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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...
Circle Launches SDK to Simplify USDC Stablecoin Integration for Businesses
30.3.2025
Circle has announced the launch of USDCKit, a developer-friendly software development kit (SDK) designed to simplify the integration and automation of USDC transactions for businesses of all sizes. This new tool aims to streamline stablecoin payment infrastructure, which has traditionally been...
Binance Introduces Euro Deposits via Apple Pay and Google Pay
30.3.2025
Binance has recently announced that users can now deposit euros (EUR) using Apple Pay or Google Pay, providing a seamless and secure method to fund their accounts. This feature is currently available through the Binance mobile app, either in Lite or Pro versions. Users are required to complete...
Thai SEC Files Criminal Complaint Against OKX for Unlicensed Operations
30.3.2025
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a criminal complaint against Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd., the operator of the digital asset exchange OKX, and nine associated individuals for allegedly operating an unlicensed digital asset exchange. The complaint, submitted to Thailand’s...
Deutsche Bank Warns of Significant De-Dollarization Risks Among US Allies
29.3.2025
Deutsche Bank has issued a warning regarding the potential risks to the U.S. dollar’s status as a global reserve currency, citing concerns over the reliability of the Federal Reserve’s liquidity backstop, particularly its dollar swap lines. In light of informal discussions among...
T3 Financial Crimes Unit Freezes $9 Million Linked to Bybit Hack
28.3.2025
On Wednesday, the T3 Financial Crimes Unit (FCU), integrated by Tether, Tron, and TRM Labs, announced that it had frozen close to $9 million linked to one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever, the Bybit hack. Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, highlighted that the company remained “unwavering...
FDIC Greenlights Bank Crypto Activities—No Approval Needed
28.3.2025
The FDIC announced that banks can engage in legally permitted crypto activities without prior regulatory approval, reversing previous policy, Reuters reported on Friday. This move follows a similar decision by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. “The FDIC is turning the page on...
BNB Chain Launches $100 Million Listing Incentives Program
28.3.2025
BNB Chain is launching a program that will pay every BNB native token to achieve a listing in a centralized exchange. The move, which seeks to incentivize the growth of value projects on top of its blockchain, will distribute $100 million in rewards for listing in each one of the three centralized...
Survey Says 76% of US Investors Plan to Boost Crypto ETF Holdings in Coming Year
27.3.2025
Financial services firm Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) published the results of its 2025 Global ETF Investor Survey on Monday and the data shows more than three-quarters of Americans “expect to increase their investment in cryptocurrency-focused ETFs over the next 12 months.” Demand for crypto...
Bitlayer Integrates BitVM Bridge With Xverse Wallet to Advance Bitcoin DeFi
27.3.2025
Bitlayer has announced the integration of the BitVM Bridge with Xverse Wallet, a bitcoin wallet that supports customizable Bitcoin testnet configurations. This collaboration allows users to access the trust-minimized BitVM Bridge seamlessly through the Xverse Wallet, enhancing the adoption of BitVM...
Balaji Srinivasan: Dollar Inflation Is Global Taxation
26.3.2025
In a recent social media post, former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan argued that U.S. dollar inflation acts as a form of global taxation, highlighting the disparity in financial impacts between Americans and the global population. He noted that if the approximately $6 trillion printed since 2020...
Nigerian Oil Marketers Denounce Oil De-Dollarization Policy
26.3.2025
Olufemi Adewole, Executive Secretary of DAPPMAN, warns that Nigeria’s Naira-for-crude oil transaction framework could destabilize foreign exchange (FX), deter foreign direct investment (FDI), and worsen economic challenges. He highlights the volatility of the Naira and stresses that crude...
Netflix’s The Seven Deadly Sins NFT Collection Launches in Partnership With Sony
26.3.2025
Sony is expanding its Web3 strategy by partnering with Yoake to launch officially licensed digital collectibles from one of Netflix’s top-performing anime series, The Seven Deadly Sins, which has sold over 55 million copies worldwide. This collaboration marks the first mainstream anime...
Geopolitical Shifts May Be Leading US to Establish Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Boost Gold Holdings
25.3.2025
Matthew Pines, Executive Director at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, has addressed concerns about the fracturing global financial system and the reliability of U.S. Federal Reserve dollar swap lines. He notes that European banks are heavily reliant on dollar funding, with 17% of their financing...