Morgan Stanley Adds Stablecoin Fund After Bitcoin ETF Launch

Key Takeaways: Morgan Stanley introduced a fund to support stablecoin issuers needing compliant, liquid reserve investment solutions. Stablecoin growth drives Morgan Stanley to expand digital asset strategy and institutional liquidity infrastructure offerings. Tokenization initiatives show Morgan Stanley advancing blockchain integration across treasury products and crypto investment platforms. Morgan Stanley Stablecoin Fund Targets Institutional Reserve Demand…

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DoorDash Pays Drivers in Stablecoins via Tempo

DoorDash has begun building stablecoin payment infrastructure on Tempo, the Layer-1 blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, to pay delivery workers and merchants across more than 40 countries at near-instant settlement speeds and fixed US dollar fees, in one of the largest real-world stablecoin payment deployments by a publicly traded US company to date. Summary…

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Polish Crypto Exchange Zondacrypto CEO Flees to Israel as $97M Fraud Probe Deepens

Key Takeaways: Polish prosecutors launched a fraud investigation into Zondacrypto, identifying losses of at least 350 million PLN ($97M) affecting up to 30,000 users. CEO Przemysław Kral is reportedly in Israel, where his citizenship may prevent extradition as Israel does not extradite its own citizens. Kral’s last public communication confirmed 4,500 BTC in an inaccessible…

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Israeli airstrikes hit Hezbollah positions in Lebanon amid ceasefire doubts

Israeli airstrikes targeted southern Lebanon following Netanyahu’s orders, hitting Hezbollah positions. The Trump-endorsed Israeli ceasefire by April 30 market sits at 100% YES, but that number may be misleading given the escalation on the ground. Market reaction The current 100% YES odds across all three related markets reflect resolved or illiquid binary contracts, not actual…

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