Bitcoin first, crypto at scale: Inside the UAE’s layered digital asset strategy
Abu Dhabi is anchoring Bitcoin for institutions, while Dubai builds payments, stablecoins and Web3 use cases into daily commerce.
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Upbit hack puts Binance’s emergency freeze policy under scrutiny
Binance reportedly froze only about 17% of the funds that South Korean police linked to the Upbit hack, raising questions...
CFTC gives prediction markets leeway on data and record-keeping rules
The CFTC gave “no-action” letters to a group of prediction markets, including Polymarket US, exempting them from swap data reporting...
Web3 gaming shifts to sustainability as confidence returns: BGA
The Blockchain Game Alliance reports industry confidence rose to 66% as developers pivoted from speculation to sustainable models following a...
Norway’s central bank says CBDC ‘not warranted,’ cites strong payment system
Norway rules that a digital krone is unnecessary for now, highlighting its strong payment rails and the uncertain benefits of...
State Street, Galaxy and Ondo join tokenized cash race with 24/7 sweep fund
State Street Investment Management and Galaxy Asset Management are launching a tokenized private liquidity fund on Solana, with Ondo expected...
Satoshi Nakamoto statue lands on NYSE in sign of changing times
There are five other Satoshi statues made by Valentina Picozzi located around the world, in Switzerland, El Salvador, Japan, Vietnam...
CFTC Innovation Council adds prediction market, exchange CEOs
The CFTC's new CEO Innovation Council includes leaders from crypto exchanges like Kraken and traditional stock exchanges such as Nasdaq...
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Capital explores tokenized private market access
Mubadala Capital teams up with Kaio to test tokenized access to private market strategies, signaling growing sovereign interest in onchain...
Silk Road-linked Bitcoin wallets move $3M to new address
Silk Road-linked wallets still hold about $38.4 million worth of BTC, with millions potentially sitting in other unseized wallets.
Binance co-CEO Yi He hit by WeChat hack amid growing Web2 risks for crypto execs
SlowMist’s Yu Xuan advised high-profile users to prune contacts, rotate passwords and act fast on alerts to reduce WeChat takeover...
Animoca, Solv to help Japanese Bitcoin companies generate yield
Solv generates Bitcoin yield through lending markets, liquidity provisioning to automated market maker pools, and participation in structured staking programs.
NFT winter deepens: Monthly sales hit lowest point of the year
NFT sales fell to $320 million in November — their lowest this year — with early December off to a...
400K Bitcoin have peeled off exchanges since last year: Santiment
Some of the Bitcoin outflows from exchanges are going to individual users’ storage wallets, but ETFs and institutions are accumulating...
XRP needs a Solana-style strategy to keep up: Ripple executive
Luke Judges highlights how XRP Ledger’s tech and developer tools could take cues from Solana to stay competitive among layer-1...
