Trump Opens 401(k)s to Crypto, White House Targets Debanking: Weekly Recap

This week in crypto: SEC clears liquid staking, Coinbase’s Base suffers downtime, and MetaMask’s stablecoin project leaks early. In this weekly recap, we cover: ➡️ Crypto in Your 401(k): Trump signs executive order to allow crypto, private equity, and real estate in retirement accounts. ➡️ Debanking Crackdown Coming: A new White House order aims to punish banks for political or crypto-related discrimination. ➡️ SEC Greenlights Liquid Staking: New guidance declares certain staking tokens are not securities. ➡️ Base Goes Down, Again: Coinbase’s layer 2 faces its second major outage after a faulty sequencer halts transactions. ➡️ MetaMask and Stripe’s Stablecoin Leak: A pulled Aave proposal reveals early details on mmUSD, backed by M^0. ➡️ Zhao Fights $1.8B Lawsuit: CZ moves to dismiss FTX’s clawback suit, citing lack of U.S. jurisdiction. ➡️ CFTC’s Big Move on Spot Trading: New push to enable spot crypto assets on regulated exchanges. ➡️ Bitcoin Steadies as Strategy Buys Big: Saylor’s firm adds over $2.4B in BTC amid record-low volatility. ➡️ Historic Bitcoin Theft Uncovered: Arkham reveals a $15B hack from a Chinese mining pool dating back to 2020. ➡️ CurveDAO Rethinks L2 Expansion: A new proposal urges Curve to halt new layer 2 deployments. ➡️ China Eyes Stablecoins via Hong Kong: State-backed firms expected to pursue licensing under HK’s new rules. ➡️ Coinbase’s Satirical Musical Banned: A cheeky UK ad gets pulled from air — but lives on across crypto Twitter. _______________________________________________________ #bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subscribe to our channel! CHECK OUT THE CRYPTOPIANS →    • TRAILER: The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed,...   WEBSITE → https://unchainedcrypto.com UNCHAINED DAILY NEWSLETTER → https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/s... LAURA'S TWITTER → https://x.com/laurashin UNCHAINED TWITTER → https://x.com/unchained_pod FACEBOOK →   / unchainedwithlaurashin   INSTAGRAM → https://www.instagram.com/laurashin/?... LINKEDIN →   / laurashin   MERCHANDISE → https://unchainedpodcast.company.site/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEW EPISODES OF UNCHAINED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY! ALONG WITH BITS & BIPS AND THE CHOPPING BLOCK Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfG... RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML47619... YOUR NO-HYPE RESOURCE FOR ALL THINGS CRYPTO!