US Senate Passes Housing Bill With Four-Year Ban on Fed CBDC in 85-5 Vote
The U.S. Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act with an 85-5 vote, attaching a provision banning the Federal Reserve from issuing or creating a CBDC or substantially similar digital asset through December 31, 2030.
The ban exempts privately issued dollar-denominated stablecoins while requiring congressional approval for any future CBDC.
Bitcoin traded near $62,000 with broader market pressure, but the news highlights grow…
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Taiko Halts Ethereum L2 Block Production After $1.7 Million Bridge Exploit
Taiko confirmed compromise of its chain state verification mechanism, rendering bridge security assumptions unreliable.
Attacker drained approximately $1.7 million from the ERC20 Vault on Ethereum via forged proofs.
Project halted all block production and urged users to withdraw funds from all bridges immediately.
TAIKO token dived around 10% following the incident.
Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution Taiko has taken its net…
Franklin Templeton Proposes Dividend-Reinvesting ETFs That Channel Stock Payouts Into Bitcoin
Franklin Templeton filed with the SEC for the Franklin US Equity Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF and Franklin US Innovation Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF, which allocate 95% to large-cap U.S. stocks and 5% to Bitcoin, with dividends reinvested to boost BTC exposure up to a 20% cap.
The structure creates steady, indirect demand for Bitcoin funded by corporate dividends, targeting investors seeking passive crypto allocation without direct purchases.
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Ethereum Foundation Co-Executive Director Hsiao-Wei Wang Resigns Amid Leadership Transition
Hsiao-Wei Wang has resigned as co-executive director and board member of the Ethereum Foundation (EF), effective immediately.
The move follows her recent sabbatical and comes after fellow co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak’s earlier departure, contributing to at least eight senior exits in recent months.
Wang emphasized Ethereum’s decentralized nature: “Ethereum has always been bigger than any one role, any one organization, or an…
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