AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoInsider Trading Crackdown: A Google engineer, Michele Spagnuolo, was charged after allegedly using confidential “Year in Search” data to win about $1.2M on Polymarket, adding to a growing list of prediction-market insider cases. Crypto Yield for BTC: Kraken launched a non-custodial “Bitcoin Vault” in its Earn lineup, offering up to 2.5% yearly yield via Veda, with $30M+ deposited in the first hours. Stablecoin Payments Go Mainstream: Block’s Cash App started rolling out USDC transfers to nearly 60M users across Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum, while Mastercard secured a New York BitLicense to expand stablecoin and tokenized payment services. Wall Street Tokenization Push: DTCC plans to connect tokenized securities to Stellar for a 2027 rollout, as BIS tests tokenized cross-border payments with real-value trials. Regulation & Sanctions: Italy’s Banca Sella became the first bank cleared under MiCA to offer crypto services; meanwhile, exchanges increased scrutiny on HTX after UK sanctions allegations, which HTX denies. Market Mood: Bitcoin and major alts slid amid geopolitical Iran headlines, with hundreds of millions liquidated.
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