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Boris Johnson calls Bitcoin a Ponzi, while Saylor and Eric Trump fight back

Boris Johnson reportedly called Bitcoin a “giant Ponzi scheme.” Tell me you don’t understand Bitcoin without telling me you don’t understand Bitcoin.

Solana’s meme economy matures: Pump.fun hits $1B revenue, but BONK.fun hack shows the trust tax

Solana’s meme scene is starting to look like real business, not just jokes and pumps. Pump.fun crossed $1 billion in lifetime revenue.

Miners put assets to work as AI demand ramps: survival strategy or structural pivot?

Bitcoin miners are putting idle gear to work, and a lot of it is going toward AI compute. It’s starting to look like a real shift, not like a casual side-hustle.

Staked ETH ETFs arrive: BlackRock goes staking-first while AVAX ETF can’t move price

ETFs used to be a straightforward deal: get crypto exposure without touching a private key. That framing’s getting an upgrade.

Asia’s stablecoin banking stack is forming: HK bank research, Alibaba-linked issuance, and “real-world” payment narratives

The region building the most practical stablecoin infrastructure right now isn’t in the West. Asia isn’t waiting for the stablecoin debate to settle.

The European crypto adoption is quietly broker-led: Bitpanda scales, Revolut becomes a bank

Europe’s crypto story is being written in apps people already use every day, not in DeFi forums or discord groups. Two updates this week make that clear.

SEC and CFTC sign crypto oversight pact, while China pushes digital yuan as Hong Kong goes stablecoin-first

It looks like crypto regulation is becoming a geopolitical chessboard. The U.S. is formalizing coordination between its own agencies, while China is quietly advancing its state-controlled digital currency model.

Ripple’s “payments coalition” plus a $50B valuation buyback: infrastructure meets capital strategy

Ripple is playing two games at once, and both are starting to look very deliberate. On one side, it just joined Mastercard’s Crypto Partner Program, now 85+ firms strong.

Stablecoin regulation is taking shape: yield rules, deposit insurance limits, and global regulators aligning

Stablecoins used to feel like crypto’s rebellious side, fast, borderless, often paying 5–10% yield in DeFi while banks offered almost nothing.