Crypto Morning Brief: Hassett Hints at Rate Cuts, Stripe to Launch Stablecoin Payment Feature
Crypto Morning Brief: Kevin Hassett, a top contender for the next Fed chair, signaled openness to significant interest rate cuts if economic data permits. In regulatory news, SEC Chair Paul Atkins stated that most ICOs should not be classified as securities, limiting the SEC’s role to tokenized securities. Hong Kong plans to begin automatic tax data exchange for crypto transactions with partner jurisdictions starting in 2028.
Stripe will launch stablecoin payments on December 12, supporting USDC on Ethereum, Base, and Polygon, with a 1.5% transaction fee. It also opened public testing for its blockchain project Tempo with new partners Kalshi and UBS. Circle introduced a privacy-focused stablecoin, USDCx, in partnership with Aleo, and received a financial services license in Abu Dhabi.
In other developments, Coinbase partnered with PNC Bank to offer Bitcoin trading to private clients. A TRUMP meme token announced an upcoming mobile game. Meta is reportedly developing a new AI model named Avocado, and SpaceX is planning a potential record-breaking IPO in 2026.
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