Russia Plans Elite Crypto Exchange
A three-way chess match between the Kremlin, the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Russia just produced its boldest gambit yet: a state-sanctioned crypto exchange reserved for the country’s financial aristocracy. From rumors to roadmap Finance Minister Anton Siluanov confirmed the plan during the ministry’s annual board meeting, framing it as the next step in […]
Vitalik Plots RISC‑V Future for Ethereum
When Vitalik Buterin drops a weekend forum post, the Ethereum brain trust listens—and this one lands like a thunderclap. Writing on the Ethereum Magicians board, the network’s co‑founder pitched a wholesale replacement of the Ethereum Virtual Machine—the 2015‑vintage engine that executes every smart contract—with RISC‑V, an open‑source chip architecture famous in hardware circles but almost unheard‑of […]
Aptos Debates Slashing Staking Rewards
The Aptos community is wrestling with the price of security. This week pseudonymous contributor MoonSheisty filed an on‑chain governance motion that would almost halve the network’s staking yield, ratcheting annual rewards from roughly 7 % to 3.79 % in just three months. The plan aims to put Aptos on an economic diet—realigning emissions with rival layer‑1s while […]
Yemen Turns to DeFi Under Sanctions
Sanctions are reshaping Yemen’s financial map—one block at a time. Decentralized finance (DeFi), often dismissed as niche software in wealthier markets, is emerging as a survival tool on the Arabian Peninsula, where U.S. restrictions have unplugged large swaths of the traditional banking grid. The latest blow landed on April 17, when Washington blacklisted the International Bank […]
China Freezes U.S. LNG Imports
When the Castorone slipped into Fujian on Feb. 6 laden with 69,000 tonnes of chilled American gas, few suspected it would be the last U.S. cargo to reach China for the foreseeable future. Ten weeks on, arrival logs are bare and tanker transponders tell the tale: one ship diverted to Bangladesh, others rerouted to Europe, none daring […]
LaunchLab Ignites Raydium
Raydium, Solana’s largest DEX, just rolled out LaunchLab—an all‑in‑one launchpad that lets anyone spin up a token, seed liquidity, and start trading in minutes. The move lands squarely in the path of Pump.fun, the meme‑coin minting craze that has dominated Solana for months. “Launch a token, hit 85 SOL, liquidity migrates to Raydium’s AMM instantly,” Raydium […]
Diverging ETP Tastes
Family offices pick ETH Family offices and professional investors view spot exchange‑traded products (ETPs) through different lenses. Latest Bitwise data (Dec. 31, 2024) show family offices and trusts assign 0.62 % of total spot Ethereum ETP assets under management (AUM) to their portfolios, versus 0.13 % for Bitcoin. That is almost a five‑fold tilt toward ETH among these smaller, […]
Tether Invests in Fizen to Accelerate Stablecoin Payments and Self-Custody Solutions
Tether, the issuer behind USDT, the world’s most widely used stablecoin, has announced a strategic investment in Fizen Limited to bolster stablecoin adoption and self-custody solutions. While the April 15 deal’s financial details remain undisclosed, the move aligns with Tether’s broader vision of leveraging blockchain technology to enable financial inclusion across global markets. Building Out […]
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