[Circle Announces Acquisition of Axelar Development Team Interop Labs and Its Intellectual Property] USDC issuer Circle has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Axelar's core contributor team, Interop Labs, along with its proprietary intellectual property, with completion expected in early 2026. The integration aims to accelerate the advancement of Circle's Arc blockchain and cross-chain transfer protocol. The transaction only involves the team and proprietary intellectual property; the Axelar network, foundation, and AXL token will continue to operate independently. Common Prefix will take over work related to Interop Labs.

[Coinbase to List Beam (BEAM)] Coinbase will list Beam (BEAM), and spot trading will go live on December 16, 2025. If liquidity conditions are met, the BEAM-USD trading pair will be available in supported regions starting at or after 9:00 AM Pacific Time.

[Federal Reserve's Collins: Supports Rate Cuts, But It's a 'Difficult Decision'] Federal Reserve's Collins stated that they support rate cuts as the balance of risks shifts, but it is a 'difficult decision.'

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The Wall Street firm said faster U.S. stablecoin and charter rules are pulling crypto into the regulated banking system and pushing banks toward an on-chain future. What to know : Bank of America said U.S. crypto rulemaking is set to accelerate as the OCC grants conditional national trust bank charters to five digital-asset firms. The bank expects the FDIC and Federal Reserve to follow with stablecoin capital, liquidity and approval rules under the GENIUS Act. Banks should embrace blockchain, the report said, citing JPMorgan and DBS pilots in tokenized deposits on public and permissioned blockchains.