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Samsung Electronics plans to integrate native stablecoin transfers into Samsung Wallet, marking one of the most significant consumer hardware plays in digital payments yet.…
Richard Heathcote, Tether's former chief investment officer, is working with investment bank PJT Partners to sell a small equity stake in the stablecoin issuer.…
World Foundation raises $52.5M led by Pantera Capital to scale its biometric identity network as AI agents flood the digital landscape.…
Trump replaces expiring global tariffs with fresh 10% and 12.5% duties on 60 economies, invoking a Cold War-era trade law to sustain economic pressure.…
Trust Stamp joins the EU's €3B IPCEI semiconductor program to build biometric identity directly into chip hardware, raising stakes for digital ID infrastructure.…
eToro takes a strategic position in onchain perpetual futures exchange Extended, linking the deal to its earlier acquisition of self-custody wallet Zengo.…
The OCC denied Wise's US charter application over AML/CFT concerns, but the UK fintech plans to resubmit under the newly enacted GENIUS Act framework.…
The OCC denied Wise's US bank charter over AML/CFT concerns — even as it approved similar charters for crypto firms. A GENIUS Act resubmission may be the path forward.…
Wallets linked to stablecoin payments firm Triple-A were drained of $9.7M across TRON, Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum, with funds consolidated into 5,227 ETH.…
Hack VC-backed perp DEX Dango will halt trading July 29 and shut its Layer 1 blockchain Aug. 13, returning funds as USDC after a mainnet run scarred by a $1.9M exploit.…
NEAR's governance body passes HSP-027, scrapping the developer gas rebate and redirecting all network gas fees to burning instead of rewarding contract owners.…
The US Treasury has frozen up to $500M in Iranian-linked crypto assets as Washington simultaneously plans special operations to physically seize Iranian uranium stockpiles.…