The American Arbitration Association has launched a Web3 Panel to handle disputes involving blockchain systems, smart contracts, digital assets, and DAOs. It’s not a crypto court, but a specialist arbitration roster built to untangle the technical, legal, and cross-border messes Web3 keeps generating.
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Gumi and SBI are launching a roughly ¥3 billion private crypto fund in Japan on Aug. 1, aimed at Bitcoin and major listed altcoins. The move signals a more structured push into institutional crypto investing, though key details like holdings, custody and fees remain undisclosed.
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Thailand’s AI data center boom is colliding with a hard reality: these projects need real power, water, land, and public buy-in, not just glossy investment hype. With the EEC under pressure, critics say the country risks trading growth for strain unless approvals get stricter.
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Luno is cutting about 20% of its global staff as it shifts toward institutional and B2B revenue, underscoring a broader crypto trend: fewer moonshots, more focus on compliance, infrastructure, and clients with real money.
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Japan’s Gumi and SBI are reportedly behind an $18.3 million Bitcoin-and-altcoin fund, a modest but telling sign that institutional crypto adoption is getting more structured in Japan. The real story is clearer rules, not moonboy hype.
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BitRiver founder Igor Runets has been moved to pretrial detention as a disputed $7.9 million mining rig deal spirals into a wider fraud, tax, and bankruptcy mess. At the center: whether the equipment was ever delivered, or whether this was a straight-up bust.
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An SEC filing points to bitcoin-related banking and operational risks, but it does not confirm a probe tied to a mysterious “$100K Truth API Feed.” The real takeaway: Bitcoin may be decentralized, but the business layer around it still leans on fragile old-school banking rails.
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Block is being linked to the CLARITY Act, but the supporting evidence is missing. The bill is real and could reshape U.S. crypto regulation, yet without a Block statement or filing, the endorsement claim should be treated as unverified, not settled fact.
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Strive is pushing harder into its Bitcoin treasury strategy, using preferred stock financing to fund planned BTC buys and related investments. The bet is simple: if Bitcoin keeps climbing, capital gets easier; if it doesn’t, this whole setup gets a lot less sexy.
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Bitcoin held the lead as altcoins split in different directions, pushing dominance higher while derivatives stayed busy and spot trading looked calmer. The message: traders are favoring BTC’s liquidity over a broad altcoin chase, with leverage still loaded underneath.
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