South African Reserve Bank Backs Payshap Over Digital Rand as Cassim Targets Real-Time Payments
The South African Reserve Bank has decided to pause the immediate implementation of a digital rand despite successfully testing its...
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Digital Asset lands $355M as a16z doubles down on Wall Street blockchain rails
Digital Asset raised $355M in an a16z‑led round at a $2B valuation, extending a Wall Street‑backed funding run as banks...
Hungary to reverse crypto trading crackdown after EU scrutiny
Hungary’s government said it will unwind crypto trading restrictions that required approved validation for conversions and exposed users and service...
Japan crypto bill advances with ETF, tax reform path: Report
Japan’s Lower House reportedly passed a bill that would bring crypto under the country’s financial instruments framework, potentially opening the...
AI models led to a ‘vulnerability apocalypse’ in crypto security: Immunefi CEO
The proliferation of new frontier AI models is the main catalyst behind the latest resurgence in DeFi hacks, according to...
Ethereum Open Interest Hits All-Time High on Binance as Wallets Near 200M
TLDR: Binance ETH open interest hit a new ATH at nearly 3.7M ETH, capturing over 44% of the global total....
Nasdaq-Listed Fold Sells $45M in Bitcoin, Clears $20M Debt and Frees Cash for Expansion
Fold Holdings recently sold $45 million in bitcoin and used the proceeds to pay off $20 million in bitcoin-collateralized loans....
Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick Says Stablecoins Could Grow 10x as Payments Adoption Expands
Stablecoins may have begun as a reserve-yield business. Still, Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick argues the next phase of value creation will...
200,000 Human Neurons Learned to Play Doom, Pointing to Low-Power Biological Computing
Cortical Labs connected 200,000 human neurons grown from blood-derived stem cells to its CL1 silicon interface, teaching the culture to...
ASK Group Taps Eric Schimdt-Backed Keeta to Tokenize Oil, Gold and Copper
The UAE-based investment group ASK Group and U.S. blockchain company Keeta have partnered to launch a public exchange where physical...
Kalshi Opens XRP Perpetual Futures to Regulated U.S. Market
TLDR: XRP perpetual futures are now live on Kalshi for regulated U.S. traders. XRPPERP gives traders leveraged XRP exposure without...
TradFi advisors want stablecoins, tokenization over Bitcoin: Bitwise
Bitwise’s Matt Hougan says it was “pretty hard to engage with advisors on Bitcoin” during recent discussions, who are more...
AI researcher claims he’s already bypassed Anthropic’s Fable 5 guardrails
“Pliny the Liberator,” says he has been “cleverly finding the holes in the fence that the thought police missed,” in...
Teen crypto scammer stole $13M to splurge on private jets, Lambo
Trenton Richard Johnston was arrested in March during a traffic stop for speeding, but investigators soon found he was involved...
Analysts tip pressure for Bitcoin, gold as US inflation tops 4%
“We continue to view the current macro environment as a headwind for Bitcoin,” 10x Research’s Markus Thielen said. Market analysts...
