This week on NiftyNoon, institutional momentum in crypto accelerates — but Washington hits the brakes.

BitGo makes its NYSE debut as the exchange itself announces a blockchain-based trading platform for tokenized stocks and ETFs. At the same time, the CLARITY Act stalls amid a public standoff over stablecoin yield, triggering warnings from White House advisors about harsher future regulation if compromise fails.

Meanwhile, corporate Bitcoin adoption deepens:

• Steak n Shake launches BTC payroll bonuses,
• Strategy adds another $2B in Bitcoin, and Delaware Life debuts the industry’s first Bitcoin-linked annuity. Globally,
• Bermuda moves toward a fully on-chain economy as Hong Kong prepares stablecoin licenses.

All this unfolds against ongoing security risks, including a $282M hardwa ...