first clean bounce in weeks.The broader crypto market cap had slipped to $2.19 trillion earlier this week, practically retesting the lows hit during the Feb. 5 crash. That proximity is what makes the current move interesting. If the level holds, the market is looking at a textbook “double bottom” with roughly 10% upside, according to Alex Kuptsikevich, chief market analyst at FxPro. If it doesn’t, he warned, “a failure to rebound will signal the end of the recovery,…

Dogecoin pushed higher on outsized volume after repeatedly testing resistance, flipping a key ceiling into support and setting up a near-term test of the next supply zone.News BackgroundDOGE advanced alongside a stabilizing broader crypto market, with buyers stepping in after several sessions of tight consolidation. The move wasn’t driven by token-specific headlines but by technical positioning, as repeated failures at $0.0924 left the level primed for a breakout once liquidity expanded.The rally comes after DOGE spent hours coiling between $0.090 and $0.0927, building compression before volume returned. Open interest remains elevated but not extreme, suggesting moderate leverage participation rather than…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned a Russian exploit brokerage network accused of purchasing stolen U.S. government cyber tools with crypto and reselling them to unauthorized buyers, marking the first use of new authorities under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act. In an announcement Tuesday, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Russian national, Sergey Sergeyevich Zelenyuk, and his company, Operation Zero, along with several associates and affiliated firms.  The action blocks any property or interests in property of the designated parties that fall under U.S. jurisdiction and bars U.S. persons from transacting with them. Treasury alleges…