Crypto
BNY puts its money where the blockchain is
Bank of New York Mellon is giving old-school bank deposits a modern upgrade by putting them on the blockchain. The idea is pretty straightforward. Clients keep their money…
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Crypto
Torres, Pelosi lead push to bar government officials from prediction markets
A group of House Democrats is pushing a new bill that would stop federal officials from betting on prediction markets, saying the practice looks a lot like insider…
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin urges leniency for Tornado Cash developer ahead of sentencing
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is speaking out in support of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, asking the court to go easy when it comes to sentencing. Buterin says…
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Rain raises $250m series C to expand stablecoin payments infrastructure
Rain, a company that helps businesses use stablecoins for real-world payments, just raised a huge $250 million in new funding. This was a Series C round led by…
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Pump.fun rejiggers memecoin fees to reward traders, not just creators
Pump.fun, the popular memecoin launchpad on Solana, is changing how creator fees work after realizing last year’s system pushed people to create coins instead of actually trading them.…
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Stablecoins go mainstream as transaction volumes hit $33 trillion
Stablecoins quietly hit a major milestone in 2025, and most people barely noticed. But behind the scenes, they’ve become a core part of how money now moves in…
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Ex-Zcash devs to launch CashZ wallet after mass resignation
The team that built Zcash’s main wallet is starting a new chapter after walking away from Electric Coin Company, the organization that has long overseen the privacy-focused project.…
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Bitnomial exchange receives CFTC approval to launch prediction market in the U.S.
Bitnomial has just cleared an important regulatory hurdle, and it puts the company in a strong position to launch prediction markets inside the United States. On January 8,…
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Optimism submits proposal to use 50% of Superchain revenue for OP buybacks
Optimism is planning a big change that could give its OP token a much more direct connection to real network activity and revenue. In a blog post published…
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Chinese businessman linked to $15b Bitcoin seizure deported from Cambodia
Chinese authorities have taken custody of Chen Zhi, a businessman accused of running what U.S. officials describe as one of the largest cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering operations…