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Coins.ph has expanded QRPh payments in the Philippines to include Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), giving users a way to pay at roughly 700,000 merchants while crypto is converted into pesos at checkout. BTC and ETH now work with QRPh Payments auto-convert to Philippine pesos in real time USDT already proved there was demand Stablecoins […]
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South Carolina has passed a new pro-crypto law that protects Bitcoin and other digital assets from discriminatory tax treatment, strengthens self-custody rights, supports mining activity, and blocks state authorities from using or testing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). No special crypto tax penalties Self-custody rights protected Mining support and a CBDC ban Governor Henry McMaster […]
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Drift says insurance fund untouched after attack, withdrawals to resume and users who staked into it should still be able to withdraw once the platform is restored. That’s the relief. The bruise is a massive Solana DeFi breach, reportedly tied to a compromised administrator key and social engineering rather than a simple smart contract bug. […]
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Virtuals Protocol’s VIRTUAL token caught a modest bid on fresh AI-agent buzz, but the real numbers are ugly: revenue has collapsed, trading activity has thinned out, and BNB Chain is muscling in with the kind of distribution most crypto projects can only fantasize about. VIRTUAL rose 4.2% in 24 hours to about $0.7345 Daily revenue […]
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WhiteBIT and Bybit both launched in 2018, but they built very different machines for a market that now rewards proof, liquidity, and actual infrastructure over empty exchange swagger. WhiteBIT: lower futures maker fees, stronger EUR liquidity, and more openly packaged institutional services Bybit: deeper USDT liquidity, broader derivatives, copy trading, and monthly Proof of Reserves […]
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South Korean retail traders are swapping Bitcoin for AI-chip stocks, but they’re not exactly calming down about it. They’re piling into the KOSPI with record leverage, and that’s how a hot trade turns into a potential bloodbath if the market blinks. Retail risk appetite has rotated from Bitcoin into South Korean stocks Margin credit has […]
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South Carolina has put a clear stake in the ground against central bank digital currencies while giving Bitcoin self-custody, crypto payments, and blockchain development a lot more legal breathing room. Self-custody rights protected CBDC participation banned for state agencies Mining and blockchain work get licensing relief More clarity for crypto users, builders, and businesses Governor […]
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Irish authorities and Europol have seized another 500 BTC tied to convicted drug dealer Clifton Collins, bringing the total recovered from the cache to 1,000 BTC. Another 500 BTC seized by Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau Total recovered now stands at 1,000 BTC Europol’s cybercrime unit provided technical support About 5,000 BTC may still be tied […]
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The Bank of England wants UK payments and securities infrastructure to move into the tokenized era, but it’s pairing that ambition with some very stiff guardrails for stablecoins and the wider digital money stack. Multi-money retail payments could include tokenized deposits, regulated stablecoins, and possibly a digital pound Draft systemic stablecoin rules are due next […]
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Martti Malmi, one of Bitcoin’s earliest developers and a man who worked directly with Satoshi Nakamoto, has released Nostr VPN — an open-source mesh VPN that aims to kill off the central trust model behind today’s commercial privacy tools. Martti Malmi launches Nostr VPN Peer-to-peer mesh replaces central VPN servers User-controlled exit nodes shift the […]
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