Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

UK asset manager puts $68 billion of funds on-chain via Calastone token network

Legal & General Asset Management brings decades-old money market funds onto blockchain rails to expand…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Tether adds $70 million in bitcoin to reserves, bringing holdings above 97,000 BTC

The USDT stablecoin issuer has now accumulated over $7.1 billion in bitcoin as part of…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

The Protocol: Bitcoin proposal that could freeze quantum-related coins

Also: AI agents & crypto payments, CoW Swap hijack, ZK proofs on XRPL.

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Cryptocurrency

Trump’s largest crypto venture investor accuses company of freezing account and secret blacklisting

Justin Sun said World Liberty Financial built a ‘backdoor blacklisting function’ that froze his account….

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Wall Street won’t buy ‘trustless’ security promises

Chen argues that crypto exchange security is still mostly theater, and that stricter enforcement is…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Crypto Long & Short: Fighting fraud in the digital age: why state-led identity is the future

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Tricia Gallagher writes how the fix for…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Bitcoin developer Jameson Lopp says it’s better to freeze 5.6 million BTC than let hackers have them

Lopp says dormant coins could pose systemic risk if quantum computing gives attackers the ability…

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Technology

Snap Inc blames AI as it lays off 1,000 workers

Cuts by Snapchat’s parent company come in response to a declining stock price and pressure…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Why Morgan Stanley’s CFO sees tokenization as the next big step for its multi-trillion wealth business

Morgan Stanley CFO Sharon Yeshaya says the bank is eyeing a “tokenized world” where blockchain…

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Technology

‘Misogyny with a marketing budget’: UK AI firm accused of sexist advert

Narwhal Labs ad for ‘AI employee’ contains strapline: ‘She outworks everyone. And she’ll never ask…

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