Tony Edward (Thinking Crypto Podcast)

Thinking Crypto Podcast Founder @ThinkCryptoPod, Author of (Re)Thinking Crypto Book.

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#crypto #fintechtv #thinkingcrypto

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Hey Thinkers!💡

📰 Here are 6 crypto headlines to start your Wednesday:

Bitcoin approaches $84K, stablecoin rewards face regulatory scrutiny, and major network upgrades move forward.

Six headlines to catch up on 👇

1/6 Bitcoin pushes toward $84K.

BTC traded around $83,750 this morning, up roughly 2.5% over 24 hours, as tech stocks rallied. Crypto joined the broader market rebound.

2/6 Stablecoin rewards face fresh scrutiny.

The OCC’s final GENIUS Act rule leaves rewards arrangements subject to case-by-case review. Existing programs receive no special protection, leaving exchanges with compliance questions.

3/6 Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade is scheduled for today.

The major consensus overhaul targets transaction finality of roughly 150 milliseconds. Today’s key watch: activation and how the network performs through the transition.

4/6 Ripple expands institutional trading.

Ripple Prime now offers round-the-clock swaps across 100+ stock, commodity and currency markets, with RLUSD as collateral. HSBC cautions that thin liquidity could limit large trades.

5/6 Zcash moves closer to its November upgrade.

Developers have selected an activation block for NU7, which aims to cut block times from 75 to 25 seconds. The change still needs to be incorporated into specifications and node software.

6/6 Shinhan and SBI explore yen stablecoin payments.

The partnership targets payments by Japanese visitors in South Korea, wallet transfers and cross-border settlement. It remains an early-stage initiative, with no commercial launch date announced.

#crypto #cryptonews #bitcoin

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Banking cartel still trying to slow things down so they can catch up.

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🚨UPDATE: @ABABankers isn’t happy with the @USOCC’s final GENIUS Act rule, saying it “will preserve the status quo for crypto platforms” after the regulator dropped its proposed restrictions on stablecoin yield.

“Attempting to address deposit flight and economic harm after it has occurred is the wrong approach,” ABA CEO @BankersPrez says.

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Bitcoin daily chart MACD shows bears are hanging by a thread. Momentum about to flip to the bulls. The weekly chart continues to show us the path forward! bitcoin:native

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@SantimentData @ThinkCryptoPod https://t.co/VZT3xOtgEJ

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Is Crypto About to Rally? Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum, & Solana Analysis!

WATCH ▶️ https://t.co/Lq7YOYUiNz

Brian from Santiment joined me to break down the latest crypto market trends, key on-chain metrics, and investor sentiment for Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL). We explored what the data reveals about current market conditions and potential price movements ahead.

#bitcoin #xrp #crypto

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@USComptroller @USOCC @SecScottBessent

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PREPARE FOR BITCOIN'S BIG RALLY AS BLACKROCK BTC ETF INFLOWS SURGE! SEC REG CRYPTO UPDATE!

WATCH ▶️ https://t.co/hRmeZbVNMh

#crypto #cryptonews #bitcoin #chainlink #injective #mastercard #tokenization #stablecoins #etf #thinkingcrypto

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@USOCC @USComptroller @POTUS @SecScottBessent 👀👍

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[OCC @USOCC]

.@USComptroller Jonathan V. Gould: Today’s final rule advances @POTUS Trump’s and @SecScottBessent’s vision for American leadership in digital assets. We are providing a clear, practical framework for payment stablecoin innovation, with strong standards for reserve backing, redemption, and risk management. The OCC is drawing on its longstanding supervisory expertise to support responsible growth and innovation for this new industry. https://t.co/IWuIHnQQ0f

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PREPARE FOR BITCOIN'S BIG RALLY AS BLACKROCK BTC ETF INFLOWS SURGE! SEC REG CRYPTO UPDATE!

WATCH ▶️ https://t.co/hRmeZbVNMh

#crypto #cryptonews #bitcoin #chainlink #injective #mastercard #tokenization #stablecoins #etf #thinkingcrypto

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@EricBalchunas @kgreifeld don't fall for it, LeBron always starts the seasons slow, then he ramps up. People fall for it every year

[Doctor Profit 🇨🇭 @DrProfitCrypto]

$BTC:

We had one VERY simple task

The Task was to Trust the Support

And to ignore the Black Monday nonsense

[Eleanor Terrett @EleanorTerrett]

🚨NEW: The comment period for the @SECGov’s Reg Crypto proposal closes today, but an SEC spokesperson tells me the Commission will continue accepting comments after the deadline.

“While we encourage commenters to submit their feedback by the deadline, the Commission will continue to accept public comments on rule proposals after the comment period closes.”

The proposal would create new fundraising exemptions for crypto issuers raising capital in the U.S.

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Chainlink's Andrew McCormick on Swift and DTCC pulling hundreds of institutions onto Chainlink:

0:30 "I liken an institution like Swift, but also DTCC stock exchanges, as a black hole. And normally you say, like, black hole is bad. Here, it's good. Because if you have Swift going into this space, DTCC going into this space, Swift's pulling hundreds, if not thousands of banks. DTCC's pulling hundreds, if not thousands of broker-dealers into this space."

"Yeah, it's moving faster than it was before"
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🚨 Clarity Act Failed, But Wall Street Is Following The SEC!

Andrew McCormick, Head of Institutional at Chainlink Labs, explains why institutional crypto adoption continues to accelerate despite the CLARITY Act failing to pass. He highlights how guidance from the SEC is providing greater regulatory clarity and giving financial institutions the confidence to move forward with blockchain and digital asset initiatives.

Watch the full interview https://t.co/1OlwxZBhog

#crypto #sec #clarityact

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

JUST IN: Switzerland’s FINMA approves the country’s first retail $BTC fund, allowing direct Bitcoin investment for everyday investors under strict risk disclosure and custody requirements.

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From Private to Public Blockchains! R3 Corda & Solana Team Up!

For years, traditional financial institutions focused on private blockchains. Now, the lines between public and private blockchain networks are beginning to blur.

Todd McDonald, Co-Founder of R3, joined me to discuss the evolution of institutional blockchain adoption, R3 Corda's partnership with Solana, and what this shift could mean for the future of global financial markets.

We covered:
🔹 Why financial institutions initially favored private blockchains over public networks
🔹 R3 Corda's partnership with Solana and what it means for institutional adoption
🔹 The evolving roles of public and private blockchains in traditional finance
🔹 How tokenization could transform capital markets and asset management
🔹 The importance of interoperability between traditional financial infrastructure and public blockchains
🔹 What the future of on-chain financial markets could look like

One of the biggest shifts happening in finance is the convergence of traditional financial infrastructure and public blockchain networks.

Watch - https://t.co/VSzmo4Esn5

#solana #blockchain #tokenization

[The Block @TheBlockCo]

Mastercard opens early access to AI agent payments following pilots with Coinbase, Base and Cloudflare https://t.co/yo3LPES6rP