Kazakhstan’s Central Bank quietly joins the crypto reserve club
Kazakhstan is set to shift up to $350 million from its gold and foreign exchange reserves into crypto-linked assets, starting around April–May, just as...
Bank of Japan eyes tokenized central bank money in blockchain push
Ueda Kazuo, Governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ), said that the fast integration of blockchain and artificial intelligence is transforming finance, and central...
Aave DAO approves $25 million funding and V4 roadmap for Aave...
A major decision has just been made that could reshape the future of Aave.The Aave DAO has approved a huge funding package for Aave...
Ozak AI presale nears completion, analysts project potential 700× returns by...
Ozak AI’s crypto presale is now entering its final stage, and it’s starting to get a lot of attention from investors. Some market watchers...
Meta to plug Stripe stablecoins into Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp in 2026
Meta Platforms Inc. is planning a comeback in the stablecoin space — but this time, it’s taking a very different approach.The company is targeting...
Ghana selects 11 crypto exchanges for SEC regulatory sandbox pilot
Ghana has selected 11 crypto trading platforms to join a regulatory sandbox where they can test their products under the supervision of the Securities...
Visa launches Intelligent Commerce Connect to power AI driven payments
Visa is stepping into the future of payments by building tools that let AI handle transactions for you.The company has launched a new system...
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...
Bitcoin faces pressure, unwinding yen carry trade impacts global markets
A quiet but powerful shift is happening in global markets, and it could help explain why Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are feeling shaky lately....
CryptoReserve Bank of India backs CBDCs as it warns global peers...
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is urging the world to focus on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) instead of stablecoins,...
Bitcoin millionaires vanish as 7.5k addresses drop out in 2025 shakeout
Bitcoin lost 7,485 millionaire addresses in 2025, even as wallets holding more than $10 million worth of BTC increased, signaling rising wealth concentration on...
Bithumb moves to reappoint CEO amid AML probe pressure
Bithumb is planning to keep its CEO, Lee Jae-won, for another term — even as the company faces growing pressure from regulators.Shareholders are expected...
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...