Ethereum (ETH) remains the backbone of the decentralized finance revolution, hosting everything from lending protocols to NFTs. Yet, the network faces a fundamental challenge—token inflation and scalability—impacting the potential for meme coins to gain serious institutional traction. Enter Pepe Dollar (PEPD), a Layer-2 meme coin designed to solve these issues with a fixed supply and … Read more
Founders are often told to chase product-market fit before anything else, but what if scaling too soon, too fast, is what’s really holding them back? At TechCrunch All Stage 2025 on July 15 in Boston, Jon McNeill, CEO and co-founder of DVx Ventures (and former president of Tesla and COO of Lyft), will take the … Read more
Stablecoins now account for most illicit on-chain activity, according to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Mass adoption of stablecoins will amplify illicit finance risks, particularly when it is handled unevenly across difference jurisdictions, the FATF said in a new report about anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT). The FATF estimated there was approximately $51 … Read more
Taurus, the Swiss crypto custody technology firm that counts Deutsche Bank among its customers, is rolling out a zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) privacy layer for stablecoins, starting with Circle’s USDC. Taurus’s zero-knowledge carapace for stablecoins, a way of secretly sharing details about private data using mathematical proofs, was built on the privacy-centric Aztec Network. It continues … Read more
The real-world asset (RWA) tokenization market has grown by 380% in just three years, reaching $24 billion this month in a sign that traditional finance is finding benefits from embracing blockchain technology, according to a report from RedStone, Gauntlet and RWA.xyz. “Asset tokenization has decisively transitioned from experimental pilots to scaled institutional adoption in 2024-2025,” … Read more
To many of us in and around crypto, this time feels different. Tokenization of financial assets has arrived in ways that we haven’t previously seen. As we charge ahead, it’s important to zoom out, slow down—something our industry is not known for—and take a snapshot of today and where we are going tomorrow. Stablecoins Are … Read more
Bitcoin and Ethereum have inched forward, as 77% of Myriad Market users signal they’re certain Iran’s supreme leader will remain in power.
The EU’s joint stablecoin issuance with third countries has risks, but they are manageable under the MiCA framework, the European Commission said.
Pradeep Bhandari, spokesperson for India’s ruling BJP party, called for a Bitcoin reserve pilot and clarity on the country’s “taxed but unregulated” approach to crypto.
Intel is shutting down its business dedicated to making processors for cars. In a memo seen by The Oregonian, Intel tells workers that it plans to lay off “most” employees in the division, citing plans to shift focus to its “core client and data center portfolio.” “As part of this work, we have decided to … Read more
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2982.19, down 0.6% (-17.53) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Three of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: BCH (+2.7%) and ETH (+0.5%). Laggards: SUI (-4.6%) and HBAR (-3.5%). … Read more
Billions Network has launched its mobile identity app for Android and iOS, offering AI-resistant, privacy-preserving verification using NFC-based document checks and zero-knowledge proofs.
The Dell 14 Premium (left) and Dell 16 Premium (right) look just like their XPS forebears. After scrapping its XPS branding earlier this year, Dell has now launched two of the new “Premium” laptop models that are replacing it. Aside from being refreshed with Intel’s Core Ultra Series 2 Arrow Lake processors, a slightly revised … Read more
I’ve been testing the $269 Bose SoundLink Plus, which is the company’s latest portable Bluetooth speaker. It’s durable, attractive, and designed to join you wherever you go, thanks to solid construction and an IP67 rating. You can toss it in a small backpack or clip it to the outside of one for easy transport to … Read more
Cryptocurrency exchange giant Kraken introduced a blockchain-powered global money app called Krak that allows users to instantly transact across borders for almost no cost, while also earning competitive rewards on their account balances. Krak is designed to fix the outdated norms of legacy finance, Kraken said, blending crypto technology with the exchange’s trusted network of … Read more
Trump’s early Fed replacement plans rattled markets, accelerating dollar losses and sending DXY to its lowest level since April 2022.
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A blank-check company backed by former Blackstone dealmaker Chinh Chu and Tether co-founder Reeve Collins is looking to raise $1 billion to build a publicly traded cryptocurrency treasury firm, Bloomberg reported citing sources familiar with the plans. The vehicle, M3-Brigade Acquisition V, plans to rebrand and use the cash to buy a basket of tokens … Read more
A new collaboration between P2P.org and Ton Whales will allow Telegram users to earn rewards, starting with less than $30 worth of TON.
Crypto whales looking to trade large orders in Solana’s SOL SOL, dogecoin DOGE and XRP XRP might want to consider new research by Coingecko, which shows Bitget as the industry leader in altcoin liquidity, outpacing Binance. “CEX [centralized exchange] liquidity for the top 5 major crypto assets is generally healthy across various market depths, with … Read more
Digital asset infrastructure firm Taurus, whose clients which include Deutsche Bank and State Street, has launched the first private stablecoin contract, targeting financial institutions and businesses who have been hesitant to use stablecoins for privacy concerns. Built on Aztec Network, a privacy-focused Ethereum layer-2 backed by a16z, the contract combines zero-knowledge privacy with compliance features … Read more
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“Maybe you could organize your plants like this,” my friend’s text message said, with an attached photo of white pots of plants floating midair in front of a huge, sunny window. As a newbie plant collector, I do need to organize my growing collection of flora, but not like this – the photo was AI-generated … Read more
Stablecoin-focused payments platform Rain has teamed up with Toku, a compliance provider for digital asset compensation, to bring real-time stablecoin payroll to global employers. The system allows companies to fund and settle payroll in stablecoins instantly and across borders, while meeting local labor and tax laws in more than 100 countries, the company said. At … Read more
Learn how to build an AI agent for Research Paper Retrieval, Search, and Summarization For researchers, staying updated with the latest findings is akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Imagine an AI-powered assistant that not only retrieves the most relevant papers but also summarizes key insights and answers your specific questions, all in … Read more
The concept of integrating crypto wallets into chatbots for DeFi access and AI-driven trade execution is relatively new, industry observers say.
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Slowly, then suddenly. That sums up the adoption of bitcoin (BTC) and the wider cryptocurrency market by institutions. It started with Strategy, then called MicroStrategy, adopting BTC as a balance sheet asset in 2020. Now the head of the U.S. government agency overseeing Fannie Mae and … Read more
A flaw in ResupplyFi’s contract allowed an attacker to manipulate token prices and drain $9.6 million from its wstUSR market.