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Brazil's biggest banks are quietly reshaping how retail customers access cryptocurrency. Itaú, Nubank, and Banco do Brasil now each offer more than a dozen tokens directly to consumers, a significant expansion driven by clearer regulatory frameworks. Notably, none of them are holding crypto on their own books — they're selling access, not taking on the risk themselves.
Shifting to the skies and the water, REGENT Craft has completed the first crewed flight of its Viceroy Seaglider above Narragansett Bay. The electric vessel, which can transition between floating, hydrofoiling, and low-altitude flight, traveled just under two thousand feet in this initial test. With a maximum takeoff weight of fifteen thousand pounds and a planned range of one hundred eighty miles, it's a genuine bet on coastal transport's electric future.
And in the stranger corners of crypto culture, Hunter Biden is launching a meme coin called LAPTOP this week. Early sentiment from traders is lukewarm at best. It's a reminder that celebrity tokens live and die on enthusiasm, and right now, the community doesn't appear to be lining up.
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