Bolivia’s Central Bank and El Salvador’s Digital Assets Commission signed a deal this week to work together on crypto rules and tools. It went into effect right away and has no end date, at least based on initial reports. According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Bolivia will tap into El Salvador’s experience as the…
TL;DR Shiba Inu marks its fifth anniversary, with LUCIE pointing out some of the project’s notable developments throughout the years. Key ecosystem achievements include the launch of the decentralized exchange ShibaSwap and the layer-2 blockchain solution Shibarium. Half a Decade and Counting The popular crypto project Shiba Inu celebrates its fifth birthday today (August 1)….
Welcome to the US Crypto News Morning Briefing—your essential rundown of the most important developments in crypto for the day ahead. Grab a coffee because the flows into crypto ETFs (exchange-traded funds) in July redefined bullish momentum. While headlines swirl around regulatory developments and macro volatility, institutional capital speaks loudly in a language Wall Street…
Hedera Hashgraph’s HBAR has noted a sharp downturn this week, with its price slipping by over 17% since Sunday. As sentiment across the crypto sector remains muted, HBAR has not been spared. On-chain data shows that bullish traders are now bearing the brunt of its ongoing price decline. HBAR Faces Long Liquidations as Bearish Pressure…
Confidence in the Pump.fun token is starting to rebound, putting the current PUMP price prediction back in focus after a steep 67% post-launch crash. A new token buyback initiative has sparked a potential reversal, with support from the core team helping the token form its third higher low at $0.002470 since hitting a bottom at…
The Ripple vs. SEC lawsuit appears to be nearing its final stages, but the path is not yet clear. Although Ripple officially withdrew its cross-appeal in June and fulfilled its $125 million penalty obligation, the SEC has yet to do the same. This case has dwelled long in the minds of the members of the…
The Czech Ministry of Justice has been heavily criticized after an independent audit revealed it accepted a Bitcoin donation from a convicted criminal without proper due diligence. According to a July 31 report released by Grant Thornton and shared by the ministry on X, officials failed to assess the legal and reputational risks tied to…
Hong Kong Stablecoin Issuers’ AML/CFT Regulatory “Trilogy”: Policy Evolution, Institutional Implementation, and Technical Compliance These documents constitute the core regulatory components for implementing Hong Kong’s stablecoin framework: not only including summary explanations related to licensing applications and transitional arrangements, but also two sets of core AML/CFT frameworks whose content directly concerns whether stablecoin issuers can…
Co-founder of TAC—a purpose-built blockchain designed to enable EVM decentralized applications to access the TON and Telegram ecosystems—Pavel Altukhov shared insights into TAC and its development outlook during the Hack Seasons Conference in Cannes. Pavel Altukhov as a builder was originally focused on the The Open Network (TON) ecosystem, initially contributing to staking infrastructure. His…
In a market saturated with Layer 1s and an increasing number of Layer 2s, another blockchain project might seem unnecessary. However, occasionally a project emerges that isn’t just another addition to the ecosystem but represents a fundamental rethinking of blockchain operation. Linera is such a project. Built on the technical foundations of FastPay—a system developed…