The US CFTC launches a pilot program that allows bitcoin, ether, USDC, or other payment stablecoins to be used as margin collateral in US derivatives markets
So Why's BTC Stuck At $90,000? Ronaldo Marquez / Bitcoinist.com : New CFTC Crypto Initiative: Bitcoin, Ethereum, To Serve As Collateral In Derivatives Trading Oluwapelumi Adejumo / CryptoSlate : The C...
Bhutan says it's migrating its national ID system for its nearly 800K residents from Polygon to Ethereum; the Ethereum Foundation says it will finish by Q1 2026
The Kingdom of Bhutan has tapped Ethereum to store the national identities of its roughly 800,000 citizens, leveraging the network's immutability and decentralization.
The Ethereum Foundation announces the “Privacy cluster”, a team of 47 blockchain industry experts developing protocol-level privacy features for the network
The team of 47 professionals from the blockchain industry will help research and develop privacy features for the Ethereum layer-1 network.
Sources: EU officials are fast-tracking digital euro plans, and considering Ethereum or Solana over a private blockchain after the US passed the Genius Act
Concern over competitiveness raises possibility of digital currency using public rather than private blockchain
The US SEC approves in-kind creations and redemptions for crypto ETFs, allowing institutional investors to exchange ETF shares for the underlying BTC or ETH
The SEC has approved in-kind redemptions for crypto ETFs, enabling a feature sought by Bitcoin and Ethereum fund issuers.
Trump's World Liberty Financial unveils USD1, a 1:1 USD-pegged stablecoin on Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain, with BitGo as custodian; its launch date is TBA
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial will issue stablecoin David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times : Trump's Crypto Venture Introduces New Digital Currency Jason Shubnell / The Block : World Liberty Fina...
President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve, causing significant price surges
Crypto Braced For Another Trump Shock After Bitcoin, XRP, Solana And Cardano Price Boom CoinDesk : Here Is What Crypto Leaders Are Saying About Trump's Crypto Reserve Plans Matthew Gault / Gizmodo : C...
President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve
U.S. President Donald Trump named XRP, Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) as three assets to be included in a U.S. strategic crypto reserve on Sunday …
Detroit plans to accept crypto for tax and fee payments from mid-2025 via a PayPal platform that will convert them to USD, becoming the largest US city to do so
Starting in mid-2025, Detroit residents will be able to pay with popular cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum through a PayPal-managed platform.
Stripe reintegrates crypto payments in the US, letting users pay merchants in USDC or USDP on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon, after disabling the feature in 2018
Accept stablecoin payments that settle as fiat in your Stripe balance. Siamak Masnavi / CryptoGlobe : Stripe Now Allows Business to Easily Accept USDC Payments on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon Coinped...