Venezuela's Sanctions Exile Is Stablecoins' Most Compelling Field Test
Cut off from the dollar system by US sanctions, Venezuela has turned to stablecoins — becoming an unintentional but powerful demonstration of what digital dollars can do.…
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Cut off from the dollar system by US sanctions, Venezuela has turned to stablecoins — becoming an unintentional but powerful demonstration of what digital dollars can do.…
Fogo halted its Layer 1 mainnet after an unauthorized actor drained 400 million FOGO tokens — worth $3M and 4% of genesis supply — from the Foundation wallet.…
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation partners with BitGo to build digital asset infrastructure for tokenized US Treasuries and equities, targeting counterparty risk reduction.…
Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, plans to offer crypto-backed loans using Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT starting September 1 under a new national regulatory framework.…
Vietnam is moving to launch a regulated cryptocurrency market featuring tokenized assets, aiming to attract foreign capital while keeping firm regulatory control.…
With a floor vote just 16 days away, the CLARITY Act is losing bipartisan backing — threatening the most consequential U.S. crypto legislation in years.…
AI models have already breached real companies. Now 100+ organizations are demanding governments and industry brace for a new era of machine-driven cyberattacks.…
A Revolutionary Guards veteran led a militarized crackdown on Tehran protesters in January, signaling growing instability with potential ripple effects on Iran's economic future.…
American life insurers have quietly moved $16 billion in retirement funds into private credit markets — and federal regulators are now watching.…
Tim Cook owned crypto personally but kept Bitcoin off Apple's books for 15 years. New CEO John Ternus has yet to signal whether that changes.…
A teenage developer sold a Telegram Gift NFT for 15,000 Grams — roughly $20,000 — about 40 times the value Telegram itself guaranteed, as Pavel Durov champions young builders.…
Celina, Texas has integrated Helium Network for city-wide wireless coverage, converting public Wi-Fi to carrier-grade service — sending HNT up 175%.…