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The White House’s end-of-February deadline for banks and crypto firms to resolve the “stablecoin yield” debate exposes a structural fault line that was never going to stay buried.This isn’t a speed bump on the road to crypto-friendly regulation. Instead, it’s a core collision that happens when digital dollars scale large enough to threaten the business model of deposit-taking itself.According to multiple reports, the White House convened banks and crypto representatives with an explicit mandate: find common ground on whether platforms can offer rewards on stablecoin holdings, or risk broader market structure legislation collapsing in 2026.Reuters confirmed the summit’s focus on…

In brief Buterin converted 13,217 ETH to wETH, reducing his balance from 241,000 to 227,268 ETH worth approximately $498.5 million. The move supports the Ethereum Foundation’s austerity measures; Buterin previously sold ETH to Mike Novogratz for just $0.99 in 2015. Ethereum has fallen almost 30% in a week, now trading at $2,090; Buterin has criticized its layer-2 roadmap, calling for “a new path.” Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has moved 14,000 ETH out of his wallets and has sent $500,000 to his Kanro charity, according to on-chain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence.Buterin said last week that he would be withdrawing $44.7 million…

Bhutan has transferred $22.4 million worth of Bitcoin from its wallets over the past week, continuing a pattern of periodic BTC sales observed over the past several years.  According to blockchain analytics firm Arkham, one of the transfers, executed five days ago, was sent directly to addresses labeled as belonging to market maker QCP Capital. Data from Arkham indicates that Bhutan is selling Bitcoin in increments of roughly $50 million, with a particularly heavy selling period recorded in mid-to-late September 2025. Bhutan has been mining Bitcoin since 2019, producing over $765 million in BTC profits while incurring estimated energy costs…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A fresh bout of “quantum panic” broke out across Bitcoin X on Tuesday after Castle Island’s Nic Carter and longtime Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo sparred over whether the ecosystem is treating post-quantum security as an urgent protocol priority or a speculative distraction. The exchange landed on a familiar Bitcoin fault line: decentralized development culture versus the market’s appetite for visible coordination and timelines. The flare-up began with a prompt from Kellan Grenier, who said he wished a “Tier 1 custodian” would partner with Castle Island to “spin…

In brief Ripple has integrated Hyperliquid into its institutional prime brokerage platform, enabling clients to access DeFi derivatives liquidity. Hyperliquid has recently seen a surge in commodities futures trading and plans to add prediction markets. HYPE is up about 33% monthly and has risen 3% on the week, while XRP fell 20% weekly amid a broader crypto market decline. Fast-growing decentralized exchange (DEX) Hyperliquid may welcome a fresh crop of users following an announcement Wednesday from crypto payments firm Ripple that it has added support for the exchange via its institutional prime brokerage platform.The Ripple Prime integration allows institutional clients…

As Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testified before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday morning, Rep. Brad Sherman pressed Bessent over whether the U.S. government could ever step in to “bail out” bitcoin.  Bessent was presenting over the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s annual report on emerging economic risks and much of the comments and questions from the Council reference the Trump administration growing scrutiny over its economic agenda.  During a tense exchange, Sherman referenced the 2008 financial crisis and argued that bailouts have historically protected powerful institutions when markets collapse.  He asked whether Treasury or federal financial regulators could take similar…

In brief UBS Group’s CEO confirmed the company is working on a path to implement tokenized deposits and crypto access for users. The firm was recently named an early design partner on Stripe’s stablecoin-focused blockchain, Tempo. UBS netted nearly $8 billion in profits last year, but shares have fallen around 6% on Wednesday. Publicly traded Swiss bank UBS Group AG (UBS) is creating a path to tokenized services and crypto access for its clients, the firm’s CEO confirmed on its Q4 earnings call on Wednesday. The firm, which manages invested assets of more than $7 trillion, has seen its shares drop…

Hyperliquid has broken ranks with the broader digital asset market, posting a massive double-digit rally while Bitcoin and other major altcoins like XRP suffer from the bear market.According to CryptoSlate’s data, Hyperliquid’s HYPE is one of the crypto market’s top performers over the past two weeks, jumping roughly 71% to a high of $35, its highest price since last December.This price performance reflects crypto traders’ positive sentiment about the protocol’s potential to expand product offerings.Notably, the price action stands in sharp contrast to the ugly tape elsewhere. Over the past weeks, a sharp risk-off wave has hit corners of the…

In brief Tether has scaled back plans for a $15-$20 billion raise after investor pushback, with advisers now discussing as little as $5 billion. CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company is highly profitable and insiders are reluctant to sell equity, limiting how much could be raised. The pullback reflects valuation sensitivity, regulatory uncertainty, and lingering questions around institutional legitimacy, observers told Decrypt. The world’s largest stablecoin issuer Tether has pulled back from earlier ambitions to raise as much as $20 billion in new funding after encountering investor resistance to its valuation.It comes roughly two months after Tether explored a raise…

Ethereum was cheaper than expected in 2020, and rollup decentralization was slower than promised in 2021. Those two realities are forced the ecosystem to rewrite what “a layer-2” is for.Vitalik Buterin’s recent post on Ethereum Research bluntly frames the shift: the original vision of layer-2 (L2) blockchains as “branded shards” of Ethereum is no longer viable, and the ecosystem requires a new path.However, this isn’t abandonment. Instead, it is a re-tiering of expectations and a sharper definition of what different types of rollups are actually building.The question now is the new job description, since the premise underlying the rollup-centric roadmap…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors fall to new local lows, then rebound; BTC -3% at $76k Vitalik says the original L2 vision no longer makes sense in lengthy X post Y Combinator announces teams can receive $500k funding in USDC this spring Circle announces a $30,000 hackathon solely for AI agents Standard Chartered releases $2,000 SOL price target for 2030 based on micropayments domination ?️ Senator Murphy Accuses Trump of…

In brief Vitalik Buterin has argued that the creator coin ecosystem could be improved by the introduction of prediction markets and DAOs. The Ethereum co-founder suggests that prediction markets would bet on which creator coins would gain membership into creator DAOs, which would be organised around particular subject areas. Buterin and other commentators argue that this would be preferable to the existing state of affairs, which tends to reward celebrity ahead of inherent value. A combination of prediction market mechanisms and decentralized autonomous organizations may be key to improving the growth and utility of creator coins, according to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik…