Bitcoin dropped 1% to $121,500, falling below its 200-hour moving average, as the US dollar strengthened ahead of Powell’s speech amid a data gap from the government shutdown.
North Dakota and Fiserv will launch the "Roughrider Coin" stablecoin in 2026 for bank transfers and merchant payments, joining Wyoming’s state-issued crypto trend.
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Citi Ventures and Visa have strategically invested in BVNK, a stablecoin payments platform processing over $20 billion annually, amid growing interest in stablecoins for on-chain and crypto asset transaction settlements.
Block Street raised $11.5M, led by Hack VC, to build an execution layer for on-chain stock trading and lending on Monad.
MetaMask adds Polymarket prediction markets, Hyperliquid perpetuals trading, and a rewards program for its upcoming token.