Crypto markets suffer a brutal selloff as gold and silver see one of their sharpest reversals in decades. Big buyers step in, stablecoins move to the center of regulation, and Washington pulls crypto directly into U.S. political and financial policy.

Crypto markets slid again as BTC fell near ~$83K & ETH around ~$2.7K, driven by tightening U.S. dollar liquidity. Arthur Hayes pointed to a surge in government cash balances ahead of a shutdown and renewed regulatory uncertainty around stablecoins.

Falcon announces a $50M ecosystem fund aimed at backing teams building structured yield products and infrastructure that make tokenized U.S. Treasuries, tokenized gold, and other real-world assets usable as reusable collateral at scale.

The Trump administration will host a closed-door meeting next week with senior executives from both the banking and cryptocurrency sectors, aiming to broker a compromise on the long-stalled Senate crypto bill known as the Clarity Act.

This week, Wire Network introduced its Liquidity Creation Offering (LCO) — a liquidity-first launch model designed to support its upcoming mainnet and serve as the only path to early $WIRE access ahead of the TGE, expected in Q2 2026.

Everything.inc’s $EV presale sold out in minutes as the protocol advances its migration from SMARDEX, burning legacy supply and locking in long-term alignment.