The CEO of crypto’s largest decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governance platform says the Biden administration was better for his industry than its successor — and is shutting down his company to prove the point. Tally, which ran on-chain governance for Arbitrum, Uniswap, ENS and more than 500 other DAOs, will cease operations after six years, […]
Mastercard’s planned $1.8 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK reinforces a growing view on Wall Street that stablecoins are moving from a niche cryptographic tool to a core layer of global payments. Analysts say the deal signals a shift in how traditional financial networks view blockchain-based money movement. “Stablecoins are an integral part of
Vietnamese firms are racing to secure licenses for the country’s first domestic cryptocurrency exchange as Hanoi moves to restrict trading on foreign platforms. A government resolution issued in February calls for a pilot program for locally run digital asset exchanges, with a rollout possible as soon as March. A Treasury Department document on March 12
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed criminal charges against Kalshi on Tuesday, accusing the prediction market platform of operating an unlicensed gambling business and offering election betting in the state, actions she said violated state law. Mayes charged KalshiEx LLC and Kalshi Trading LLC with 20 counts, alleging the platform accepted bets from Arizona on
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As AI agents increasingly act, act, and act autonomously online—a market that could reach $3 trillion to $5 trillion by 2030—a key question is coming into focus: how to verify that a real person is behind the activity. Sam Altman-backed identity project World (formerly WorldCoin) says it has the solution. On Tuesday, the company rolled
For much of the past three years, a predictable cycle dominated the market: companies announced their intentions to buy massive amounts of Bitcoin, saw their share prices rise to a premium, and issued new shares to buy more Bitcoin. This feedback loop made Bitcoin accumulation look like an “infinite money bug”: a guaranteed way for
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ChangeNOW Launches Private Send to Break Blockchain Address Tracking
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Strategy (MSTR) for the first time last week used its perpetual preferred stock as the primary means of accumulating bitcoin, marking a potential shift in how the company funds its bitcoin strategy. The company announced on Monday that it bought 22,337 BTC in the previous week, its fifth largest acquisition ever. Issuance through its STRC
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Phantom, a developer of self-storage crypto wallets that is particularly popular in the Solana ecosystem, secured a no-action letter from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that allows it to offer users access to certain regulated derivatives markets without registering as a broker. In a statement Tuesday, the CFTC’s Market Participants Division said it
Robinhood’s ( HOOD ) newly launched venture fund has added equity stakes in Stripe and ElevenLabs, marking its first disclosed investments since beginning trading earlier this month. Robinhood Ventures Fund I (RVI), a closed-end fund designed to give retail investors exposure to private companies, said it bought about $14.6 million in Stripe stock and $20
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