Iran's Bitcoin Toll Road: How Tehran Is Using Crypto to Rewire Global Shipping
Iran is accepting Bitcoin and USDT for Strait of Hormuz transit fees while offering China discounted rates — a bold sanctions workaround with global consequences.…
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Iran is accepting Bitcoin and USDT for Strait of Hormuz transit fees while offering China discounted rates — a bold sanctions workaround with global consequences.…
Sparkassen and Volksbanken are rolling out crypto trading to 50 million German retail customers, even as the banks themselves warn of potential total loss.…
Grayscale's Ethereum Staking Mini ETF attracted $337M in Q1 inflows even as its CFO departed, with the transition disclosed via an SEC 8-K filing.…
France will stop certifying non-quantum-safe products by 2027, a policy shift that directly aligns with Algorand's quantum security roadmap and may leave rival blockchains scrambling.…
The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives has endorsed the Clarity Act, marking the first major police group to back the crypto regulation bill.…
Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe and DZ Bank's cooperative network, serving tens of millions, are preparing retail Bitcoin and Ethereum trading — just as Germany's crypto tax break faces a 2027 review.…
Robinhood extends its Agentic Accounts product to crypto, letting eligible U.S. users connect third-party AI agents directly to its trading infrastructure.…
eToro leads a $12.5M strategic round in Extended, a Starknet-based onchain perpetual futures exchange built by former Revolut insiders.…
A privacy protocol on Ethereum lost ~797,000 USDC to an exploit on July 2. Hinkal has promised to reimburse all affected users in full.…
Tradeweb settled a live tokenized U.S. Treasury trade against USDCx on the Canton Network on July 1, marking a milestone for institutional onchain settlement.…
Europe's securities watchdog warns prediction market event contracts may already be illegal under the EU's retail binary options ban, putting platforms on notice.…
The UK government has unveiled sweeping crypto regulations aimed at strengthening market integrity and investor confidence as it seeks to become a global digital asset hub.…