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169: NYSE, OKX, Kraken, ECB, Revolut

Nasdaq ate crypto and called it an upgrade

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The first crypto firm on Fedwire

Kraken Financial has become the first digital-asset bank in U.S. history to receive a Federal Reserve master account.

MoonPay, Iron, and the Stablecoin Endgame

In February 2025 Stripe acquired Bridge for $1.1B. A few months later, in March 2025, MoonPay acquired Iron, a German stablecoin infrastructure company, for a reported $100M+.

BNP Paribas called it an 'experiment'

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Wall Street's weekend just died

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Santander let a bot spend real money

Santander and Mastercard executed Europe's first live AI-agent payment using two integrated systems: Mastercard's Agent Pay protocol and PayOS.

168: NYSE, OKX, Kraken

Fidelity goes on-chain

Fidelity doesn't do crypto.

USDC prints $2.7B. Coinbase keeps 60%

It's one thing to build a $75B stablecoin network.

Meta's stablecoin comeback with Stripe

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167: Stripe wants to eat PayPal alive

Apollo bought 9% of a DeFi protocol

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12 signals the ambiguity is over

Today we’re publishing our 2026 Outlook: The End of Crypto Ambiguity

Stripe doesn’t need bank

The OCC's conditional approval of Bridge National Trust marks a turning point for Stripe and the broader stablecoin industry.

From 100% to 2%

You know what’s more powerful than a 1,000-page regulation? A two-page FAQ.On February 19, the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets quietly dropped guidance that slashes the capital charge on stablecoins from 100% to 2% for broker-dealers. That’s the same haircut as money market funds. This makes stablecoins near-cash working capital and it might be the single most important regulatory shift for Wall Street in 2026.

166: Apollo bought 9% of a DeFi protocol

The first nation to run on USDC

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BlackRock just plugged into DeFi

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Citi just picked Solana over Ethereum

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