⚡ StarNews | Regulation · Crypto
Illinois’ crypto transaction tax is being pushed back before it even takes effect.
State officials and industry groups have asked a court to delay the 0.2% Digital Asset Tax while litigation continues. The bigger signal is jurisdictional: U.S. crypto rules are still being shaped state by state, not only in Washington.
⚡ StarNews | Markets · XRP
The crypto treasury trade is expanding beyond Bitcoin.
Evernorth has cleared its shareholder vote and expects to begin Nasdaq trading as XRPN, with roughly 473M XRP expected at closing. The real test isn’t the size of the treasury. It’s whether public markets will assign durable value to single-token treasury vehicles beyond BTC.
⚡ StarNews | Security · NEAR
NEAR Intents stopped one hacker flow, then got exploited itself.
A vulnerability in its cross-chain infrastructure allowed an attacker to drain roughly $3.8M. The bigger lesson is architectural: once infrastructure moves value across chains, every connection becomes part of the security perimeter.
⚡️ StarNews | Regulation · Markets
Crypto custody is moving from a regulatory bottleneck toward a compliant path.
The SEC has proposed rules allowing advisers and regulated funds to use state trust companies for crypto custody and, under limited conditions, custody assets themselves. The bigger shift isn’t just custody. It’s removing one of the infrastructure barriers between professional capital and crypto markets.
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📊 Daily Market Report
Mixed / Ranging
Breadth and sentiment disagree — no clean trend. Expect chop and let confirmation lead.
What are you watching in today's mixed market?
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⚡️ StarNews | Security · Markets
Ethereum privacy is moving back into the product layer. Aztec has relaunched https://t.co/Y7fTCcldqM with private balances and payments on its L2, while keeping Ethereum deposits publicly traceable. The real test isn’t whether privacy can work technically. It’s whether private payments can scale while keeping compliance and security boundaries intact.
⚡️ StarNews | Markets · Regulation
Tokenization is moving from stocks toward the derivatives layer.
Cboe and S&P Dow Jones have extended their index-options partnership through 2051 and opened the door to exploring tokenized options. The important distinction: this is not a product launch yet. But if derivatives move onchain, tokenization expands from ownership into market structure.
⚡️ StarNews | Markets · Regulation
The crypto ETF market is moving beyond the majors.
Bitwise’s NRR is now trading on NYSE Arca, giving U.S. investors spot NEAR exposure while passing staking rewards into the fund’s NAV. The bigger signal isn’t NEAR alone. Traditional wrappers are expanding deeper into single-asset crypto exposure.
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Breadth and sentiment disagree — no clean trend. Expect chop and let confirmation lead.
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⚡ StarNews | Regulation · Markets
The race to bring perpetual futures into U.S. stocks is getting crowded.
OG .com has joined Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken parent Payward in pursuing U.S. approval for single-stock perpetual futures. The bigger story is crypto-native market structure moving into traditional equities.