Fidelity plans stablecoin launch after SOL ETF ‘regulatory litmus test’

Fidelity plans stablecoin launch after SOL ETF ‘regulatory litmus test’

Financial institutions are also positioning themselves for upcoming US stablecoin legislation, which may be finalized in the next two months. Fidelity Investments is reportedly in the final stages of testing a US dollar-pegged stablecoin, signaling the firm’s latest push into digital assets amid a more favorable crypto regulatory climate under the Trump administration. The $5.8…

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IMX surges 15% after Immutable says SEC ended probe

IMX surges 15% after Immutable says SEC ended probe

Immutable’s token shot up to its highest level since early March just hours after it said the US Securities and Exchange Commission dropped its investigation of the Web3 gaming firm. The token tied to the crypto gaming giant Immutable surged 15% in the hours after it announced that the US Securities and Exchange Commission closed…

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Friday’s PCE inflation report may catalyze a Bitcoin April rally

Friday’s PCE inflation report may catalyze a Bitcoin April rally

Bitcoin could rally to $110,000 as investors await key PCE inflation data, with analysts saying easing macro risks may trigger a strong April performance. Traditional and cryptocurrency investors eagerly await Friday’s Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) release, which may provide some relief to inflation-related concerns and increase investor appetite for risk assets including Bitcoin. The US…

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#Kentucky governor signs ‘Bitcoin Rights’ bill into law

#Kentucky governor signs ‘Bitcoin Rights’ bill into law

It comes on the same day Oklahoma’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act passed the State House of Representatives, bringing a reserve one step closer to potential enactment. Kentucky governor Andy Beshear has signed a measure known as the “Bitcoin Rights” bill, into law, enshrining protections for crypto users, as two other US states’ Bitcoin reserve legislation…

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#DeFi lender Nostra pauses borrowing after price feed error

#DeFi lender Nostra pauses borrowing after price feed error

The Nostra protocol has disabled new collateral deposits for the xSTRK and sSTRK liquid staking tokens. Nostra, a lending protocol on Starknet, has paused borrowing for two liquid staking tokens after identifying a “critical issue” with its price feeds, the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol said.  On March 24, errors in Nostra’s price feed inflated the…

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#Misleading crypto narratives continue, driven by 'sensationalist' sentiment

#Misleading crypto narratives continue, driven by 'sensationalist' sentiment

Narratives in the crypto market often lack onchain validation and are instead driven by overly speculative punters, says a crypto analyst. A crypto analyst says inaccurate narratives still circulate in the cryptocurrency market, mainly based on skewed information rather than onchain data to back it up. “Beware of misinformation. Despite the data, misleading narratives persist,”…

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