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A16z has predicted a major 2026 pivot as stablecoins surge, AI agents multiply, and on-chain finance challenges outdated banking infrastructure. A16z crypto, a venture capital fund of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), said it expects several crypto-related themes to gain prominence in 2026, while citing developments across stablecoins, real-world-asset tokenization, banking infrastructure, AI agent authentication, privacy technologies, and prediction markets. In its latest post, the firm said stablecoins processed an estimated $46 trillion in transaction volume last year, and even surpassing major payment networks. But connecting digital dollars to existing financial rails remains an unresolved issue. Major Crypto Themes For 2026…

Key Takeaways Oracle and OpenAI data center timelines are on schedule with no delays. All contractual commitments and milestones are being met as planned. Share this article Oracle says site selection and delivery timelines for data centers established with OpenAI remain on schedule, with no delays to any locations required to meet contractual commitments.The timelines were set “in close coordination with OpenAI following execution of agreement and were jointly agreed,” according to Oracle.The company stated that “there have been no delays to any sites required to meet our contractual commitments, all milestones remain on track.”

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has opened the doors of the federal banking system to a new wave of digital-asset firms, clearing five crypto companies, including Circle and Ripple, to launch national trust banks. Key Takeaways: The OCC has conditionally approved five crypto firms, including Circle and Ripple, to launch national trust banks. The charters give digital-asset companies a single federal rulebook instead of navigating state-by-state regulations. Paxos is cleared to issue stablecoins under federal oversight, while Ripple’s charter excludes RLUSD issuance. The approvals, announced Friday, mark one of the most aggressive moves yet by the…

Key Takeaways:WisdomTree, managing $140 billion AUM, is bringing verifiable cashflow assets such as dividends and royalties onto the Solana blockchain.The initiative is powered by Plume Network, signaling a new wave of institutional-grade tokenization built on Solana’s high-performance infrastructure.The move strengthens Solana’s growing role as a preferred chain for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization across global finance.The institutional tokenization is increasing at a rapid pace and this time around the wave is coming directly off the shoulders of one of the biggest asset managers in the United States. The move by WisdomTree to tokenize verifiable cashflow assets on Solana signals the start…

Sundar Pichai is pushing Google hard into the center of the AI fight, and the pressure is now pointed straight at Jensen Huang’s control of Nvidia’s turf. The warning is coming from Stephen Witt, the author of the Jensen biography The Thinking Machine. Steve told Yahoo Finance that Google is the biggest risk to Nvidia right now. He pointed at Gemini, which he called the “best AI right now in the benchmarks outside the Nvidia stack.” That line alone tells you why this rivalry suddenly feels sharper. Gemini runs only on Google’s own TPUs. If Google can keep building top…

Memecoins are not dead because the market is down and the narrative has faded, according to president of payment infrastructure company MoonPay, Keith A. Grossman, who said that memecoins will be back but in a different form.The real innovation of memecoins is that attention can be tokenized easily and at low costs through blockchain technology, democratizing access to the attention economy, Grossman said. He continued:“Before crypto, attention could only be monetized by platforms, brands and a small group of influencers. Everyone else generated value and gave it away for free. Likes, trends, inside jokes and communities created massive economic value.”…

According to Fortune, the feature, confirmed live by PayPal’s head of crypto May Zabaneh, is currently limited to U.S. users.  Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies designed to maintain a stable value, often pegged to the U.S. dollar. They offer creators a way to receive funds quickly without worrying about the price swings common in other cryptocurrencies. Faster, Transparent, and Flexible Payments For creators, this new payout method offers speed and transparency. Traditional payouts often take several days to clear through banks. With PayPal’s stablecoin, funds can arrive almost instantly and be stored in digital wallets, ready for use or conversion to fiat…

Solana spot ETFs, which debuted in late November 2025, have recorded net inflows for seven consecutive trading days, accumulating $674 million in total. Analysts suggest this institutional buying pressure could propel the Solana price prediction toward a $180 breakout.Bitwise Dominates Solana ETF Inflow Rankings Ahead of $180 BreakoutData from Sosovalue reveals Bitwise commands the lead with $608.81 million in inflows, while Grayscale and Fidelity follow with $97.74 million and $54.8 million, respectively. Last week, $SOL spot ETFs recorded 7 straight days of net inflows. pic.twitter.com/oSVTls5SzV— DustyBC Crypto (@TheDustyBC) December 14, 2025 Despite a 2% price decline over the past week,…

Prysm developers released a post-mortem analysis explaining the December 4 Fusaka mainnet incident that threatened Ethereum network stability. Summary A Prysm bug after Fusaka caused validator participation to drop to 75%. The network missed 41 epochs and lost roughly 382 ETH in proof rewards. Ethereum avoided finality loss thanks to client diversity and rapid fixes. The consensus client suffered resource exhaustion from expensive state recomputation when processing specific attestations, causing validators to face severe operational problems. The bug surfaced immediately after Fusaka activated at epoch 411392 on December 4, 2025, at 21:49 UTC. The network missed 41 epochs as validator…

Spanish police arrested five people and charged four others in Denmark on Thursday for the kidnapping and murder of a man targeted for his cryptocurrency.The police operation dismantled what authorities described as a criminal group operating across borders to steal cryptocurrency.The investigation began in April when a woman arrived at a Málaga police station to report that she and her partner had been abducted in the nearby town of Mijas. According to the police, the couple was ambushed by three or four masked men dressed in black and armed with handguns.The man was shot in the leg while trying to…