Polymarket acquires DeFi startup Brahma to deepen its onchain stack
Polymarket has acquired Brahma, a DeFi infrastructure startup, as part of its push toward a more advanced onchain prediction market and a $20 billion...
CoinEx introduces high-yield dual investment amid volatile and sideways crypto markets
CoinEx has launched a Dual Investment product, designed to help crypto traders earn rewards even when markets are volatile or moving sideways.Here’s how it...
Bank of Korea launches Phase 2 of digital won pilot with...
South Korea’s Bank of Korea (BOK) has kicked off Phase 2 of Project Hangang, expanding its digital won pilot and testing real government payments...
Nasdaq wins SEC approval to trial tokenized stock trading
Nasdaq just got the green light from the U.S. SEC to run a tokenized equities pilot, letting select participants trade stocks in digital token...
SEC and CFTC say most crypto assets are not securities in...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have issued a joint interpretation clarifying how crypto assets are treated under...
Tether’s QVAC pushes multi‑billion‑parameter AI models onto phones and consumer GPUs
Tether has launched QVAC Fabric with BitNet LoRA, a framework that can train and run multi‑billion‑parameter AI models directly on consumer GPUs and flagship...
UK committee pushes for political crypto donation ban over foreign influence...
UK lawmakers are raising alarms about crypto donations to political parties, saying they could let foreign money influence politics.The Joint Committee on the National...
Stablecoin payments firm TransFi raises over $19M to expand services
TransFi has raised $19.2 million to grow its operations and expand its stablecoin payment network.The funding round, led by Turing Financial Group, included $14.2...
Crypto payments gain traction in Australia even as banking troubles remain
Australians are using cryptocurrency more and more for everyday payments, even though banking restrictions still make it harder to access crypto services.A recent survey...
Lido’s community staking module sharpens its edge with DVT clusters
Lido is shaking up Ethereum staking with its new “Identified DVT Cluster” (IDVTC) plan. Instead of solo stakers going it alone, four verified community...
SEC proposal could remove crypto from OTC reporting requirements
The U.S. SEC has proposed a change to Rule 15c2-11 that could make life easier for crypto brokers. The rule, originally from 1971, requires...
OpenSea delays SEA token launch as weak market conditions stall rollout
OpenSea has decided to delay the launch of its SEA token. CEO Devin Finzer said the move comes amid “challenging market conditions” and didn’t...
Iraqi News
Kurdish opposition figure: The region’s finance ministry stole 5 trillion dinars allocated for job...
Independent Kurdish politician Saman Ali has made serious allegations against the Kurdistan Regional Government’s finance ministry, claiming more than 5 trillion dinars meant for...
Iraqi oil prices fall by 2%… Basra crude records $112
Iraqi oil prices moved lower on Wednesday, falling more than 2% as global energy markets weakened.Basra Heavy crude dropped $1.13 to $112.50 per barrel,...
Al-Kadhimi: Halting dollar shipments is American blackmail that infringes on Iraq’s sovereignty.
Former parliamentary finance committee member Mu'in al-Kadhimi criticized reports that the US halted dollar shipments to Iraq, calling the move “political blackmail” and interference...
1.6m bpd Kirkuk Export Pipeline Set for Relaunch
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil says exports through the Kirkuk-Fishkhabour-Turkey pipeline could resume soon, starting with limited volumes.The pipeline has a capacity of 1.6 million...
DNO issues Update on Production
Norwegian energy company DNO has given an update on its operations in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, saying it is preparing to ramp production back up...