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If the crypto industry and community banks cannot find common ground on the CLARITY Act, the only winners will be the “big banks,” according to crypto executive Austin Campbell. A crypto executive has pushed back against claims by the president of a community banking association that any compromise between the banking sector and the crypto industry on the US CLARITY Act would be a mistake. “If community banks and crypto can't find a way to work together, we already know who the winners are. It's not the community banks. It's not consumers. It's not the crypto industry,” Zero Knowledge Consulting founder Austin Campbell said in an X post on Friday. “It is the big banks,” Campbell said. Read more

A transaction-level analysis of 92 community banks found $78.3 million in net deposits moved to Coinbase over 13 months, with money market accounts losing most outflows. New analysis from banking data company KlariVis found that 90% of community banks in its sample had customers transacting with Coinbase. Across 53 banks where transaction direction could be determined, $2.77 flowed to the crypto exchange for every $1.00 returning, resulting in a net $78.3 million deposit shift over 13 months. The study reviewed 225,577 Coinbase-related transactions across 92 community banks and found that transfers were heavily concentrated in money market accounts, where 96.3% of identifiable transaction volume represented funds leaving banks for the exchange. "In general, community banks can be defined as those owned by organizations with less than $10 billion in assets," the Federal Reserve says on its website. Read more

OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer has confirmed that the company will launch its long-awaited SEA token in the first quarter of 2026. The post OpenSea to Launch SEA Token in Q1 2026, Allocating 50% to Community appeared first on Cryptonews.

DeFi Dev Corp has partnered with the Dogwifhat community to run a Solana validator, handling technical upkeep and dividing staking income equally. The move complements its wider plan to grow SOL backing per share, tokenise its stock via xStocks, and pursue onchain capital despite recent SEC hurdles. The post DeFi Dev Corp Launches Dogwifhat Validator: Staking Rewards Split with Community – Here’s How appeared first on Cryptonews.

Community sales redefine crypto fundraising by enabling retail investors to participate in early-stage Web3 projects under transparent, equitable terms. This model aligns with crypto's core values. Opinion by: Darius Moukhtarzadeh, Research Strategist at 21Shares A new wave of crypto fundraising is emerging, changing how Web3 projects launch and who can invest at an early stage: Community Sales. At first glance, community sales may seem reminiscent of the ICO (Initial Coin Offering) era from 2016–2017. Yet, they represent a significant evolution that better aligns with crypto's core values of democratization, transparency, and inclusivity. Projects should include community sales as a core element of their fundraising strategy, besides raising from angel investors and VCs. Professional investors should embrace community sales as they highly increase the chances of sustainable success of Web3 projects.  Read more