Unchained Crypto

5 days ago | unchainedcrypto.com | Steven Ehrlich

Private credit, a way of financing debt without using banks, was a $1.5 trillion market at the start of 2024 and is expected to become a $3 trillion one by 2028. Over the past few years, it has been one of the major growth sectors of the financial services industry.

5 days ago | unchainedcrypto.com | Jason Brett

For almost a decade, Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer in the world, has dodged allegations of incomplete reserves and rumors because it operated in the shadows outside of regulation. And now Senate Republicans (and maybe Democrats) appear to be poised to remove that stigma by pulling Tether into U.S. jurisdiction. On Thursday, the Senate failed to push through a vote to try and begin formal debate on a newly revised version of the stablecoin bill.

5 days ago | unchainedcrypto.com | Jason Brett

Correction and updates, Saturday, May 10, 2025, 12:07pm ET: This article has been updated to state that a definition in the current form of the bill will not apply to DeFi. Unchained originally inaccurately reported that the bill would hurt DeFi. Unchained regrets the error. Additionally, this article has been updated to say that exclusions were added to the definition of a digital asset service provider, and a three-year compliance grace period was added for exchanges and custodians.

5 days ago | unchainedcrypto.com | Laura Shin

With one $2.9 billion acquisition, Coinbase may have reshaped the future of crypto trading. Posted May 9, 2025 at 9:00 am EST. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. On Thursday, Coinbase announced its acquisition of Deribit in a $2.9 billion deal, the largest merger in the crypto industry to date.

6 days ago | unchainedcrypto.com | Jason Brett

The U.S. Senate came close to passing long-awaited stablecoin legislation this week — but ultimately, politics prevailed over policy. The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act), was blocked on the floor in a 48–49 cloture vote.