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ECB Study Questions How Decentralized DeFi Governance Really is

The European Central Bank published a working paper on March 26, finding that governance in four major DeFi protocols was heavily concentrated.The staff paper looks at Aave, MakerDAO, Ampleforth and Uniswap, and finds that while governance…
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California Governor Newsom Signs Prediction Market Insider Trading Order

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday, expanding rules to curb public servants and those close to them from benefiting from insider trading on prediction markets tied to political or economic events they can…
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Resolv Pauses Protocol After 80M USR Exploit

Resolv Labs has temporarily paused its protocol after an exploit on Sunday in which an attacker minted 80 million unbacked tokens, knocking the dollar stablecoin sharply off its peg and briefly plunging the token to $0.14.The Resolv…
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US Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Tokenized Real-World Assets

Crypto industry executives on Wednesday told the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services that existing investor protections and financial surveillance regulations should apply to tokenized securities.The hearing was held…
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Lombard, Bitwise Partner to Unlock Bitcoin Yield Without Custody Transfer

Lombard, a company building Bitcoin-based lending infrastructure, will team with Bitwise Asset Management to enable institutions to earn yield and borrow against Bitcoin (BTC) without moving assets out of custody, aiming to unlock hundreds…
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Stablecoin Bill Introduced in Delaware Aims to Create Licensing Framework

Two Delaware lawmakers are working to establish stablecoin regulations as part of a broader package of regulatory proposals aimed at “modernizing” the state’s financial sector.In a statement on Monday, the Delaware Senate Democrats…
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Resolv Says No Assets Lost After USR Stablecoin Exploit

Update (March 23, 3 am UTC): This article has been updated to include additional comments from Pashov security firm.Resolv Labs moved Sunday to reassure users after an exploit hit the issuance mechanics of its USR stablecoin, knocking the…
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Crypto Hack Losses Driven by a Handful of Major Exploits: Immunefi

A new security report from Immunefi finds that crypto hacks continue at a steady pace while losses are becoming more concentrated in a small number of massive exploits.Analyzing 425 publicly known incidents between 2021 and 2025, the report…
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SEC Interpretation on Crypto Laws ‘a Beginning, Not an End,‘ Says Atkins

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins has clarified how the agency intends to approach digital asset regulation following an interpretative notice issued this week.In prepared remarks for a Thursday speech at the…
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Crypto Firms Call For More DeFi Courses at US Colleges

Twenty-one crypto organizations have signed an open letter urging US colleges to incorporate decentralized finance into their curricula, arguing that there will be massive demand for crypto talent on Wall Street.“Our purpose with this…
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