AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoRegulation Meets Religion: Pakistan’s crypto regulator PVARA met Islamic scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani after a fatwa declared crypto payments impermissible, targeting even stablecoins like USDT and raising questions for a market with ~40M users. Global Policy Push: Kazakhstan is accelerating crypto adoption via a presidential digital-asset decree, backing stablecoin payments, tokenized products, tax incentives, and regulated exchange activity. Sports Crypto Boom: Argentina’s World Cup win is driving fresh $ARG fan-token and prediction-market volume, while FIFA’s 2026 tournament continues to pull in official crypto partners and meme-token hype. Corporate Crypto Pivot: Empery Digital sold 1,400 BTC (~$87.1M) to fund an AI data-center stake and shift away from heavy Bitcoin accumulation. Ripple Backstory: Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says lawyers once urged executives to shut down after the 2020 SEC case, underscoring how close the firm came to ending. Market Mood: Retail trading is still intense, but net buying is weak—more “rotation” than fresh demand. RWA Momentum: RWA perpetuals topped $100B in monthly volume, with tokenized equities leading the surge.
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