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Kraken’s parent Payward is betting billions on becoming financial infrastructure, not just a crypto exchange

Kraken parent Payward is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on common rails, co-CEO Arjun Sethi said.

Payward and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi.

Binance deal gives Circle a boost in stablecoin race with Tether, analysts say

The five-year deal could strengthen USDC’s reach in emerging markets, though Tether’s liquidity advantage remains hard to dislodge, analysts told CoinDesk.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle (CoinDesk)

KelpDAO sues LayerZero for the largest exploit 2026 has seen so far

The cross-chain lending protocol accused LayerZero and its co-founder Brian Pellegrino of failing to disclose weaknesses in their protocol, which led to the $292 million hack.

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