On April 9, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto pick, Paul Atkins, as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Atkins was sworn into office on April 21 as the 34th chairman of the agency. Less than a week into office, Atkins is …
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Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is currently a favored candidate to become the next pope on the cryptocurrency-based prediction platform Polymarket. Prediction Market Although Pope Francis only recently died on April 20, 2025, the prediction market for selecting the next pope has been active since February 25, at 8 a.m. …
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More than two months since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) first released the draft of its own Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) rules, the Commission recently unveiled its second draft, which notably added a rule on exemption from registration and removed marketing regulations. Registration Exception In the prior draft, there …
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On April 5, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed at least a 10% tariff on other countries, with some slapped at higher rates, including the European Union at 20%, Japan at 24%, and China at 34%. This raised global recession fears that caused investors to sell off risk assets, leading …
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A 35-year-old chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of an online shopping application has been charged with fraud by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) after making false claims that the shopping app was powered by artificial intelligence (AI) agents. But in reality, the agents were not AI but call …
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Because of its method of iris-scanning activities to verify if its user is a true human and not a bot, blockchain project World (formerly Worldcoin) is currently facing privacy concerns. Worldcoin Update in Manila And now, World’s iris-scanning verification process is already in the country, with an official rollout in …
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Offering blockchain-based assets to traditional investors, crypto exchange OKX and multinational bank Standard Chartered launched a joint collateral mirroring program, which allows their clients to utilize crypto and tokenized money market funds as off-exchange collateral for trading. The program is currently in a pilot test under Dubai Virtual Asset Regulatory …
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“There is no reason to build an L2. L1s can be faster, cheaper, and more secure.” That was the response from Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko after X user @ripdoteth claimed that layer-two networks can be faster, cheaper and more secure, and are just being slowed down by layer-one networks. “They …
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Following a recent announcement implying a partnership between Soneium and LINE to integrate mini-apps onto the Soneium blockchain, Soneium issued a clarification stating that while no formal agreement exists with the subsidiary LINE NEXT, there is an active collaboration with LY Corp. through its LY HQ in Japan. Soneium Clarifies …
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The crypto market saw massive liquidations of approximately $888 million (₱51.5 billion) over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin (BTC) led with $308.64 million liquidated, followed by Ethereum (ETH) at $258.12 million. Major altcoins like Solana (SOL) and XRP also saw significant liquidations of $44.18 million and $29.12 million. The global …
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