MONEYGRAM IS NOW RUNNING A SOLANA VALIDATOR 💵
The payments giant says it is processing blocks on the same network it uses to move money.
MoneyGram operates in 200+ countries and serves more than 150 million customers.
Another real-world company becoming part of Solana's infrastructure.
LATEST: US officials say Iran has agreed to give up its highly enriched uranium under the proposed deal President Trump says will be announced “soon,” per NYT. 🇺🇸
Iran has not publicly confirmed the agreement yet.
🔥 SOLANA EXPLODES -- TOP L1 IN TRADING VOLUME & #2 IN DEFI TVL
$SOL has crossed $2.1T in cumulative trading volume while holding 26.5% DeFi TVL share.
DTCC SAYS SOLANA IS BUILT FOR GLOBAL SCALE 🌎
DTCC processes over $4 QUADRILLION annually and plans to launch tokenized asset settlement infrastructure later this year.
Now they’re openly praising $SOL network's scalability.
The rails are being chosen.
🚨 The CLARITY Act just hit a WALL
Senate Democrats are now refusing to back the bill unless it includes strict ethics rules targeting the Trump family's $1B+ crypto empire.
Republicans need 7 Democratic votes to pass it.
With midterms looming, the entire U.S. crypto market structure hangs on this unresolved provision.
ARMSTRONG: $60B IN REMITTANCE FEES IN 2025 -- STABLECOINS MAKE IT ZERO
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says an estimated $60 Billion was spent on remittance fees in 2025. With stablecoins, that number goes to almost zero.
This is the clearest dollar case for stablecoin adoption yet -- and lands right as CLARITY Act stablecoin scope heads for a vote.
🚨 MORGAN STANLEY JUST BOUGHT $16M IN BITCOIN AS $BTC RECLAIMS $78K !
Wall Street's largest wealth manager is buying the dip.
The institutional accumulation doesn't stop.
🚨 CLARITY ACT DELAYS TO MAY
Sen. Tillis requesting postponement of the markup to May. Friday is the deadline to schedule the week of April 27.
Core standoff unchanged: banks want a full yield ban, crypto wants activity-based rewards allowed.
The irony: while Congress debates stablecoin yields, Strategy's $STRC is already paying 11% no legislation required.
COINBASE: CLARITY ACT COULD SEE MOVEMENT WITHIN 48 HOURS ⏲️
After months of delays, Coinbase says they’re confident progress is coming -- potentially within the next 48 hours.
The focus now is finalizing market structure, especially SEC vs CFTC jurisdiction. From prolonged debate -> near-term action.
The U.S. is now closer to a clear regulatory framework for crypto. 🚀
I can see how despondent everyone is about crypto and the pure chartists are telling you it's all over, but I don't agree...
Global Liquidity is the most dominant macro factor in history with a 90% correlation to BTC and 97% to NDX since 2012. It is growing at around 10% a year and is not slowing.
GMI financial conditions lead it by 6 months. They are still easing.
The air pocket was US Total Liquidty which was curtailed by the shut down. It leads crypto by 3 months and is accelerating from its low 3 months ago.
The business cycle is the key driver of earning and thus risk. It is accelerating.
The eSLR is the mechanism by which banks can increase liquidity via credit and absorbing treasury issuance. This liquidity is rising too and will accelerate.
Tax refunds land on bank balance sheets and add to propensity of credit creation and thus liquidity.
China is accelerating expanding its balance sheet.
More rate cuts are coming in the US and will add to disposable income and thus risk taking.
CLARITY Act will likely get agreed and adds to flows. The wall of banks and asset managers wanting to use this technology is enormous and this bill sorts that out.
Stablecoins are accelerating and issuance grew 50% last year and is accelerating. Volumes are in the trillions of $'s and are accelerating.
We have the most supportive government for crypto ever in the US.
Finally the agents are coming and will hyper accelerate. They are an entirely new TAM
The crypto market is still in fear and by most measures the most oversold in history.
Weekly DeMark indicators would give a very solid base in 2 weeks (you can now get them officially on Trading View).
Daily DeMark's are stack up too. Any weakness from here will complete the dailies and the weeklies indicating full trend reversal potential.
The risk factor is how long oil prices stay up.
The next 2 weeks are the key focus.
I think this all resolves positively.
Higher.
EVEN SAYLOR JUST NAMED ETHEREUM AND SOLANA
Michael Saylor just gave a signal that shouldn’t be ignored.
While explaining programmable credit, he explicitly listed platforms where tokenized assets could live -- including $SOL and $ETH alongside Nasdaq and major brokerage systems.
This wasn’t an altcoin endorsement. It was a plumbing comment.
From a market structure lens, Saylor is describing a converging stack:
📊 Credit gets tokenized
📊 Distributed across every major rail
📊 And plugged into both TradFi and crypto infrastructure
That’s notable coming from a Bitcoin maximalist -- the message is evolving.
Bitcoin as the base asset. Multi-chain rails for distribution and liquidity.
The institutional architecture is getting clearer.
PAYPAL MAKES SOLANA ITS DEFAULT NETWORK FOR STABLECOIN PAYMENTS
PayPal has selected Solana as the default blockchain for processing transactions with its stablecoin, $PYUSD.
Here are the facts:
💸 PYUSD is a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, fully backed and redeemable 1:1 for USD.
💸 It originally launched on Ethereum as an ERC-20 token.
💸 PayPal expanded $PYUSD to Solana in May 2024.
💸 $SOL network was chosen for its high throughput and low transaction costs.
💸 Now, Solana is the default network for PYUSD payments.
This isn’t speculation -- it’s infrastructure decisions being made at scale.
🚨🇺🇸WHITE HOUSE CRYPTO SUMMIT SET FOR FEB 2
The Trump administration will host banking and crypto leaders at the White House on Monday, February 2, 2026, aiming to break the Senate deadlock over the CLARITY Act.
Led by the White House crypto council, the meeting focuses on a key dispute: whether dollar-pegged stablecoins should be allowed to offer interest and rewards.
The crypto market will be watching closely 👀
BREAKING: SENATE DEMOCRATS SAY THEY’VE REACHED A DEAL WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT AND AVOID A SHUTDOWN
The framework reportedly funds most of the government, with DHS getting a short-term extension to buy time for negotiations.
Key votes still pending -- but this reduces near-term shutdown risk.
Markets were bracing for chaos. An off-ramp is forming.
Now watch risk assets. 👀
🚨 INSIGHT: THIS IS WHY BANKS ARE PANICKING ABOUT STABLECOINS
New data shows how exposed U.S. banks really are.
For most banks, net interest margin (NIM) makes up 50% to 70% of total revenue. That’s the spread they earn by paying you almost nothing... and lending your money out.
Now enter stablecoins:
💸 Pay users yield
💸 Settle instantly
💸 Run 24/7
💸 No fractional reserve games
Regulators are finally admitting it: stablecoins are a bigger threat to banks than crypto trading ever was.
This isn’t about speculation. It’s about stablecoins attacking the core profit engine of banking.
If deposits migrate on-chain, NIM collapses, and that’s why banks are lobbying so hard right now.
This fight isn’t crypto vs markets. It’s crypto vs bank margins.
BEARS ARE LOSING CONTROL 👀
Bitcoin is still in negative growth territory, but the downside pressure is easing.
The Growth Rate Difference hit about -0.0013 in late November. It’s now around -0.0009. That means selling pressure is cooling, even though price hasn’t flipped bullish yet.
This isn’t a recovery signal but a good sign that bears are now losing momentum.
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