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Alejandro Silva Ramírez1h ago

Binance Blocks Transactions With HTX and 10 Other Exchanges Over EU Russia Sanctions

BTCC Secures Platinum Sponsor Slot at TOKEN2049 Singapore

BTCC Exchange has locked in Platinum Sponsor status at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026, pairing the announcement with a '0-Barrier Trading' theme positioned as its flagship message for the October 7-8 event at Marina Bay Sands.

Ibrahim Rajab1h ago

Alejandro Silva Ramírez2h ago

Fake LinkedIn Crypto Job Scams Cost Singapore Victims $11.8M via Malware in Hiring Tests

Scammers posing as crypto recruiters on LinkedIn have drained at least $11.8 million from Singapore-based victims by embedding malware inside bogus coding assessments, turning the hiring process into a credential theft operation.

Alejandro Silva Ramírez19h ago

Norway's $1.7T Wealth Fund Discloses $82M BitMine Stake

Norway's $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund has disclosed an $82 million stake in BitMine Immersion Technologies, providing indirect Ethereum exposure through a publicly listed company. The position represents a notable shift in how the world's most conservative institutional capital approaches...

Regulation

RedotPay Delays $4B US IPO to 2027 Amid $473M Binance Lawsuit and Regulatory Hurdles

RedotPay has postponed its planned US initial public offering from 2026 to 2027, citing outstanding regulatory approvals and an active $473 million lawsuit filed by Binance-linked entities in Hong Kong courts.

Hadi Ghadban3h ago

White House to Meet With Crypto and Prediction Market Executives Next Week

The White House is scheduled to meet with cryptocurrency industry executives and prediction market leaders during the week of August 18. The gathering marks one of the most direct engagements between the administration and the digital asset sector in recent memory.

Hadi Ghadban20h ago

Baltimore Sues Kalshi and Polymarket for Unlicensed Sports Betting

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and the City Council filed lawsuits against prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket on August 13, 2026, alleging illegal sports betting operations without proper state licensing. The suits also name Coinbase, Robinhood, and Webull as defendants, escalating...

Hadi Ghadban21h ago

Blockchain Association Files Supreme Court Brief Supporting Custodia's Fed Access Fight

The Blockchain Association filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to rule that the Federal Reserve cannot broadly deny eligible state-chartered banks direct access to its payment infrastructure, backing Custodia Bank in a case that could reshape how digital asset firms connect to the...

Hadi Ghadban23h ago

DeFi

Alejandro Silva Ramírez23h ago

Tempo Earn Launches With Deel, Offering 4% APY on Stablecoin Balances

Tempo launched Tempo Earn today, an embedded yield product that lets fintech platforms pass stablecoin returns directly to their users, with Deel as its first named customer. The product targets a promotional 4% APY for Deel's contractor wallet users by routing rewards through Morpho vaults and...

Alejandro Silva RamírezYesterday

Neutrl Halts Minting and Redemptions Over Reserve Management Concerns

Strata paused minting and redemptions on Neutrl market contracts Thursday to assess reserve management issues. The suspension affects $1.7 million in displayed on-chain value and underscores the structural challenges DeFi protocols face in managing collateral and user confidence during financial...

Alejandro Silva RamírezYesterday

Ether.fi Adds Tokenized Stocks, Precious Metals, and Aave Portfolio Loans in Neobank Push

Ether.fi has rolled out a significant expansion adding tokenized stocks, precious metals trading, fiat accounts, and portfolio-backed loans built on Aave's lending infrastructure. The protocol describes the move as deliberately "less crypto-forward" to attract mainstream users beyond...

Alejandro Silva RamírezYesterday

Figure Revenue Doubles as Blockchain Loan Marketplace Volumes Top $2.9B in Q1

Figure Technologies posted doubled revenue in Q1 2026 as its blockchain-native loan marketplace processed more than $2.9 billion in volume. The growth marks a milestone in institutional adoption of blockchain-based lending infrastructure and the broader shift toward onchain finance.

Technology

Alejandro Silva RamírezJun 21, 2026

Technology

Inception Labs' Mercury 2 Outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma in AI Showdown

Inception Labs released Mercury 2, an AI model that outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma while preserving model intelligence during the shift from sequential to parallel processing. The development marks a significant architectural transition in the post-autoregressive era.