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South Korean lawmakers seek expanded FIU powers over unregistered crypto firms...
MANTRA token plunges 18% to record low as blockchain halts after exploit
Teqball spreads across Asia
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Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organizers convicted of inciting subversion...
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Indonesia seeks expanded joint military exercises with China...
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Global investors use ‘perp’ bets to chase China tech stocks like Unitree...
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India and Japan ink naval pact, seek stronger anti-mine capabilities...
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Bitcoin Trends on CoinGecko as Traders Pile In...
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Saturn TVL drops 27.5% to $0.12B...
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Ethereum’s next upgrade turns a 2-second block bottleneck into a roughly 9-second window...
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Arbitrum Activates Elara With Optional Compliance Filters for Dedicated Chains...
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This Bitcoin miner just signed a $350 million AI deal, but it needs $185 million to make it work...
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Solana’s 50,000 SOL security contest did not cover a clock attack disclosed months earlier...
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Optimism Redirects $49.7 Million Airdrop Reserve After Late Deciding Vote...
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Datavault wants to buy a bank and fund it with $35 million after reporting $1.4 million cash...
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Nissan, Honda team with self-driving startups to chase US and China rivals...
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Japan weighs tax benefits for retail buyers of government bonds...
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Korean drone boom creates new rumblings in old conflict...
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DeFi
Saturn TVL drops 27.5% to $0.12B...
Saturn TVL drops 26.2% to $0.12B...
US debt tops $40T stoking debate on what it means for Bitcoin...
Treasury buybacks could set up Bitcoin’s next move toward $180,000, says strategist...
Saturn TVL drops 23.5% to $0.13B...
Japan logged trade deficit for third consecutive month in July...
Press Releases
Institutional
Optimism Redirects $49.7 Million Airdrop Reserve After Late Deciding Vote...
Datavault wants to buy a bank and fund it with $35 million after reporting $1.4 million cash...
US debt tops $40T stoking debate on what it means for Bitcoin...
Treasury buybacks could set up Bitcoin’s next move toward $180,000, says strategist...
Optimism moves 546.9M OP from future airdrops to ecosystem growth fund...
Optimism-funded team's deciding vote shifts $49 million in OP tokens away from users...
Regulation
South Korean lawmakers seek expanded FIU powers over unregistered crypto firms...
Arbitrum Activates Elara With Optional Compliance Filters for Dedicated Chains...
Optimism Redirects $49.7 Million Airdrop Reserve After Late Deciding Vote...
U.S. CFTC chief puts staff on notice to create crypto regulations if Clarity Act fails...
CFTC Chair Readies Crypto Rules If Congress Fails to Pass Clarity Act...
Crypto for Advisors: What are tokenized deposits?...
Markets
Teqball spreads across Asia...
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organizers convicted of inciting subversion...
Indonesia seeks expanded joint military exercises with China...
Global investors use ‘perp’ bets to chase China tech stocks like Unitree...
India and Japan ink naval pact, seek stronger anti-mine capabilities...
Bitcoin Trends on CoinGecko as Traders Pile In...
Infrastructure
MANTRA token plunges 18% to record low as blockchain halts after exploit...
Ethereum’s next upgrade turns a 2-second block bottleneck into a roughly 9-second window...
Solana’s 50,000 SOL security contest did not cover a clock attack disclosed months earlier...
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says Bitcoin Will Likely Hit $400,000 By 2030 ...
Bitcoin grabs 77% of $1.3 billion crypto fund surge as BlackRock leads the rebound...
A crypto network just voted to abandon its standalone blockchain and unlock 27% of its token supply...
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