The BIG Crypto Fake-Out! Saylor & Tether FUD! Vanguard Crypto ETFs!

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Coin Prices

Crypto majors are green and reversing yesterday’s selloff, with BTC up 2% at $87,400, ETH flat at $2,820, BNB up 2% at $842, and SOL up 2% at $129. Among top movers, Fartcoin (+14%), SPX (+12%), and PUMP (+9%) led gains. Vanguard announced it will begin allowing trading of crypto ETFs and mutual funds on its brokerage platform, ending its long-standing opposition. Coinbase leadership and Marc Andreessen were sued over an alleged years-long insider-trading scheme. Ripple secured a payments license in Singapore and expanded XRP and RLUSD payment services there. Vitalik Buterin warned that shifting Zcash governance toward token-based voting could erode privacy protections. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michelle Bowman stated that bank regulators are working on stablecoin rules. Anthropic released a report showing that AI agents discovered zero-day exploits in crypto protocols during testing and pose a threat to vulnerable smart contracts. Meanwhile, House Republicans issued a 50-page report on “Operation Chokepoint 2.0,” alleging that the Fed, FDIC, OCC, and SEC covertly pressured banks to avoid crypto through pause letters, informal guidance, and SAB 121, ultimately debanking more than 30 firms.

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Cardano's November Hack Explained by Co-Founder Charles Hoskinson

Charles Hoskinson explains the "poisoned transaction" Cardano hack that took place back in November, and how it split the chain in two: “I don’t wanna have figure out, like, ‘How do we reimburse all these guys?’ They were honestly following the protocol, their nodes didn’t understand that there was a split.”

Charles Hoskinson on Hash vs Lattice-Based Cryptography

Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson talks hash vs lattice-based cryptography, and how November's “poisoned transaction” hack could have destroyed Cardano if they were BFT-based “Ethereum is embracing STARKs and hash-based crypto. [Cardano is] embracing lattice-based crypto on our side. You know, it’s Blu-ray vs HD DVD, we’ll see which one the market picks.”

OpenAI bailed out? Trump Media stock up 40%! Wallet Connect Interview

Commission-free stock and etf trading (u.S.), allowing users to trade equities alongside crypto using usd or usdc. Prediction markets, enabling trading on real-world outcomes like elections, sports, and economic data via a partnership with kalshi. Equity futures and perpetuals trading, expanding derivatives access directly inside the main coinbase app. Solana dex trading via jupiter, allowing users to swap solana tokens directly on coinbase. New borrowing functionality against btc and eth holdings. Coinbase token sales, allowing for ico launches and early-stage token support. Coinbase tokenize, an institutional platform designed to support tokenized assets, including tokenized stocks over time. Base app global launch, making coinbase’s onchain “everything app” available in more than 140 countries. Coinbase business, now generally available, offering payments, invoicing, and usdc-based tools for companies. Expanded stablecoin and payments apis, including embedded wallets and custom-branded stablecoins for builders. Coinbase advisor, an ai-powered assistant designed to help users navigate portfolios and coinbase products.

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