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Good News Doesn’t Move It, Bad News Doesn’t Either 🤷 

Before we dive in, here’s today’s crypto market heatmap:

And here’s a look at crypto’s total market cap chart:

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Crypto News 📰

🚫 Banks, Regulators, & “Debanking” Drama

The Senate Banking Committee just grilled lenders on whether they’re ghosting entire industries like crypto and political groups under the banner of “compliance.” Republicans blame watchdog overreach, Democrats say banks are half-asleep at the wheel, and the banks claim they’re just following archaic rules. Nnobody’s exactly sure who’s pulling the plug on customers. Reuters.

🔓 Hedera Donates Code to Linux Foundation & Names It “Hiero”

They basically set their code free, handing it to a vendor-neutral governance so no single entity can hog the keys. Now it’s under a Technical Steering Committee that holds public meetings on Zoom—so you can watch the sausage get made. If you want to fork it, improve it, or just stare at the GitHub commits, no one’s stopping you. Hedera blog.

🇫🇮 Paxos + Membrane: Grabbing EU Licenses Like Pokémon

Paxos scooped up Membrane Finance in Finland, snagging an Electronic Money Institution license with a shiny EU stamp. Now they can roll out stablecoins and tokenized assets across Europe without causing regulatory heart attacks. The plan: keep everything MiCA-compliant so you can finally have a stablecoin that’s, you know, stable and legal. Paxos blog.

🛎️ Travala + trivago: 2.2M Hotels, Paid In Crypto

Travala’s hooking into trivago so you can book hotels using BTC, ETH, or 98 other coins. They nearly doubled revenue last year, so apparently, “crypto tourism” is a real thing. If you’d rather spend your altcoins than hodl them, trivago just made your travel plans way easier. Travala blog.

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