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Welcome to your stablecoin money account. FraxNet is your hub for minting, redeeming, and earning with frxUSD, our flagship stablecoin built to the GENIUS standard. Available on 20+ chains.
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The benefits of stablecoins are global. Progressive government officials around the world are quickly realizing they don't want to be left behind.
UK PUSHES FOR STABLECOIN EXPANSION: A House of Lords committee report today urged the Bank of England to rethink £20k holding caps and 0-yield backing that could choke GBP stablecoins before they even start.
ETH TO OUTPERFORM BTC? @StanChart Geoffrey Kendrick says Strategy’s first BTC sale since 2022 may be the start of a new regime, with $ETH set to outperform $BTC by ~40% as BTC treasury firms may need to sell to fund obligations, while ETH treasuries can stake for yield instead.
CBDC OFF THE TABLE: Treasury @SecScottBessent reiterates the Trump admin “will not allow” a U.S. CBDC, calling it the first step toward tracking.
Instead: bring crypto onshore. He’s urging Congress to get the CLARITY Act “to the finish line.”
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¤ Frax take: CBDCs aren’t just a privacy risk, they stifle innovation. GENIUS was a huge step, and CLARITY can lock in the U.S. as the home for digital asset innovation, a big win for frxUSD and FRAX.
ROBINHOOD GOES AGENTIC: $HOOD users will soon be able to let AI agents trade stocks in a separate “agentic” account and make purchases on a @RobinhoodApp agentic credit card.
BITMINE BOUGHT THE DIP: 111,942 ETH ($237M) in a week, biggest buy since December, taking holdings to ~5.4M ETH (~4.5% of supply).
87% is staked, generating ~$276M/yr in staking revenue.
Does @fundstrat hit his goal of @BitMNR owning 5% of $ETH by year-end?
RATE CUT COMING?: @BlackRock exec sees “sufficient factors” to justify a potential Fed rate cut.
This comes as new chairman Kevin Warsh weighs interest-rate policy.
The Fed is the most divided in voting it has been in 30 years, and the implications for the markets are MASSIVE.
JUST IN: @aave V4 combined deposits + loans have crossed $100M for the first time as part of its security-first launch strategy.
$80M in deposits. $25M in loans. Growth is accelerating, with incentives going live yesterday.
Aave is winning.
BIG STABLECOIN UNLOCK: @POTUS issued an executive order for regulators to cut fintech barriers and asked the Fed to evaluate direct access to Fed payment accounts for non-bank fintech + digital asset firms.
Today, @krakenfx is the only crypto firm with a Fed master account.
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We've long believed this is the right direction for the market. If direct Fed access becomes available, we will apply. Direct settlement on sovereign rails would be a big unlock for stablecoins by improving reserve and redemption assurance.
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Our take: USDT/USDC aren't going anywhere, they’re the deepest liquidity rails. But the USDC depeg was a wake-up call for us to own our destiny. That’s why we built frxUSD: fully-backed by Treasuries and better value-sharing for our DeFi partners.
JUST IN: The head of digital assets at @UnionInvestment, one of Europe’s largest asset managers, warns USDT + USDC don’t behave like true “cash equivalents” for institutions, arguing a sudden depeg (like USDC in 2024) can be catastrophic for overnight settlement.