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Bitcoin Holds K as Stocks Buckle Under Interest Rate Concerns
The U.S. 30-year Treasury bond is on pace to close above 5% for the first time in more than 16 years.

Lightning Labs Rolls Out 'Taproot Assets,' to Make Bitcoin 'Multi-Asset' Network
Taproot Assets will give developers “the tools needed to make Bitcoin a multi-asset network, but in a scalable manner,” according to Lightning Labs.

Investment as a Service: Table Stakes for the Next Crypto Cycle
Colton Dillion and Sonya Mann of Hedgehog Technologies explain why exchanges and other major players in crypto need to expand their horizons.

The Death of Compromise, and a Way Forward for Crypto
Kim Greenberg of CoinDesk Indices finds a lesson for crypto in LEGO.

U.S. Sen. Warren Leads Lawmakers to Push Administration on Crypto-Backed Terrorism
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led more than a hundred lawmakers in demanding top officials share their plans for heading off crypto-financed terrorism.

Sam Bankman-Fried Witness Contrasts His Public Comments With FTX's Dangerous Secrets
Former FTX lobbyist Eliora Katz appeared to mostly be on the stand to allow prosecutors to bring attention to Bankman-Fried’s tweets and House testimony, and how they differed from the secret reality that led to the crypto exchange’s demise.

'Oh, Yes': Accounting Prof Says Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Definitely Mishandled Customers' Money
Former FTX lobbyist Eliora Katz appeared to mostly be on the stand to allow prosecutors to bring attention to Bankman-Fried’s tweets and House testimony, and how they differed from the secret reality that led to the crypto exchange’s demise.

Stellar, Early Blockchain Built for Payments, Adds Smart Contracts to Take on Ethereum
The nine-year-old project, one of the earliest major blockchains, is getting a facelift to incorporate “smart contracts,” that theoretically could attract new applications and users – and potentially more demand for the XLM token.

Digital Euro Project Moves to 'Preparation' Phase
The move is not a decision to issue a central bank digital currency, the European Central Bank said Wednesday.

U.S. Treasury Targets Gaza Crypto Business in Sanctions to Squeeze Hamas
The Treasury Department issued a list of sanctions that included a business providing money transfers and digital assets exchange services in Gaza.