Meta has quietly returned to crypto payments, and this time it’s doing it the sensible way: paying a small group of Facebook creators in Colombia and the Philippines with USDC instead of trying to launch its own money-printing moonshot. Meta is testing USDC creator payouts in Colombia and the Philippines Payments move over Solana and […]
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Bitcoin Developers Are Not Federal Targets, Blanche and Patel Say at Las Vegas Conference U.S. officials gave open-source Bitcoin and crypto developers a rare bit of clarity in Las Vegas: writing code is not the crime, unless you knowingly help criminals use it that way. DOJ softens stance: no more “regulation by prosecution” for neutral […]
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Bitcoin is still looking cheap to a lot of investors, even with BTC trading below $80,000 and the wider economy flashing warning signs like a dashboard lit up by a bad mechanic. 75% of institutions say Bitcoin is undervalued Spot Bitcoin ETFs keep pulling in capital Macro risk and Fed uncertainty are still the main […]
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DeFi just absorbed another hard hit and, somehow, the broader market barely noticed: roughly $300 million was raised for Kelp’s rsETH holders after an exploit, while ETH’s price stayed largely unchanged. That’s both impressive and a little unsettling. It shows the ecosystem can move fast when trouble hits, but it also reminds everyone that “trustless” […]
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Sam Bankman-Fried has been knocked back again, with a federal judge rejecting his bid for a retrial in the FTX fraud case and refusing to buy the defense’s claims about “newly discovered” evidence, witness testimony, or government pressure. Retrial denied by Judge Lewis Kaplan No valid “new evidence” found Witnesses were already known before trial […]
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Visa has pushed stablecoin settlement deeper into real payment infrastructure, adding five more blockchains and lifting its annualized run rate to $7 billion. Five new chains: Polygon, Base, Arc, Canton, and Tempo Nine networks total: Visa’s stablecoin settlement program keeps broadening $7 billion run rate: Annualized stablecoin settlement volume is up more than 50% in […]
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Visa is pushing stablecoins further into mainstream finance, expanding its settlement pilot to nine blockchains as annualized volume hits $7 billion and growth runs at a hefty 50% quarter over quarter. 9 blockchains now supported $7 billion annualized volume 50% quarter-over-quarter growth Stablecoins moving deeper into payments rails For anyone still pretending stablecoins are just […]
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The Czech National Bank is now openly weighing whether Bitcoin belongs in reserve strategy — not as some meme-grade stunt, but as a possible diversification asset that could improve returns without taking the whole portfolio to the woodshed. Aleš Michl presented Bitcoin reserve research at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas A 1% Bitcoin allocation could […]
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid for a new trial in the FTX fraud case has been denied, with Judge Lewis Kaplan blasting the request as legally weak and treating it less like a search for justice and more like a desperate attempt to salvage a wrecked reputation. Retrial request denied Judge calls arguments “baseless” Witness claims rejected […]
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Japan is moving to shut down crypto-enabled money laundering in real estate while keeping the door open for legitimate Bitcoin and digital asset adoption. Four Japanese agencies issued joint guidance on crypto in property deals KYC and source-of-funds checks are getting stricter for real estate firms Cross-border crypto transfers above 30 million yen trigger reporting […]
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