Mexican billionaire #TioRichie with 70% of his investment portfolio in #bitcoin says it's better than real estate. House in London that in 2016 cost 4000 #BTC today costs less than 27 bitcoin:native.
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JP Morgan's deposit token lives on Ethereum, but only the bank’s own customers can hold it. @austincampbell says it’s built to pay for tokenized stock trades, not for DeFi.

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NEW: Hong Kong’s @goldzipxgz integrates @chainlink CCIP 2.0 and @midaslabsxyz infrastructure to make its physical gold-backed token $XGZ transferable across multiple blockchains.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns halting AI data center construction could trigger a U.S. recession, nearly $483 million in crypto futures are liquidated, and Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan calls for regulation of firms building on the network rather than the blockchain itself.
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As the @ecb rolls out Pontes, its wholesale platform for connecting DLT with existing payment rails, it is also introducing a digital euro pilot to prepare for the potential issuance of a CBDC in 2029.

VP of Global Policy Isadora Arrendondo told @CoinDesk that the success of the trial hinges on the number of places where consumers can pay using digital euro.

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A setback, not a stop.

@nilminirubin on the Clarity Act vote: "most of the industry is still as ambitious as ever."

The momentum for U.S. crypto clarity isn't going anywhere.

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LATEST: The European Central Bank is seeking e-commerce and mobile-commerce merchants to join a 12-month digital euro pilot beginning in the second half of 2027.

INSIGHT: @SenLummis on the CLARITY Act vote, "If it fails, Democrats own what comes next, consumers with zero federal protection, no disclosure rules, no delisting requirements for bad actors. They wrote the fix. They must pass it."

LATEST: @MoneyGram launches a $USDC-powered @Visa card letting customers spend stablecoins anywhere Visa is accepted, launching first in Colombia with physical card and ATM withdrawals to follow later this year.

.@OpheliaBSnyder says most people don’t want to manage their own transactions, and crypto needs traditional institutions on board to reach real scale:

“If you want the flows, if you want the volumes, if you want people to actually participate, you wanna change the world, you s to finance, you need these people on board.”

.@RebeccaRettig1 and @renato_mariotti say crypto is pushing TradFi toward 24/7 markets, despite the challenges for traditional trading desks and compliance teams:

“Crypto has really pushed the traditional markets in this perspective.”

MARKETS: @BlackRock's $IBIT posts record weekly volume for a positive week, as Head of Digital Assets Robbie Mitchnick says fiscal debt concerns make the case for $BTC stronger than ever.

Is blockchain having its Fannie Mae moment? On the latest Public Keys from the @NYSE:

@Figure's “Rule of 150” and tokenized lending with @MBTannenbaum, The Bitcoin treasury shakeout with @TDCowen’s Lance Vitanza – and who survives, and @Coinbase’s bet on AI agents that can pay h the full episode with @jennsanasie:

Chapters/Timecodes:
00:00 Welcome to Public Keys
00:20 Figure's Record Quarter and the "Rule of 150"
00:50 Figure CEO Michael Tannenbaum Joins
04:05 Figure as the "Fannie Mae of Blockchain"
06:44 Cutting Diligence Costs and Fighting Loan Fraud
08:10 Unlocking $35 Trillion in US Home Equity
09:57 Responding to the Morpheus Research Report
12:16 The Digital Asset Treasury Shakeout of 2026
12:55 TD Cowen's Lance Vitanza Joins
15:00 Why Strategy Is Built for a Bitcoin Bear Market
17:02 Strive, Smarter Web and Nakamoto in the Win Column
20:00 Treasury Companies vs. Spot Bitcoin ETFs
23:19 Coinbase Bets on Payments from AI Agents
23:41 Coinbase Business Head Sid Coelho-Prabhu Joins
24:45 How AI Agents Are Already Spending Money
27:03 Why Stablecoins Are Winning Agentic Payments
30:25 Inside the x402 Payment Protocol
32:06 What Still Needs Solving in Agentic Payments

INSIGHT: Stand With Crypto backs 32 U.S. House incumbents in 2026, with more endorsements on the way.

The crypto advocacy group rates politicians on industry friendliness and is expanding its congressional ally list ahead of midterms.

@jesseahamilton reports.

.@SuperstateInc General Counsel @AlexZozos says the SEC's "Reg Crypto" creates a "barbell" that gives crypto projects a path into securities laws to raise funds and a way back out.

LATEST: The fate of the CLARITY Act may come down to stablecoin yield, as banks fight to prevent crypto platforms from paying rewards on holdings ahead of a final Senate vote in September.

COINDESK DAILY: Kalshi is in talks to raise $750M at a $40B valuation, Delio CEO gets 15 years in prison for a $50 million fraud, and Metaplanet launches a new bitcoin-backed bond program.

@JennSanasie has what you need to know.

ACCESS: @RobinhoodApp CFO @ShivVerma makes the case for why everyday investors, not just VCs, should be able to get in on @YCombinator startups at the ground floor. Robinhood Ventures Fund II began trading today on NYSE