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Tether launches tether.wallet, a self-custodial app supporting USDT, XAUT, USAT and Bitcoin with cloud-based key backup features. Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin, USDt (USDT), has launched a self-custodial wallet called tether.wallet. Tether.wallet supports three Tether-issued assets: USDT, XAUt (XAUT) and the US-focused USAT (USAT), as well as Bitcoin (BTC), the company announced Tuesday. Tether said the wallet allows users to transact without requiring them to hold separate network or gas tokens, with fees paid directly in the asset being transferred. Read more

Iran conflict is already disrupting the hidden plumbing of global trade The market spent the first phase of the Iran conflict watching crude. That was the visible layer. Today, prices have fallen below $90 a barrel for the first time in a while and Bitcoin is soaring alongside. However, a consequential shift is still happening […] The post Oil prices fall but China trade and US inflation data weakens as Iran contagion spreads – in opportunity for Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The downsizing follows a financial hit after Scroll's top protocol migrated to Optimism, draining nearly $160 million in TVL and $13 million in annualized fees.

Kraken Refuses to Pay Extortionists Over Stolen User Data The post Kraken Says It Is Being Extorted Over Stolen Crypto User Data and Refuses to Pay appeared first on Cryptonews.

Foundry Captures 29% of Zcash Hashrate in One Month The post Foundry Captures 29% of Zcash Hashrate Within a Month of Pool Launch appeared first on Cryptonews.

The new product line comes from a partnership between the exchange and Doppler Finance.

During the bank's earnings call on Tuesday, JPMorgan CFO Jeremy Barnum warned that stablecoins could become a tool for regulatory arbitrage unless they are held to the same strict oversight and consumer protection standards as traditional bank deposits.

The token has flipped SHIB, HBAR, and CRO and is now the 29th-largest cryptocurrency.

Singapore is embracing real world use cases for digital assets, not retail crypto speculation, says StraitX CEO Tianwei Liu.

Aave (AAVE), up 3.6% from Monday, joined Ethereum as a top performer.

Bitcoin is trading around $74.6k, posting one of its more meaningful recovery moves in recent weeks. The market is responding to improving geopolitical sentiment surrounding the US-Iran ceasefire negotiations. The broader downtrend has not been reversed yet, but the recent push is the closest BTC has come to challenging key structural resistance since the February […]

X product chief Nikita Bier teases a crypto “fix” product as speculation grows around an X Money rollout this month, a potential Bitcoin revival and Bier’s Solana ties. X’s head of product Nikita Bier hinted on Tuesday that the platform could launch a crypto-related product, prompting speculation across the industry. The post drew attention because it came just weeks before the expected launch of X Money, a payments and digital wallet product that Elon Musk has presented as part of his plan to expand X into a broader financial platform. The post quickly drew responses across the crypto industry, prompting immediate speculation around X’s potential Bitcoin (BTC) revival, Solana-related initiatives, stablecoins as well as prediction markets. Read more

Nexo, a digital assets wealth platform for crypto holders, has been named the Official Regional Digital Asset Partner of the Argentina Football Association (AFA), marking a major step in the company’s South American expansion ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.The AFA x Nexo partnership positions Nexo alongside one of the most celebrated national teams […] The post Nexo Named Official Digital Asset Partner of Argentina Ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup appeared first on Cryptonews.

XRPL is integrating Boundless’ zero-knowledge tech into its base layer, stepping into the race to offer banks confidential onchain transactions without losing regulatory visibility. The XRP Ledger (XRPL) used by blockchain payments company Ripple has tapped Boundless, a zero-knowledge infrastructure provider, to let banks and asset managers execute confidential yet compliant transactions directly on the network, according to a Tuesday release shared with Cointelegraph. Boundless chief executive Shiv Shankar told Cointelegraph the design aims to shield details like transaction size, frequency and counterparties from public view, while still allowing regulators to audit activity via selective disclosure and role-based access controls. Boundless’ integration is meant to enable a range of institutional use cases that have historically been challenging to run on fully transparent ledgers. Those include cross-border business-to-business payments, treasury and capital management, over-the-counter positions, tokenize...

SkyMapper has introduced a dedicated Avalanche-based network that records observations from telescopes around the world, turning each data point into a secure, verifiable digital record.

The Boundless integration enables private transaction execution on XRPL while maintaining compliance, addressing what the company calls the "transparency tax" that has held back institutional adoption of public blockchains.

White House Signals Stablecoin Clarity Act Breakthrough The post White House Signals Breakthrough on ‘Clarity Act’: Federal Stablecoin Floor Nears Reality appeared first on Cryptonews.

Kraken says it is being extorted by a criminal group threatening to release internal material after two support staff members improperly accessed limited customer data. In a security update published by chief security officer Nick Percoco on X, the crypto exchange said it identified two cases of inappropriate access to client support data, revoked access, […] The post Kraken is actively being extorted by criminals threatening to release the top crypto exchange’s internal data appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Several crypto market experts explain what might happen if bitcoin manages to hold $75,000, and if it does not.

The stablecoin issuer's crypto wallet lets users send digital dollars, tokenized gold and bitcoin without intermediaries or gas tokens across multiple blockchains.