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SEC to Allow Tokenized Stocks in U.S.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday issued a temporary order allowing certain types of tokenized stocksβ€”crypto tokens that represent equitiesβ€”to trade in the U.S., a crypto-friendly move that has drawn pushback from some traditional financial firms. Shares of tokenization ...

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Circle Launches New Blockchain for Stablecoins, Other Assets

Stablecoin issuer Circle officially launched Arc blockchain, which will support the trading of stablecoins, tokenized equities, and other assets.

The blockchain will also support perpetuals, lending protocols, and social trading apps, Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, said in a press briefing. ...

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Crypto Stocks Fall After Clarity Bill Fails to Advance

A landmark crypto legislation, the Clarity Act, failed to advance in the Senate in a procedural vote Tuesday, sending prices of crypto shares down as the bill became unlikely to pass under the Trump administration.

The Clarity Act, a comprehensive crypto market structure bill, would set explicit ...

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How Erebor Bank’s Sweet Stablecoin Deal Backfired

When Palmer Luckey’s Erebor Bank launched earlier this year, it made an attractive pitch to lure new crypto customers: It would convert their stablecoins to cash for free.

But Erebor wound up pulling the offer after several months, after sophisticated crypto trading firms sniffed out a way to make an easy profit out of the offerβ€”at a cost to Erebor. The episode demonstrates that the young bank is still figuring out how to manage the risks of serving the cryptocurrency industry, a world of fast-moving financial flows, colorful characters and unusual business models.

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Robinhood Now Makes More Revenue From Predictions Than From Stock Trades

Brokerage app Robinhood has quickly become a force in prediction markets, challenging the hold of Kalshi and Polymarket on the popular betting market.

Robinhood’s prediction markets revenue surged more than tenfold year over year in the second quarter to $156 million, the company reported last week, as part of its second-quarter earnings update. Prediction markets accounted for 20% of Robinhood’s trading revenue in the quarter, eclipsing both stock and crypto revenue for the first time and becoming its second-largest trading business after options.

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Coinbase Revenue Fell 19%, Renews Circle Partnership

Coinbase reported second-quarter revenue fell 19% to $1.2 billion from a year ago, the third consecutive quarterly decline. It will renew its revenue-sharing agreement with Circle on the same terms next month, said Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.

Coinbase is the biggest distributor of Circle’s ...

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