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CEO Brian Armstrong's Coinbase is among the top industry backers of the crypto campaign fund that's shifting the landscape in the 2024 U.S. elections. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)
Crypto Giants Notch Wins in Expensive Quest to Sway U.S. Politics – Without Mentioning Crypto
Coinbase, Ripple and a16z donated unprecedented money to influence the outcomes of congressional races, but nobody wants to say who's in charge, how it works or even to discus...
CEO Brian Armstrong's Coinbase is among the top industry backers of the crypto campaign fund that's shifting the landscape in the 2024 U.S. elections. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Jump Crypto's new $10 million donation to the industry's Fairshake PAC further bolsters the U.S. campaign juggernaut. (CoinDesk/Alexander Mils, Unsplash)
Jump Crypto Adds $10M to Industry's U.S. Political War Chest, Raising PAC to $169M
The digital assets industry's Fairshake PAC is a congressional heavyweight with recent influxes, and its latest filings will indicate it still has $109M to spend.
Jump Crypto's new $10 million donation to the industry's Fairshake PAC further bolsters the U.S. campaign juggernaut. (CoinDesk/Alexander Mils, Unsplash)

A U.S. Senate committee passed a spending bill with a surprise crypto provision. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Senate Bill Could Open Crypto to U.S. Sanctions, but Industry Trying to Head It Off
The industry says a surprise section in a recent spending bill could slam crypto with sanctions threats, but a key Senate office is now meeting with digital assets sector insi...
A U.S. Senate committee passed a spending bill with a surprise crypto provision. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Fidelity International Tokenizes Money Market Fund on JPMorgan’s Blockchain
The U.K. firm joined JPMorgan’s Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN), piloting the tokenization of its own money market fund with Onyx Digital Assets.
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Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)
Bitcoin ETFs, Bankruptcy Paybacks Have Given Crypto Lending a Second Wind
Crypto lending firm Ledn survived the crypto winter by being "boring, slow and safe," according to a co-founder.
Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)

A Customers Bank poster at Consensus 2022.
Customers Bank Said to Debank Some Digital Asset Hedge Funds
The move is not a widespread debanking of hedge-fund clients, but rather the offboarding of inactive accounts, one person said.
A Customers Bank poster at Consensus 2022.

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Web3 Cybersecurity Company GoPlus Raises $10M to Build Permissionless Security Layer
The round counts OKX Ventures, HashKey Capital and Animoca Brands among its backers
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El Dorado co-founders Guillermo Goncalvez and Juan Carlos Andreu (El Dorado)
Multicoin, Coinbase Ventures Invest in Latin American Stablecoin-Powered SuperApp El Dorado
Stablecoin adoption is soaring in the region as many people turn to the crypto tokens as a shield against currency devaluation and cheap remittances.
El Dorado co-founders Guillermo Goncalvez and Juan Carlos Andreu (El Dorado)

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DWF Labs to Purchase $12M FLOKI From Project Treasury, Open Market
Floki is gearing up to introduce newer products in the coming months, including the Valhalla metaverse game on its mainnet.
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Aptos founders Mo Shaikh, left, and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)
Aptos Integrates Chainlink's CCIP and Data Feeds to Boost Decentralized App Development
Aptos will be the first blockchain that uses the Move coding language to integrate Chainlink's services, according to the announcement at Consensus 2024 in Austin.
Aptos founders Mo Shaikh, left, and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)