RaaS #578: Wyoming Launches First U.S. State-Issued Stablecoin!

Polymarket Partners With WSJ & Dow Jones, Rumble Enters the Wallet Wars, And Moar!

Trump-linked World Liberty Financial applied for a national trust bank charter to issue and custody USD1. If approved, it would move a major DeFi-native stablecoin fully into the U.S. banking system. Stablecoins just took another step toward institutional permanence.

Solana Mobile wrapped its first Seeker Season with 9M transactions, 265 dApps, and $2.6B in trading volume. The SKR token is launching on January 21, with 20% of supply reserved for airdrops to early participants.

Rumble launched a non-custodial crypto wallet inside its mobile apps, letting users buy, hold, and tip BTC, USDT, and Tether Gold. Built with Tether backing and full self-custody, it positions Rumble directly against Coinbase and Venmo, minus account freezes.

The first On The Radar of 2026 is here! This week, our host, Luki, is sitting down with Flo to unpack Vision, Europe’s tokenization engine building regulated rails for real-world assets, plus a full breakdown of the week’s hottest crypto headlines. Stay tuned this Friday at 2:30 PM UTC.

Wyoming officially launched FRNT, the first U.S. state-issued stablecoin, live on Solana. Fully backed, overcollateralized, and audited, FRNT funnels yield into public programs like education. This will be a blueprint for how states might compete in digital finance.

The math is not mathing.

Polymarket signed an exclusive partnership with The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones. Its market data will now appear across WSJ, Barron’s, and Investor’s Business Daily, including earnings calendars powered by market expectations. Polymarket is no longer just a betting platform; it’s becoming an information layer.

a16z crypto just invested $15M into Babylon to scale trustless Bitcoin vaults. The focus isn’t speculation; it’s expanding what Bitcoin can do without compromising security. BTC as productive capital keeps creeping closer to reality.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. WHITEWHALE became the first token to hit a $100M market cap in 2026.

2. CertiK and YZi Labs launched a $1M audit grant program for early-stage Web3, AI, and biotech startups.

3. Tempo introduced the TIP-20 token standard for stablecoin and payments use cases.

4. A Substack writer rug-pulled his own memecoin for $30K, and the community took revenge by sending the token higher.

5. A viral thread alleges Morgan Stanley and MSCI engineered October’s BTC crash ahead of ETF filings. No proof, but the timing has people asking questions.

The entire Electric Coin Company team walked away from Zcash after governance disputes with the Bootstrap board. Developers say they were blocked from executing the protocol’s privacy mission. The chain remains live and secure, but the builder exodus highlights how fragile decentralized governance can be.

U.S. lawmakers are debating whether payment stablecoins should be banned from offering rewards. Banks argue it drains deposits; crypto advocates warn it hands an advantage to China’s digital yuan. With trillions at stake, stablecoin yield is shaping up to be a geopolitical issue.

Average CT these days.

Top Gainers: ZKP, ELF, GUN, USCR, LIBERTY.

High-signal reads are worth your time, all in one place.

1. Asif Khan breaks down vibecoding as the fastest way for non-engineers to build and ship. With AI tools like Cursor, builders can prototype websites and small products by describing intent, testing outputs, and iterating quickly.

2. StarPlatinum lays out a realistic roadmap for growing from zero to 50,000 followers on X. The core takeaway: growth is slow, deliberate, and earned.

3. Lochie explains how Web3 jobs are actually landed, cutting through the digital-nomad fantasy. Hiring isn’t about resumes or applications; it’s about visible proof of work, on-chain or public contributions, and being known in the ecosystem before you ever ask for a role.

4. Leon Abboud shares audited proof that he built a $3M business with just 20K followers, challenging the idea that massive audiences are required to monetize.

5. Artem Oak critiques the current state of “crypto research,” arguing that much of it has devolved into recycled narratives and thinly veiled marketing. He distinguishes real research from content farms, calling for deeper analysis and higher standards.

Space, a leveraged prediction market on Solana, raised over $10.5M in a public sale, oversubscribed by 423%. Demand surged just as regulators and media legitimized prediction markets. Timing matters.

A fresh update on the case as plaintiffs filed a new amended RICO complaint against Pumpdotfun, Solana Foundation, Solana Labs, and related parties today. Allegations center on racketeering and market manipulation tied to memecoin infrastructure. This case could test how far liability extends in permissionless ecosystems.

That’s all for today!