Day: May 1, 2025

Kazakhstan Plans Regulated Crypto Banks

Kazakhstan’s government is drafting legislation that could turn the country’s fledgling digital-asset hub into a full-scale banking laboratory for crypto. Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov told lawmakers on Apr. 25 that the next round of amendments to the Digital Assets Law will open the door for “crypto banks”— regulated institutions authorised to custody, exchange and settle […]

2025’s Wave of Dead Tokens Shocks Crypto

When the market woke up to CoinGecko’s latest industry snapshot, even veterans took a breath. The research platform counted 1.8 million tokens that flat-lined in the first three months of 2025—an eye-watering figure equal to 49.7% of every project failure recorded since 2021. In other words, half the graveyard appeared in just one quarter. CoinGecko’s […]

US-Ukraine Minerals Pact Fuels Post-War Rebuild

When Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko put pen to paper in Washington this week, they did more than sign another bilateral memorandum. They unlocked a roadmap that could both bankroll Kyiv’s post-war recovery and recalibrate the global supply chain for critical minerals. Under the minerals-for-aid accord, the United […]