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Stripe is reportedly exploring an acquisition of all or parts of rival PayPal, with Bloomberg citing sources familiar with early-stage discussions and cautioning that no deal is guaranteed.

Blockchain Association has submitted a set of crypto tax policy proposals to Congress, calling for a de minimis exemption on low-dollar digital asset transactions and for stablecoins to be treated as cash for everyday purchases.

Bitwise Asset Management has acquired staking infrastructure provider Chorus One, which oversees more than $2.2 billion in staked assets, strengthening Bitwise’s onchain capabilities and potentially paving the way for additional staked exchange-traded products.

Payoneer has filed with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish PAYO Digital Bank, seeking a national trust banking charter that would allow it to issue a stablecoin and expand into crypto services.

TRM Labs and Finray Technologies have partnered to launch a unified monitoring system that tracks both crypto and fiat transactions within a single compliance workflow.

European Securities and Markets Authority has warned that crypto derivatives marketed as “perpetual futures” or “perpetual contracts” are likely to fall within the European Union’s contracts for differences framework, subjecting them to strict investor protection rules.

Coinbase has opened commission-free stock and exchange-traded fund trading to all US users, enabling customers to buy and sell roughly 6,000 equities alongside crypto within the same app on a 24/5 basis with instant funding in USD or USD Coin.

MoonPay has launched MoonPay Agents, a non-custodial infrastructure layer that enables artificial intelligence systems to create wallets, hold digital assets and execute onchain stablecoin transactions without human intervention.

Users of Polymarket have wagered more than $7 million on which crypto firm will be named in an upcoming investigation by onchain sleuth ZachXBT, with decentralised liquidity platform Meteora leading the odds at 29%.

Empery Digital is facing pressure from a 9.8% shareholder to liquidate its 4,081 Bitcoin holdings, return capital to investors and remove chief executive Ryan Lane along with the entire board.

Kraken has launched regulated tokenised equity perpetual futures for eligible non-US clients, offering 24/7 leveraged exposure of up to 20x to major US stock indices, gold and individual companies including Nvidia, Apple and Tesla.

Shrinking stablecoin supply and renewed tariff uncertainty are creating a liquidity squeeze that analysts say is weighing on Bitcoin and limiting a broader crypto market recovery.