Earlier this week, Aleo’s non-profit Foundation announced that it had joined the Paxos-backed Global Dollar Network (GDN), an ecosystem built around USDG, a fully regulated U.S. dollar stablecoin issued by…
The US Treasury is exploring whether identity checks should be built directly into decentralized finance (DeFi) smart contracts, a move critics warn could rewrite the very foundations of permissionless finance.Last…
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Qubic said that it had momentarily achieved control of 51% of the hash rate of privacy blockchain Monero.
The firm said the event was an "experiment" and a way to…
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce told an audience of blockchain researchers and practitioners on Monday that lawmakers and regulators need to protect people’s right to transact…
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Lawyers delivered closing arguments in Roman Storm's criminal trial on Wednesday at a federal courthouse in New York.
The jury began deliberations early Wednesday evening, but they quickly…
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Nym’s token surged 12% after the UK began enforcing the Online Safety Act, triggering a 6,000% spike in VPN demand.
The law forces age verification for online content, pushing users…
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Court documents now show that Bitcoin mixer Samourai Wallet's founders will plead guilty.
Investigators arrested William Lonergan Hill and Keonne Rodriguez last year, alleging that they allowed their app…
Opinion by: Angie Darrow, chief marketing officer and chief ecosystem communications officer at Web3 FoundationWhen a temporary data cloud outage can disrupt the global financial system — as the AWS…
NEW YORK — There is at least one fact that both the defense and the prosecution agree in the ongoing criminal money laundering trial of software developer Roman Storm: the…
With financial surveillance expanding and global regulators eyeing stricter controls, crypto advocates are warning that the fight for digital privacy is entering a critical phase. On the latest episode of…