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US Senate Passes Housing Bill With Four-Year Ban on Fed CBDC

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...

Crypto regulation, Cryptocurrencies, Front page, News, Regulation

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Incrypted Conference 2026 Takes Place in Kyiv — Ukraine’s Largest Crypto Event of the Year

On June 13, 2026, Kyiv hosted Incrypted Conference 2026 — the annual crypto conference organized by the team behind Ukraine’s leading crypto media outlet, Incrypted. The event took place at the Parkovy Exhibition and Convention Centre and brought together around 2,000 attendees in person. This year the conference expanded its format: for the first time, the program ran across two parallel stages — the Main Stage for key discussions...

Cryptocurrencies, Web3

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Taiko Halts Ethereum L2 Block Production After .7 Million Bridge Exploit

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...

Cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, Front page, Hacks, News

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Tokenizing the Real World - How RWAs Are Accelerating TradFi Convergence in 2026

Tokenizing the Real World: How RWAs Are Accelerating TradFi Convergence in 2026

In mid-2026, BlackRock’s BUIDL tokenized Treasury fund has grown beyond $2.5 billion in assets under management, delivering on-chain yield from short-term U.S. government debt and repurchase agreements across multiple chains. At the same time, the Depository Trust Company (DTC)—custodian to well over $114 trillion in traditional securities—stands ready to launch limited production trades of tokenized Russell 1000 stocks, major index ETFs, and...

Cryptocurrencies, Main, Real World Assets (RWA)

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Franklin Templeton Proposes Dividend-Reinvesting ETFs That Channel Stock Payouts Into Bitcoin

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. Proposed...

Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, ETF, Front page, News

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