
White House Economists Say Banning Stablecoin Yield Would Gain Banks 0.02% in Lending
A new CEA report finds that prohibiting stablecoin rewards would add just $2.1 billion in bank loans, undercutting the banking lobby's core argument.
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A new CEA report finds that prohibiting stablecoin rewards would add just $2.1 billion in bank loans, undercutting the banking lobby's core argument.

Canary Capital submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a spot PEPE ETF on April 8. The fund would hold PEPE directly with up to 5% in ETH for gas fees.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent published a WSJ op-ed urging Congress to pass the Clarity Act before April ends, calling it essential to US financial leadership.

Visa launched Intelligent Commerce Connect, letting AI agents make purchases across 150M+ merchants. Stablecoin and x402 protocol integrations deepen the crypto link.

The March FOMC minutes reveal growing support for rate increases as oil-driven inflation reaches 3.5%. Bitcoin slips below $71,000 as traders reprice rate expectations.

UBS, PostFinance, Raiffeisen, ZKB, BCV, and Sygnum begin testing a regulated CHF stablecoin in a live sandbox throughout 2026.
South Korea's FSC orders real-time reconciliation every 5 minutes, automated kill switches, and monthly audits after Bithumb's 620,000 phantom Bitcoin error.

The SEC's FY 2025 enforcement report admits 7 registration and 6 dealer-definition crypto cases caused no investor harm, as Chair Atkins pivots to fraud.

Federal prosecutors told the court that a Supreme Court copyright ruling has no bearing on Roman Storm's criminal charges. A retrial on two counts is set for October.

Ethereum now hosts $180B in stablecoins, up 150% in three years. Token Terminal projects $1.7 trillion in new stablecoin flows across chains by 2030.