January, 2025

January, 2025

Solana Rallies as Crypto Markets Consolidate Following Trump’s Inauguration
Bitcoin dips after hitting an all-time high while Solana surges, and over $173 million in liquidations rattle the market amidst uncertainty over political policy....

European Commission Fined For Violating Its Own Data Protection Rules; Also Found To Have Used Privacy-Violating Ads
Love it or loathe it, there’s no denying that the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important piece of data protection law around. GDPR stories are often about big, bad co...

How Trump Decided to Pardon Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht
Libertarian and crypto allies of Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence for distributing drugs on his Silk Road website, leveraged President Trump’s desire for political support to secure hi...

Amazon Closes Operations in Quebec, Laying off 1,700 Workers
Unions had gained a foothold in one of the company’s warehouses in the province, though Amazon would not say if there was a connection....

Memecoin Explosion on Solana Overwhelms Coinbase – Brian Armstrong Says Firm Not Expecting ‘This Level of Surge’
Coinbase founder and CEO Brian Armstrong says the latest memecoin frenzy is overwhelming the top US-based crypto exchange. Armstrong acknowledges that Solana is experiencing transactional delays on Co...

Government Sanctions on Tornado Cash Reversed by U.S. Courts in Landmark Ruling
A new court ruling has reversed the sanctions placed on crypto mixer Tornado Cash (TORN) by the US government. According to a recent filing by the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...

UK’s FCA Charts Path From Open Banking to ‘Open Finance’
Open banking’s roots lie with the United Kingdom, where PSD2, a decade ago, gave a tailwind to banks’ “opening” their data to third-party providers. As noted in a PYMNTS interview with Marion ...

Dutch Government Wants to Halt BNPL Rollout in Brick-and-Mortar Stores
The Dutch government reportedly wants to stop the rollout of buy now, pay later (BNPL) in the country’s brick-and-mortar retail stores. Finance Minister Eelco Heinen said in a letter to parliament ...

Coinbase Asks Court to ‘Clear Away Cloud’ Over Cryptocurrency Market
Coinbase reportedly asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to rule that the trading of crypto assets on its platform are not securities transactions, but asset sales. The company said this in a petition to t...

Scams Leading to Increased Losses in the UK, Canada, US, while Australian Losses are Down Significantly – Report
Westpac has released new data revealing the effectiveness of Australia’s scam prevention efforts. The new analysis conducted by BDO compared Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), Canada and the United...

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