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The following is a guest post and opinion from Vince Kadar, CEO of Polymath.
The global crypto landscape is evolving rapidly, and Pakistan is no exception. US President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto policies have influenced the Pakistani government’s stance, transforming it from a crypto-averse nation into one that is actively working to build a crypto-friendly economy. Leading this shift is the...
The following is a guest post and opinion from José Fernando Pereira, Executive Director at Own.
Meme coins. They evolved from community experiments into extraction systems that exploit fundamental human greed. ”Life-changing wealth from one well-timed trade.”
Behind this operates sophisticated machinery. Professional launches with hundreds of thousands of marketing dollars targeting the most...
Jesse Pollak, the creator of Coinbase-backed Base, an Ethereum layer 2 network, conceded he made a “mistake” by sharing a GIF containing controversial words in an X post.
Pollak had shared a GIF that played on the tagline of Base: Base is for everyone. It featured a rotating sequence of terms under the phrase “Base is for…” Some of these terms were neutral, like “art,” “minting,” and “great ideas...
The following is a guest post and opinion of Matthew Niemerg, Co-Founder of the Aleph Zero.
I won’t admit to being a fan of much of Europe’s political direction (or destination) at the moment. News recently that Apple is partly removing end-to-end encryption from its UK customers after the UK government pressure under their Online Safety Act is, shall we say, unsurprising. Rather than weaken...
Belarus is advancing plans to introduce its central bank digital currency (CBDC). According to National Bank Chairman Roman Golovchenko, the digital ruble is expected to enter full circulation by the latter half of 2026, as reported by state media outlet Belta.
Golovchenko emphasized that developing the digital ruble is a top priority for the central bank and insisted that the security and...
The White House has redirected its official COVID-19 information portal, COVID.gov, to a new landing page titled “Lab Leak: The True Origins of COVID-19.” Late Friday night, the administration dropped a post on X saying “DEFINITELY DON’T VISIT COVID.GOV,” followed by a giggling emoji.
The page may not serve as conclusive evidence of the pandemic origins that claimed more than seven million lives...
The DeFi Education Fund (DEF) submitted a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 18 proposing five core principles for creating a “token safe harbor” framework to support decentralized finance initiatives while broader regulatory legislation is pending.
The recommendations aim to help the SEC structure a time-limited exemption for token projects developing toward...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance plans to establish a pilot crypto trading platform with technical assistance from Bybit, as reported by Vietnam Investment Review on April 18.
Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc emphasized that unofficial and unregulated transactions pose a major risk to investors, citing the need for a comprehensive legal framework to guide the country’s digital asset market.
The effort...
Canary Capital has filed for a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), proposing the Canary Staked TRX ETF launch.
According to the S-1 registration statement submitted on April 18, the fund would offer investors exposure to the price movements of TRX while incorporating staking features. The application is pending regulatory approval.
The ETF would...
Kyrgyzstan has officially authorized the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) following the passage of new legislation signed by President Sadyr Zhaparov, granting legal tender status to a future “digital som.”
The constitutional law, signed April 17, gives the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic the sole authority to issue and regulate a digital version of the national currency...