In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re unpacking the timeline of all the changes at the Ethereum Foundation this year.

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This week, we’re unpacking the timeline of all the changes at the Ethereum Foundation since the year began.

  1. 1 Kalshi CEO says state-led oversight of U.S. prediction markets would push them out 4 hours ago
  2. 2 AI agents make 138 million crypto payments as U.S. dominates spending on AI models 5 hours ago
  3. 3 Crypto Long & Short: Why gold and bitcoin belong in the same portfolio 5 hours ago
  4. 4 EasyA hits $1.1 billion valuation, targets 2027 public listing and tokenized shares 6 hours ago
  5. 5 BlackRock's crypto ETF assets surge 63% but remain far below 2025 peak 6 hours ago
  6. 6 Former FTX Europe chief targets U.S. tokenized stock trading with new SEC exemption 6 hours ago
  7. 7 America's growing digital economy requires power grid updates. Who will foot the bill? 7 hours ago
  8. 8 Kraken parent Payward to become first crypto firm to buy a EU bank as it expands into deposits, lending 7 hours ago
  9. 9 U.S. September CPI comes in hot, sending bitcoin sharply lower 8 hours ago
  10. 10 Here's how analysts see U.S. inflation influencing bitcoin 9 hours ago

Beyond the Risk-Free Rate: Diversified Real World Yield in Productive Stablecoins

Diversified RWA stablecoins sustain 5-7% yield from real credit as crypto funding compresses to ~4%. GENIUS pushes yield off-chain; TAM grows to $4B in 3 years.

Why it matters :

Diversified RWA stablecoins sustain 5-7% yield from real credit as crypto funding compresses to ~4%. GENIUS pushes yield off-chain; TAM grows to $4B in 3 years.

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