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Sweden and Norway are reversing their cashless society initiatives after discovering their centralized payment systems are vulnerable to infrastructure failures.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin suggested that decentralized systems like Ethereum…
At the 2025 Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, the Co-Manager of President Trump’s 2024 Campaign Chris LaCivita, Congressman Brian T. Jack, the Chief Policy Officer of Coinbase Faryar Shirzad and…
Global fintech solutions provider B2BROKER has named Moustapha Abdel Sater as its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). The appointment is aimed at accelerating the company's global commercial strategy and expanding…
Video game retailer GameStop has purchased 4,710 Bitcoin worth approximately $513 million, marking another major corporate entry into Bitcoin treasury holdings as the trend of companies adding Bitcoin to their…
The United Arab Emirates has introduced a new licensing
requirement for individuals who create financial content online. The Securities
and Commodities Authority (SCA) has launched what it calls a “finfluencer”
licence. This is…
The Open Network Foundation (TON Foundation) appointed former Visa executive Nikola Plecas as its new vice president of payments.Plecas will be responsible for shaping and executing TON’s payment infrastructure strategy,…
UNDER EXPOSED EP 27 - Macro, Alt SZN and The Hype TradeUNDER EXPOSED brings you coverage of the biggest macro news of the week impacting crypto and broader markets, with…
In a session at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference this morning titled “Making America the Global Bitcoin Superpower“, Bo Hines, White House Executive Director, Tyler Williams, from the US Treasury Department,…