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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has firmly rejected Mayor Eric Adams’s Bitbond plan, calling Bitcoin-backed municipal bonds legally dubious and fiscally unsound. He says crypto volatility could erode investor trust, and federal tax rules bar such debt from funding local projects.
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Cantor Fitzgerald’s gold-backed Bitcoin fund may attract billions in cautious capital, stabilizing BTC while institutional demand and ETF inflows remain robust.
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Toncoin has dipped by 0.5% in the past 24 hours, but just how big could Telegram’s deal with Grok be for its future price growth?
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Bitcoin price prediction: BTC slides below $105K amid global policy shifts and technical indicators signaling further downside. Watch for key levels.
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The Bank of Italy has cautioned that deeper integration between crypto-assets and traditional finance could transmit price shocks to the wider economy. Governor Fabio Panetta has promoted Europe’s MiCA regime and tougher oversight of stablecoins to safeguard payments, data, and monetary sovereignty.
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The XRP price has fallen by 4% today, but could Ripple-owned brokerage Hidden Road and its latest news help boost the alt very soon?
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Shifts in crypto regulation have unfolded: Trump’s meme-coin dinner prompted calls for a DOJ probe; banks challenged the SEC’s cyber-incident rule; Labor reversed its 401(k) crypto warning; the SEC ended its Binance case; and officials debate Bitcoin reserves and volatile oversight.
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JD.com has entered Phase 2 of Hong Kong’s stablecoin sandbox with a fiat-pegged token aimed at cross-border payments, enterprise settlement and retail use. The firm cites supportive regulation and plans a wider launch after compliance checks, urging users to avoid unofficial purchase offers.
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