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World Liberty Financial has added a new on-chain market, quietly expanding how its ecosystem puts capital to work. World Liberty Financial has rolled out a new lending product, adding another piece to its growing on-chain financial stack. On Jan. 12,…
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ETF wall of cash reshapes risk as SPY bleeds and gold, silver and XRP ETFs surge. ETFs are pulling in an unusually large wall of money to start 2026, and the pattern looks less like a speculative blow‑off and more…
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Dubai’s DFSA bans privacy tokens like Monero and Zcash, tightens stablecoin rules and makes firms, not regulators, decide which tokens can list in the DIFC. Dubai’s top financial regulator has drawn a bright line under privacy-focused crypto, banning privacy tokens…
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India’s FIU-IND now treats all virtual asset providers as reporting entities under PMLA, mandating strict KYC, record-keeping and a ban on privacy tools and mixers. India has implemented stricter oversight of cryptocurrency platforms, formally bringing the sector under the country’s…
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T3 FCU, backed by TRON, Tether, and TRM Labs, wins FATF praise after freezing $300m in illicit blockchain assets and monitoring $3b+ in volume. The Financial Action Task Force has recognized the T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU) as a…
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Bitcoin Core adds sixth trusted maintainer as ‘TheCharlatan’ gains commit key. Bitcoin Core maintainers have expanded the number of developers holding Trusted Keys with commit power to the master branch of the Bitcoin Core software for the first time since…
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Anoma’s Christopher Goes warns the Cosmos ecosystem is nearing collapse as projects like Penumbra, Osmosis and Noble shut down, enter maintenance or exit entirely. Christopher Goes, co-founder of Coinbase-listed cryptocurrency Anoma (XAN), said the Cosmos (ATOM) ecosystem is experiencing a…
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Tokenized stocks will transform global markets by enabling 24-hour trading, fractional ownership, and real-time settlement, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said. Armstrong stated that tokenized stocks will increase international access, allow fractional purchasing of shares, enable perpetual futures, and introduce governance…
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Ethereum holds above $3k after breaking a descending channel, with on-chain activity and rising active addresses supporting a still-bullish medium-term outlook. Ethereum (ETH) maintained its position above a key support level, demonstrating technical breakouts and on-chain strength, according to market…
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Cato report finds most U.S. debanking stems from direct or indirect government pressure, with crypto firms hit hard and Congress urged to reform key banking laws. A majority of U.S. debanking cases result from direct or indirect government pressure rather…
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X rolls out Smart Cashtags to fix ticker confusion as EU probes algorithms, bots flood crypto posts, and Musk promises open-sourced ranking code. Social media platform X announced plans to introduce “Smart Cashtags,” a feature designed to clarify financial and…
Opinion
For the unbanked, DeFi remains distant, abstract, and mostly inaccessible — not because the technology is bad, but because the rails are traditional finance.
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A Supreme Court ruling on Learning Resources v. Trump could upend emergency tariffs that helped swell a 4,500‑page code, with $100b in revenue and risk markets at stake. The U.S. tariff system has expanded significantly during President Donald Trump’s second…
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VanEck’s 2050 base case sees Bitcoin compounding 15% annually to ~$2.9m, settling up to 10% of global trade and reaching 2.5% of central bank reserves as a monetary hedge. Global asset manager VanEck has issued a long-term forecast projecting Bitcoin…
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Bitcoin is wrestling with the $90k support zone inside a larger bull flag and ascending triangle, with stochastic RSI oversold and a breakout or breakdown looming. Bitcoin (BTC) held above the $90,000 support level on Thursday despite downward pressure, according…
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BlackRock shifted $276m in Bitcoin and $83m in Ethereum to Coinbase as both coins fell and spot ETFs flipped to outflows ahead of key U.S. labor data releases. BlackRock has transferred significant amounts of Bitcoin and Ethereum to Coinbase as…