Month: June 2026
UK minister defends changes to student loans as criticism mounts
Lucy Rigby tells MPs heavily subsidised system gives the government the right to alter terms…
Farage suddenly returns to political stage – but dodges questions about £5m gift
Reform UK leader has been unusually quiet in recent weeks – at great cost to…
Privacy returns to focus as Ethereum developers explore new token standards
In this week’s edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re looking at where privacy is headed…
BlackRock and Fidelity are quietly turning bitcoin ETFs into a two-firm market
BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC are attracting the vast majority of new bitcoin ETF money,…
Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto calls on members to campaign against banks blocking digital asset transactions
Stand With Crypto UK is telling its members to file formal complaints with high-street banks…
Crypto Long & Short: Who answers the 3am call when DeFi breaks?
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, Ben Nadareski writes that to win over big…
Netomi CEO says $5 trillion AI customer experience market could boost stablecoin demand
Puneet Mehta, a former high-level Wall Street engineer and data scientist, said the rapid expansion…
The quantum clock is ticking: it’s Bitcoin’s problem, not Ethereum’s
A recent research note published by Citi analysts reached a conclusion about quantum risk that…
Mastercard prepares for a future where AI agents make payments
The company is working with Coinbase, Stripe and other companies to build trusted payment systems…
Prediction markets get first U.S. rule proposal as CFTC pursues contract reviews
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened a proposed rule for public comment that sets an…