Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby

Articles by Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby

World Liberty proposes using 5% of treasury to boost its stablecoin

CryptoDecember 19, 2025

Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial has proposed using 5% of the projects WLFI token treasury to grow the supply of its stablecoin USD1.  The proposal was posted to the World Liberty Financi...

Aave founder outlines 2026 ‘master plan’ after end to SEC probe

CryptoDecember 18, 2025

Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov has unveiled his decentralized protocols master plan for 2026, shortly after revealing the US Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its four-year investig�...

MetaMask adds Bitcoin support after teasing it 10 months ago

CryptoDecember 17, 2025

Crypto wallet giant MetaMask has announced it has added support for Bitcoin, hinting that more blockchain integrations will be rolled out next year.  MetaMask announced the rollout to social media o...

Bitcoin to hit new all-time high within 6 months: Grayscale

CryptoDecember 17, 2025

Grayscale analysts are tipping a crypto market resurgence, with demand surging enough to drive Bitcoin to a new all-time high within the first half of 2026.   The asset manager made the prediction ...

SEC clears DTCC to offer securities market tokenization service

CryptoDecember 13, 2025

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has given a subsidiary of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) a highly coveted no-action letter, allowing it to offer a new securities marke�...

CFTC Innovation Council adds prediction market, exchange CEOs

CryptoDecember 12, 2025

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has added a host of blockchain industry executives alongside counterparts from traditional finance as part of the agencys new CEO Innovation Council.  Acc...

Payments giant Stripe acquires team from crypto wallet app Valora

CryptoDecember 12, 2025

Payments giant Stripe has acquired the team from crypto wallet firm Valora, just a day after launching its testnet for its stablecoin-focused blockchain project Tempo.   According to Valora CEO Jac...

Trump to begin interviews with Fed chair finalists this week: FT

CryptoDecember 11, 2025

The race for the new US Federal Reserve chair is nearing the finish line, with US President Donald Trump reportedly set to begin interviewing finalists for the top job this week.  According to a rep...

Stripe's stablecoin blockchain Tempo launches public testnet

CryptoDecember 11, 2025

Stripe and Paradigms joint blockchain project Tempo has launched its first public testnet, marking a major step forward in launching the official layer-1 blockchain.   According to a Tuesday announ...

Fitch Ratings flags risk for US banks with high crypto exposure

CryptoDecember 10, 2025

International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has warned that it may reassess US banks with significant cryptocurrency exposure negatively.  In a report posted on Sunday, Fitch Ratings argued tha...