This week on Dee Weekly we unpack the OCC’s surprise green-light for U.S. banks, Ethereum’s freshly-activated Pectra upgrade, a Bitcoin Core overhaul, and adoption moves from Morgan Stanley, Visa, and PayPal—all while BTC flirts with $103 K and ETH rockets 29 %. Stay ahead of the market with concise analysis across regulation, global policy, tech breakthroughs, price action, and real-world adoption.

Links to All Articles Mentioned

• OCC clarifies bank authority to engage in crypto custody — https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2025/nr-occ-2025-42.html

• U.S. House schedules FIT21 market-structure vote — https://www.bhfs.com/insights/alerts-articles/2024/house-passes-landmark-crypto-bill

• ESMA issues MiCA market-abuse guidelines — https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2025-04/ESMA75-453128700-1408_Final_Report_MiCA_Guidelines_on_prevention_and_detection_of_market_abuse.pdf

• Nexus Global Payments launch (Project Nexus) — https://fintechnews.sg/109698/payments/nexus-global-payments/

• Ethereum Pectra upgrade activated — https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/05/07/ethereum-activates-pectra-upgrade-raising-max-stake-to-2048-eth

• Bitcoin Core 27.0 release notes — https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/27.0/

• Solana Firedancer testnet hits 1 M TPS — https://nexo.com/blog/solana-firedancer

• Bitcoin reclaims $100 K — https://www.investopedia.com/watch-these-bitcoin-price-levels-as-cryptocurrency-reclaims-usd100k-level-11731488

• BTC price data — https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTC%3DF/history/

• ETH price data — https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ETH%3DF/history/

• SOL price data — https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SOL-USD/history/

• Morgan Stanley to add crypto trading to E*Trade — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/morgan-stanley-plans-to-offer-crypto-trading-to-e-trade-clients

• Visa invests in BVNK and expands USDC settlement — https://bvnk.com/blog/visa-invests-in-bvnk

• Coinbase × PayPal integrate fee-free PYUSD — https://www.coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-and-paypal-to-advance-stablecoin-payments

  
  

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Catch up fast with a Dee Weekly’s crypto update. We unpack Bitcoin’s latest bank-friendly green light, Ethereum’s May 7 “Pectra” upgrade, soaring ETF inflows, and Project Nexus’s game-changing cross-border payment rail—all in one streamlined episode. Dive into must-know regulatory shifts, Lightning Network adoption, and price action for BTC, ETH, and SOL. Subscribe now for authoritative crypto news, tech breakthroughs, and adoption trends delivered in under 20 minutes.

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