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USDC and USDT minting accelerated in the past weeks, providing a bullish signal for crypto markets despite declining token prices.

Peirce is spearheading the SEC’s newly-created Crypto Task Force.

With picks at the banking agency and consumer watchdog, the field of major nominees is mostly complete, showing a deep roster of finance and federal know-how.

The move comes after Securitize linked to Solana to bring tokenized real-world assets to the network.

Alexander Vinnik previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The crypto exchange reports fourth quarter results after the close on Thursday.

The bank’s clients are likely involved in the basis trade, rather than making a directional bet, said an analyst.

As layer-2 chains continue to proliferate, some Ethereum developers are pushing rollup tech that takes a new approach to interoperability: “based rollups.”

Both the headline and core rates of inflation rose faster than expected in January.