Hong Kong fintech sector sees 250% blockchain growth since 2022
Hong Kong anticipates the continued growth of its fintech ecosystem, with blockchain, digital assets, distributed ledger technology (DLT) and artificial...
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75% of VASPs registered in the EU will not be able to comply with MiCA
Opinion by: Slava Demchuk, co-founder and CEO of AMLBotAll virtual asset service providers (VASPs) registered in the EU before 2025...
The GENIUS stablecoin bill is a CBDC trojan horse — DeFi exec
The recent GENIUS stablecoin bill is merely a thinly veiled attempt to usher in central bank digital currency (CBDC) controls...
Yuga exec warns about ‘true bear market’ Ether price as whales scramble
Yuga Labs’ vice president of blockchain warned that Ether could drop as low as $200 in a prolonged bear market,...
Emerging technology regulations: a comprehensive, evergreen approach
Opinion by: Merav Ozair, PhDTechnology is advancing at the speed of light today more than ever. We have surpassed Moore’s...
Solana down 29% in 2025 despite liquidity surge, US crypto stockpile inclusion
Solana has fallen nearly 29% since the start of 2025, despite the injection of $10 billion in new liquidity and...
Tunisia Tackles Education Fraud With Blockchain Technology
The Tunisian government has adopted a blockchain-based diploma verification system to combat fake educational documents. Implications for Tunisian Public Sector...
1inch suffers $5M hack due to smart contract vulnerability
Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch lost $5 million in cryptocurrency when a hacker exploited a smart contract vulnerability, the platform confirmed.On...
Bitwise makes first institutional DeFi allocation
Bitwise Asset Management has made its first institutional decentralized finance (DeFi) allocation, depositing into Maple Finance’s overcollateralized Bitcoin loans, Maple...
Rep. Mike Collins now accepting crypto donations for campaign
Representative Mike Collins, a United States congressman for the state of Georgia, announced that his congressional campaign is now accepting...
MegaETH Launches High-Speed Testnet This Week to Pioneer Real-Time Blockchain Performance
MegaETH, an Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling solution backed by Vitalik Buterin and Dragonfly Capital, will deploy its testnet this...
How Bybit’s lost Ethereum went through North Korea’s washing machine
The $1.4 billion hack against Bybit wasn’t just the largest exploit in crypto history — it was a major test...
Our current data infrastructure threatens DeFi’s future
Opinion by: Maxim Legg, founder and CEO of PangeaThe blockchain industry faces a crisis of its own making. While we...
From social experiment to retail ‘value extraction’ tools
Memecoins, once seen as community-driven digital assets, are increasingly being used to exploit retail investors, with a growing number of...
$63M Investment Fuels Raise’s Blockchain-Powered Smart Cards
Raise, a Chicago-based gift card marketplace, secured $63 million in funding led by Haun Ventures and backed by Paypal to...
Sixth Street backs blockchain lender Figure with $200M investment
Global investment firm Sixth Street has invested $200 million in Figure Technology Solutions, a US-based lender that uses blockchain technology...
Crypto neo-privateers could be the solution to hacks
Opinion by: Christopher Perkins and J. Christopher GiancarloRegarding cybersecurity in the crypto industry, 2025 is off to a terrible start....
How Lazarus Group became crypto’s supervillain
Lazarus Group isn’t an occasional player in the hacking world; it is frequently the prime suspect in major crypto heists....
DeFi can help us choose the best robots for the job
Opinion by: Paige Xu, OpenMindAs the race for the best humanoid robot heats up, with global teams integrating autonomous systems...
Restaking and ‘rehypothecation’ are the same but different
Opinion by: Andrew Redden, CEO of HypurrFiOne of the most significant innovations for cryptocurrency to have come out of 2024...
In pictures: Bybit’s record-breaking $1.4B hack
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has fallen victim to the largest hack in history, with North Korea’s state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus identified...
Blockchain interoperability will accelerate institutional success
Opinion By: Temujin Louie, CEO of WanchainIn recent years, we have witnessed a significant shift in traditional finance (TradFi), as...
