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No need to download or pull up an app to pay with the Chinese CBDC on Huawei phones now.

Polymarket data showed four accounts reportedly controlled by French national ‘Théo’ bet roughly $38 million for Donald Trump to win the US Electoral College and the popular vote.

As US elections approach, crypto advocates warn that opposing blockchain could be as shortsighted as resisting the internet in the 90s, potentially costing politicians key support.

The US-based prediction market is vying to catch up with industry leader Polymarket. 

Concerns about Europe’s upcoming MiCA regulations and Vitalik Buterin’s plans to make Ethereum more efficient were the main focus of crypto investors this week.

Markets have started to sell-off, and Bitcoin needs to hold $70,000 for the BTC and altcoin rally to continue. 

The asset manager became the third firm to apply for listing and trading shares of a spot XRP ETF, following Canary Capital and Bitwise.

XYO’s native token is now tradable against tokens, including SOL and USDC, on Solana-native decentralized exchanges Jupiter and Raydium.

Temasek, a state-owned investment company in Singapore, currently has a total portfolio value of approximately $288 billion.

The US Treasury is especially keen on distributed ledger technology for payments, settlement and clearing. 

Blockchain-based startups raised $1.4 billion in the third quarter, bringing investments year-to-date to over $5.4 billion. 

Nansen takes a detailed look at an emerging opportunity for Web3-powered investors in a new report.

A ban on Bitcoin? Even the suggestion as part of a thought experiment is bound to chafe the crypto community.

Bitcoin basks in nonfarm payrolls data misses with BTC price action canceling its trip below $69,000.

 The prospect of favorable regulations and Bitcoin’s hedge status mean that Bitcoin can weather any election result and even reach $100,000.

Back was an early Bitcoin developer and the first person to receive an email from pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

Cointelegraph Research explores how Polkadot’s innovative architecture and Polkadot 2.0 upgrade improve scalability, interoperability and decentralized governance in the blockchain ecosystem.

Solana-based restaking and liquid staking could follow the explosive growth trajectory of Ethereum’s liquid staking ecosystem.

Institutional investments in Solana-based applications surged to $173 million in Q3 2024, marking a significant increase, according to a Messari report.

Tether’s senior strategic partnership manager, Alessandro Giori, said that TON is the fastest blockchain to reach 1 billion USDT since its launch.

The newly launched Society DAO aims to address a wide range of issues related to decentralization and fair access to capital in the TON ecosystem.

The industry is still recovering from the $230 million WazirX hack, which occurred less than four months ago.

An annual survey in Turkey showed that crypto is the third most preferred investment instrument among investors after gold and foreign currencies. 

A crypto investor’s AAVE panic sale incurred a significant loss, underscoring the risks of emotional trading strategies in uncertain markets.

Radiant Capital said it had resumed its Ethereum lending markets after implementing several security enhancements. 

Eastern Europe has become the fourth-largest cryptocurrency market in the world, accounting for over 11% of the total crypto value received worldwide.

Russia’s crypto mining laws have filled the “regulatory vacuum,” but there is still a lot of legal uncertainty about many aspects of regulation.

Paxos launches USDG, a Singapore-compliant stablecoin, partnering with DBS Bank for US dollar reserves in line with Singapore’s MAS framework.

OpenAI launched a new search feature allowing its ChatGPT chatbot to scan the web and answer queries, with executives hinting that autonomy is the big theme of 2025. 

Bitcoin short-term holders panic and send coins to exchanges at a loss as a BTC price U-turn gathers momentum.