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How a Philosopher Who Criticized Trump and Musk Turned Out to Be an AI Experiment
An Italian publisher used AI to create a fictional Hong Kong philosopher whose critique of Trump and Musk became a sensation.
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A risk-first approach to DeFi
The following is a guest post and analysis from Vincent Maliepaard, Marketing Director at IntoTheBlock. DeFi has matured into a complex web of lending markets, stablecoin ecosystems, and liquidity pools. While this growth comes with a broad range of opportunities, new forms of risk can emerge suddenly and require significant expertise to navigate effectively. The [โฆ] The post A risk-first approach to DeFi appeared...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Chart of the Week: Wall Street's 'Fear Gauge' Is Flashing Possible Bitcoin Bottom
The bitcoin to VIX ratio might be signalling a potential long-term bottom for BTC price.
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:'A Joke Wrapped in Volatility': Fartcoin Rallies Absurd 300% Defying Global Market Carnage
One trader noted that Fartcoin's face-melting outperformance is the "perfect metaphor" for the current times when even traditional assets trade like a joke.
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Professor Coin: What's Driving Cryptocurrency Adoption Around the World
Adoption of cryptocurrencies varies widely across the globe, as a series of recent academic studies demonstrates.
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Asia holds crypto liquidity, but US Treasurys will unlock institutional funds
Opinion by: Jack Lu, CEO of BounceBitFor years, crypto has promised a more open and efficient financial system. A fundamental inefficiency remains: the disconnect between US capital markets and Asiaโs liquidity hubs.The United States dominates capital formation, and its recent embrace of tokenized treasuries and real-world assets signals a significant step toward blockchain-based finance. Meanwhile, Asia has...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Bitcoin Tops $84.5K, Looks to End Downtrend as Trump Exempts Key Tech From Reciprocal Tariffs
Major cryptocurrencies like ETH, XRP, and ADA saw significant gains, indicating increased risk-taking in the market.
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:As the Ripple SEC lawsuit nears resolution, โthe end is finally hereโ for XRPโs legal woes
Ripple Labs and its XRP token have been at the center of one of the most high-profile legal battles in crypto history. The lengthy dispute with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which began in December 2020, has shaped Rippleโs trajectory and raised broader questions about crypto regulation in the U.S. As Ripple and [โฆ] The post As the Ripple SEC lawsuit nears resolution, โthe end is finally hereโ for...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:CZ claps back against โbaselessโ US plea deal allegations
Changpeng โCZโ Zhao, former CEO of Binance, has denied claims that he agreed to provide evidence against Tron founder Justin Sun as part of a plea deal with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).In an April 11 report, The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed sources alleging that CZ had agreed to testify against Sun under the terms of his settlement with US prosecutors.โAs part of Zhaoโs plea deal, he agreed to...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:More SEC Case Updates
Have you been sued or investigated by the SEC in a case that's now dropped? Please reach out.
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Scottish School Will Accept Bitcoin Payments, May Launch BTC Reserve
Lomond School said itโs moving forward with accepting BTC payments after families asked it to.
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Gold and Bonds' Safe Haven Allure May be Fading With Bitcoin Emergence
Bitcoin may not fit the traditional mold of a safe haven, but in a world of rising sovereign risk and broken financial norms, it may be time to redefine what 'safe' actually means.
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:NFT trader sells CryptoPunk after a year for nearly $10M loss
An investor has sold a CryptoPunk non-fungible token (NFT) at a nearly $10 million realized loss, reflecting the continued decline in the once-booming blue-chip NFT market.A whale, or large cryptocurrency investor, sold a CryptoPunk NFT for 4,000 Ether (ETH) worth more than $6 million at the time of writing.The investor originally purchased the NFT for 4,500 ETH, or roughly $15.7 million, a year ago, according to...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:โWe donโt care,โ states Chinese official upon latest escalation of Trumpโs tariffs
As China reacts to the latest round of Trumpโs tariffs on Friday, announcing a 125% tariff on all American goods, vice president of the Beijing-based Center for China and Globalization, Victor Zhikai Gao, commented: โWe donโt care! China has been here for 5,000 years. Most of the time, there was no U.S., and we survived.โ [โฆ] The post โWe donโt care,โ states Chinese official upon latest escalation of Trumpโs tariffs...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Bitcoin still on track for $1.8M in 2035, says analyst
Bitcoin remains on track to surpass $1.8 million by 2035 despite recent price corrections and waning investor appetite caused by ongoing global trade tensions, according to Joe Burnett, director of market research at Unchained.Speaking during Cointelegraphโs Chainreaction live show on X, Burnett said that Bitcoin is still in a long-term bullish cycle and could potentially rival or surpass goldโs $21 trillion market...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:SEC and Binance push for another pause in lawsuit after โproductiveโ talks
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and crypto exchange Binance have asked a US federal judge for an additional two-month pause in their nearly two-year legal battle.โSince the Court stayed this case, the Parties have been in productive discussions, including discussions concerning how the efforts of the crypto task force may impact the SECโs claims,โ both parties said in an April 11 joint status report...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Justin Sun โnot awareโ of circulating reports about CZ plea deal
Tron founder Justin Sun says heโs unaware of the recent rumors surrounding former Binance CEO Changpeng โCZโ Zhao following reports alleging that Zhao provided evidence against him as part of his plea deal with the US Department of Justice (DOJ).โIโm not aware of the circulating rumors. CZ is both my mentor and a close friend,โ Sun said in an April 11 X post. Sun brushes off CZ rumorsโHe has played a crucial role in...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:US crypto industry needs band-aid now, โlong-term solutionโ later โ Uyeda
A fast-tracked temporary crypto regulatory framework could bolster innovation within the US crypto industry while permanent regulations are still in the works, says acting US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mark Uyeda.โA time-limited, conditional exemptive relief framework for registrants and non-registrants could allow for greater innovation with blockchain technology within the United States in the...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Long-term holders continue to accumulate as short-term sellers react to market stress
The sell-side risk ratio is a behavioral metric designed to assess the likelihood of Bitcoin holders selling their coins based on past accumulation and current market conditions. A low value suggests holders are unlikely to spend, while a high value indicates mounting incentives to realize gains or cut losses. By segmenting this ratio across long-term [โฆ] The post Long-term holders continue to accumulate as short-term...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Standard Chartered, OKX, Franklin Templeton launch trading platform pilot with tokenized fund collateral
Standard Chartered, OKX, and Franklin Templeton launched a pilot trading platform designed to enable institutional clients to use crypto and tokenized money market funds as collateral in off-exchange transactions, according to an April 10 release. Franklin Templetonโs Digital Assets division will contribute tokenized on-chain assets, which OKX clients will be able to integrate into trading [โฆ] The post Standard...
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Judge Rules Against Most of DCGโs Motion to Dismiss NYAGโs Civil Securities Fraud Suit
The judge agreed to toss out two of the claims against DCG, its CEO Barry Silbert and Michael Moro, the former CEO of Genesis Global Capital, on the grounds that they were duplicative.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Bank of England sounds alarm on stablecoin oversight issues
The Bank of Englandโs Financial Policy Committee (FPC) said in its April 2025 record that while stablecoins continue to grow in scale and relevance, poor oversight and inappropriate asset backing could pose new risks to UK financial stability, especially during times of stress. The committee reaffirmed that the BoE and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) [โฆ] The post Bank of England sounds alarm on stablecoin...
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Why Fartcoin Is Blasting Off Again Amid Crypto Market Chaos
It has been all gas and no brakes for Fartcoin lately, with the Solana meme coin nearly doubling in price over the last week.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:US Senate bill threatens crypto, AI data centers with fees โ Report
Draft legislation in the US Senate threatens to hit data centers serving blockchain networks and artificial intelligence models with fees if they exceed federal emissions targets, according to an April 11 Bloomberg report.Led by Senate Democrats Sheldon Whitehouse and John Fetterman, the draft bill purportedly aims to address environmental impacts from rising energy demand and protect households from higher energy...
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:SEC, Binance Ask Judge to Extend Pause in Ongoing Case
The parties previously asked a judge to pause the case for 60 days.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Survey reveals 1 in 5 Americans own crypto, with 76% reporting personal benefits
Roughly 55 million US adults currently own crypto, and a substantial majority of them say digital assets have improved their lives, according to the 2025 State of Crypto Holders Report commissioned by the National Cryptocurrency Association. The survey, conducted by The Harris Poll, found that about 21% of the US population owns crypto, and 76% [โฆ] The post Survey reveals 1 in 5 Americans own crypto, with 76% reporting...
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Crypto Exchanges Like Coinbase May Soon Get a Regulatory Sandbox to Play In
SEC leadership floated the possibility Friday of regulatory exemptions that would allow crypto exchanges to experiment with the trading of tokenized securities.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Scotland's Lomond School accepts Bitcoin for tuition payments, a first in the UK
The Lomond School in Scotland will accept Bitcoin (BTC) tuition payments beginning in the Autumn semester of 2025, making it the first school in the United Kingdom to do so.Accepting Bitcoin is part of the school's plan to integrate โsound money principlesโ from the Austrian School of Economics into the curriculum to "prepare students for the uncertain future,โ the announcement reads, adding:"Bitcoin is available to...
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Public Keys: High Hopes for HOOD, Custody Battle for Coinbase, and Analysts' Favorite Metric
Robinhood and MARA Holdings mark weekly gains, Coinbase gets competition for its custody business, and weighing the upcoming GDP report.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:CoinDesk Weekly Recap: Crypto Emerges From the Tariff War
Plus: Paul Atkins was confirmed and ETH ETF options were approved.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Weekly Recap: Crypto Emerges From the Tariff War
Plus: Paul Atkins was confirmed and ETH ETF options were approved.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Bitcoin Caps Rollercoaster Week Where It Began
On Monday, Bitcoin slipped as low as $74,700.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Senators reintroduce legislation to tighten rules on crypto custody
US Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) have reintroduced a legislative measure to prevent digital asset custodians from co-mingling customer funds with institutional or proprietary capital. The bill, dubbed the Proving Reserves of Others Funds (PROOF) Act, also mandates monthly third-party inspections of custodial reserves, building on standards already used informally across the [โฆ] The post...
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Crypto Biz: Rippleโs โdefining moment,โ Binanceโs ongoing purge
Ripple made headlines this week when it became the first crypto-native company to acquire a multi-asset prime broker, potentially setting the stage for wider adoption of its XRP Ledger technology.The acquisition of Hidden Road didnโt come cheap, either, as Ripple doled out $1.25 billion for the brokerage. It was a price Ripple CEO Brad Garlinhouse was happy to pay as the company set its sights on global expansion....
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:US Fed 'absolutely' ready to step in if liquidity dries up โ Voting member
The US Federal Reserve is prepared to use its vast arsenal of monetary policy tools to prevent financial and economic conditions from deteriorating rapidly but will do so only if liquidity dries up or markets become disorderly, a top central banker said.In an interview with the Financial Times, Boston Fed President Susan Collins said the central bank โwould absolutely be preparedโ to backstop markets if needed.Source:...
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