The five crypto stories that matter to banks and funds, explained in plain English in three minutes.
The dailycrypto brief
Today's five stories
Democrats take Congress and a $6m wallet login hack
- Democrats win Congress; Warren to lead Senate Banking
- Stablecoin balances stall while payments jump 45%
- Thief drains $6m from 44,000+ Keplr wallets
- Gnosis Pay breach leaks card users' addresses
- Binance's finance chief leaves after record hack
- 54 seats
Democrats win Congress, putting Warren in charge of Senate Banking
Regulation
CoinDesk - 45%
Stablecoin supply up just 0.4% in 2026 as payments jump 45%
Stablecoins
Allium, CoinDesk - $6.0m
Keplr login flaw lets thief drain $6m from 44,000+ wallets
Custody
Bitquery, The Block - 20 Dec
Gnosis Pay breach leaks card numbers and addresses of crypto users
Custody
Gnosis Pay, CoinDesk - 95%
Binance's finance chief steps down nine days after record hack
Institutions
The Block
Who it's for
Most crypto news is written for traders. This is for the people who have to explain it at work: the compliance lead, the fund allocator, the banker who just got asked about stablecoins.
5
stories a day, picked for people who work with institutions, not for traders.
3 min
to read the lot. Each story opens with why it matters, then the facts.
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