Tether’s partnership with Axiym is aimed at placing USDT inside regulated payment and settlement networks, extending its use from crypto trading into treasury operations and day-to-day cross-border business payments.
Ripple’s new institutional whitepaper argues that fragmented crypto markets raise operational and counterparty risk for banks and funds, and proposes a Digital Prime Broker model with XRP Ledger-based credit and settlement.
The Senate Banking Committee is set to review the CLARITY Act, with support from Coinbase, Ripple and Fidelity. The bill would split oversight between the SEC and CFTC, though amendment fights and ethics disputes remain unresolved.
Franklin Templeton partners with Ondo Finance to tokenize five ETFs, offering stocks, bonds, and gold exposure via blockchain. Investors can trade 24/7 through crypto wallets. U.S. access remains limited by regulation. Ondo's platform has processed over $12 billion in volume.
BNB moved above $680 in the past 24 hours and traded near $683, posting a weekly gain of nearly 7%. Traders are now watching whether the token can hold the breakout and challenge $700.
The XRP Ledger is seeing strong institutional adoption, yet the XRP token remains stuck around $1.30. Fee burn, reserve requirements, and bridge-currency mechanisms all face structural limits, while Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin may further reduce token demand.
World Liberty Finance sold 173 WBTC for about $11.75 million in USDC on Feb. 5 as Bitcoin fell. The firm is also facing U.S. congressional scrutiny over a separate $500 million UAE-linked deal.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell publicly ties the DOJ criminal investigation to his refusal to cut rates as Trump wanted, calling it the price of "disobedience." The controversy raises fresh concerns over central bank independence.
