Coinbase Co-Founder Eyes Venezuela as Grupo Salinas Embraces Stablecoins

Key Takeaways Worth $2.6B, Coinbase’s Fred Ersham met officials to explore investments in Venezuela’s financial revival. Mexico’s Grupo Salinas tapped Anchorage Digital to next use a stablecoin system for cross-border flows. Over $1.7B in illicit flows, Brazil fined Banco Topazio, and enforced a 2-year crypto trading ban. Coinbase Co-Founder Meets with US and Venezuelan Officials…

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Why Nubank and Revolut Are Betting Big on Mexico

Key Takeaways In Q1 2026, Nubank reached a market break-even in Mexico, hitting 15 million customers as the 3rd top bank. Highlighting a digital shift for the 46% banked market, Revolut gained 290K users and $218M in deposits. Next, Nubank will invest $4.3B through 2030, while Revolut scales its $167M investment to capture users. Mexico…

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Tokenized RWA Market Hits $34.5B With 100% Annual Growth as Institutional Inflows Grow

Key Takeaways Data shows the tokenized RWA market hit $34.5B in May 2026, up over 100% year-on-year. Blackrock, Ondo Finance, and Circle lead institutional RWA adoption as private credit surpasses treasuries. Standard Chartered projects the tokenized asset market to reach $30 trillion by 2034. Institutions Pile Into Onchain Finance The scale of growth becomes clearer…

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A16z Crypto Warns US Falling Behind MiCA as Senate Committee Advances CLARITY Act – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways The Senate Banking Committee advanced the CLARITY Act on May 14, 2026, marking a historic bipartisan step toward crypto regulation. A16z Crypto’s Miles Jennings says CLARITY builds on the GENIUS Act’s July 2025 stablecoin framework to unlock broader builder protections. If CLARITY clears a full Senate vote and the House, builders gain domestic…

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