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Analysis
Analysis · policy
Clarity is a calendar, not a sloganMarket-structure bills change the industry only when operative dates, definitions, and agencies line up. A “passed” headline is the start of a file, not the end of one.
Analysis · markets
How to read a crypto market day without the ticker reading youA close is not a verdict. Dextape’s market file separates cash, derivatives, and story premium — and refuses to invent a number the tape did not print.
Analysis · companies
A token page is not a company fileRankings answer “what is this asset worth on a screen.” Directories answer “who is answerable.” Dextape keeps both, and refuses to glue them into one card.
Analysis · markets
Odds are a price on a ruleDextape quotes prediction markets the way a paper quotes a futures pit: venue, contract, time, and the resolution text — never as a prophetic sidebar.
Reporting
Reporting · policy
CLARITY Act sponsors revise ethics and stablecoin terms before Senate procedural voteA September 14 draft adds state enforcement and a temporary Treasury tool for stablecoin rewards. Elizabeth Warren disputes the ethics protections as the Senate approaches a vote on whether to proceed.
Reporting · policy
SEC proposes $5 million and $75 million fundraising routes for crypto projectsRegulation Crypto Assets would pair two offering exemptions with disclosures and a conditional investment-contract safe harbor. The August 18 package remains a proposal.
Reporting · policy
SEC transfer-agent overhaul puts tokenized securities on the rulemaking agendaThe September 1 proposal would update decades-old rules for ownership records, electronic operations, and investor safeguards. Commissioners are also asking how those rules should work when shares move onchain.
Reporting · Crypto
Senate Republicans release revised 630-page CLARITY Act text days before cloture voteRepublicans circulated substitute text adding a CFTC framework for protocols that call themselves decentralized while staying under an identifiable party's control, ahead of a Sept. 15 procedural vote, according to crypto.news, CryptoSlate and The Block.
Reporting · Crypto
Coinbase and Moov to pipe stablecoin payments into 1,000 community banksA partnership announced Sept. 10 would embed Coinbase custody and payment APIs into Moov's platform, which crypto.news and Bitcoin.com News report serves more than 1,000 U.S. community banks and credit unions. No launch date or first customers were named.
Reporting · Crypto
MoneyGram puts a stablecoin-funded Visa card in Colombian users' handsMoneyGram has launched a virtual Visa card in its app that spends a dollar-linked balance, live first in Colombia, according to crypto.news, The Defiant and U.Today. Rain issues the card, Crossmint runs the wallets, and Stellar carries the transactions.
Reporting · Crypto
U.S. Bank moves USBDC between its own entities in Stellar cross-border pilotU.S. Bank said it completed a live cross-border payment with USBDC, a dollar-backed token it issued on Stellar, between its North American and European entities. DailyCoin, CryptoDaily, crypto.news and The Defiant covered the announcement.
Reporting · Crypto
Nasdaq Ventures puts $100M into Kraken parent Payward, reportedly at $21BNasdaq said Thursday its venture arm will invest $100 million in Payward and install its surveillance technology across Kraken's venues, according to crypto.news and The Defiant. Bloomberg put the valuation at $21 billion, a figure absent from Nasdaq's release.
Reporting · Crypto
Uniswap Labs ships StablePair Hook, a dynamic-fee v4 hook for stablecoin poolsCryptoDaily and Blockchain.News both report that Uniswap Labs has launched StablePair Hook on Ethereum mainnet, replacing static swap fees on stable pairs with a deviation-based fee and a Dutch auction for corrective trades.
Guides
Guide · technology
Self-custody: a practical wallet safety checklistSet up a wallet, protect its recovery backup, and check a transfer before moving a meaningful balance.
Guide · markets
Circulating supply, market cap and FDV explainedUnderstand the supply behind a token’s valuation, work through a simple example, and know what to check before comparing assets.
Guide · opinion
How DexTape covers cryptoA reader’s guide to our market data, publisher wire and educational coverage.
Reviews
Review · technology
How Dextape reviews a hardware walletA score without a method is marketing. This is the rubric. We will not publish a numeric verdict on a device we have not put through it.
Review · companies
Review: how to read an exchange status pageIncidents are a product. This is a review of the public artifact — the status page — not a ranking of venues.