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Elon Musk Advocates for Free Trade Zone Between EU and US
6.4.2025
Elon Musk expressed his vision for a future of unrestricted trade between the United States and Europe during a video-link address at a congress in Florence, Italy. His comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 20% tariff on Italy and other EU countries. Musk, who serves as...
Paypal and Venmo Expand Cryptocurrency Offerings With Chainlink and Solana
6.4.2025
Paypal has announced the expansion of its cryptocurrency offerings with the addition of chainlink (LINK) and solana ( SOL) for users of both Paypal and Venmo. Starting in the coming weeks, users will be able to buy, hold, sell, and transfer these new tokens directly within their accounts....
ECB’s Lagarde Advocates for EU’s Own Digital Payment Platform to Ensure Financial Sovereignty
6.4.2025
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has urged the European Union to develop its own digital payment platform, moving away from reliance on foreign giants like Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and Alipay. Speaking on The Pat Kenny Show, Lagarde emphasized the need for a “European...
US Treasury Targets Houthi Crypto Wallets, Financial Network
5.4.2025
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has identified eight digital asset wallets used by the Houthis to transfer funds associated with their activities. OFAC also designated several individuals and entities as part of a network of Houthi financial...
Bitcoin Permabull Max Keiser: Trump’s Great Reset Reinforces Bitcoin Status as the Best Hedge
5.4.2025
Max Keiser, international journalist and current cryptocurrency advisor to the Bukele Administration, has referred to the resilience of bitcoin in the face of the new tariff-based trade order enacted by President Trump. Keiser stated that, even with the great reset kickstarted by Trump’s...
Arthur Hayes Champions Tariffs as a Path to Strengthen Bitcoin and Gold
4.4.2025
Arthur Hayes, co-founder and former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitmex, expressed his support for tariffs in a recent social media post, stating that they can help correct global imbalances and benefit bitcoin ( BTC) and gold in the medium term. Hayes noted that the weakening U.S. dollar...
EU Reportedly Preparing to Impose Significant Fines on Elon Musk’s X, Potentially Exceeding $1 Billion
4.4.2025
European Union regulators are reportedly preparing to impose significant penalties on Elon Musk’s social media platform X for violations of the Digital Services Act, which aims to combat illicit content and disinformation, according to a report by the New York Times. Sources familiar with...
Lawmakers Demand SEC Transparency on Trump Family Crypto Ties
4.4.2025
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Maxine Waters have formally requested transparency from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning potential conflicts of interest involving President Donald Trump’s family and their ties to World Liberty Financial (WLF),...
Kraken Secures Restricted Dealer Registration in Canada, Enhancing Commitment to Local Crypto Investors
3.4.2025
Kraken announced it has officially secured a Restricted Dealer registration in Canada, reinforcing its commitment to serving Canadian crypto investors while adhering to enhanced investor protection guidelines for crypto exchanges. This follows a rigorous pre-registration undertaking process...
Nonco Launches FX Onchain Initiative on Avalanche, Aiming to Bridge Institutional FX Liquidity With Stablecoins
3.4.2025
Nonco, an institutional digital asset trading firm, has launched its foreign exchange (FX) onchain initiative on the Avalanche network, aiming to bridge institutional FX liquidity with the stablecoin market. The FX Onchain protocol, built on Avalanche’s C-Chain, automates conversions between local...
Nigeria’s CBN Calls 5,000 and 10,000 Naira Banknote Report ‘Fake News’
3.4.2025
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has dismissed as fake news a report stating it issued ₦5,000 and ₦10,000 banknotes to enhance cash transactions. The CBN said the report, circulating on social media and claiming the new banknotes would become legal tender on May 1, 2025, did not originate from...
Fidelity Launches Crypto IRAs
2.4.2025
Boston-based Fidelity Investments, the world’s third-largest investment manager with nearly $6 trillion in assets under management (AUA) has launched new Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) that allow clients to invest directly in crypto. The development was revealed on or around April 2nd...
Vaneck Registers to Launch First BNB Exchange-Traded Fund in the US
2.4.2025
Investment manager Vaneck has registered to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will track BNB, the native cryptocurrency of the Binance-linked BNB Chain. The New York-based firm has proposed the establishment of a trust in Delaware as a preliminary step toward a formal application with...
Sony Electronics Singapore Partners With Crypto․com to Accept USDC Payments
2.4.2025
Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (SES) has announced a partnership with Crypto.com to accept USDC, a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, for direct payments on Sony Store Online. This integration aims to make cryptocurrency payments more accessible to consumers, particularly tech-savvy shoppers....
Former Monero Maintainer Warns About Upcoming Wave of AI-Assisted KYC Fraud
1.4.2025
Former maintainer of Monero Ricardo Spagni, known in crypto circles as Fluffypony, has alerted about the collapse of the current Know Your Customer (KYC) strategies at the hands of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. On X, Spagni assessed that still-in-use KYC procedures are on the way...
Tether Bought 8,888 BTC and Now Holds $7.8B in Bitcoin
1.4.2025
The world’s largest stablecoin provider Tether, on April 1 revealed bitcoin purchases totaling 8,888 BTC made during the first quarter of 2025, bringing its overall bitcoin holdings to 92,647 BTC or a mammoth $7.8 billion. Onchain data shows that the Q1 purchases were all moved simultaneously into...
Ghana Introduces Blockchain-Based Gold Tracking to Combat Illegal Exports
1.4.2025
Ghana is introducing a blockchain-based gold tracking system to restructure its gold sector and combat illegal exports, says Sammy Gyamfi, acting Managing Director of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC). The initiative, tied to the Gold Board Bill under parliamentary review, aims...
Solana Futures ETFs Fall Flat
31.3.2025
Exchange-traded fund (ETF) service provider Volatility Shares launched two solana futures ETFs on March 20, the Solana ETF (SOLZ) and the 2x Solana ETF (SOLT). Both funds have had decent performance thus far, recording average daily trading volumes of roughly 80,000 and 140,000 units respectively...
Truflation: Inflation Movements Predict Upcoming Bitcoin Rally
31.3.2025
Truflation, a real-time data provider for inflation indexes, presented a correlation between its real-time inflation data and bitcoin’s price movements. The company stated that every time its disinflation trend pauses or reverses, bitcoin tends to rally shortly after. Truflation, which classifies...
Metamask Launches Crypto Card in Argentina
31.3.2025
Metamask, one of the largest wallet companies in the cryptocurrency industry, recently launched a crypto debit card in Argentina. The wallet is already available digitally, with its physical version arriving in the country in the next weeks. Metamask director Daniel Lynch specified the idea behind...