The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants Pakistan to urgently clarify its plans for allocating power to Bitcoin mining amid the country’s electricity shortages and fiscal problems, according to a local news report. The IMF delegation is expected to hold a separate virtual session with Pakistan’s Finance Ministry to specifically discuss the electricity allocation. Last week, […]
Memecoin investors should realize that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will not come to their aid if they lose their money, Commissioner Hester Peirce told CNBC on Friday. Peirce, who was appointed by now crypto-friendly President Donald Trump in 2018 and heads the SEC’s newly created Crypto Task Force, noted: “…generally, it’s good […]
One of the biggest stories in crypto this week unfolded as a prominent trader on the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange, known as James Wynn, saw nearly $100 million in leveraged Bitcoin positions liquidated after the price of BTC dipped below $105,000. The swift market downturn, triggered in part by new tariff announcements from the United States, […]
At the Reagan National Economic Forum in California on May 29–30, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon cast a warning about the future of the U.S. dollar’s dominance as the world’s reserve currency. While acknowledging China as a potential threat, Dimon stressed that the real danger comes from within the United States. “China is a potential […]
Former UFC champion and Irish presidential hopeful Conor McGregor is doubling down on his vision for an Irish strategic Bitcoin reserve. On May 30, he took to X to pledge a “decentralised blueprint for sovereignty,” stating that Germany had “dropped the ball,” and promising that “Ireland will not.” He also tagged El Salvador’s president Nayib […]
The following article is a guest post and opinion of Johanna Rose Cabildo, Founder and CEO of Data Guardians Network (D-GN). The Illusion of Infinite Data AI runs on data. But that data is increasingly unreliable, unethical and tied with legal ramifications. Generative AI’s growth isn’t just accelerating. It’s devouring everything in its path. OpenAI […]
Coinbase analysts believe that the $5 billion repayment round initiated by the FTX Recovery Trust could function as a significant injection of liquidity into digital asset markets, potentially influencing trading behavior and asset flows as funds reach affected creditors this week. The FTX Recovery Trust began distributing more than $5 billion in stablecoins on May […]
REX Shares filed an immediately effective prospectus to list two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that will hold and stake Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL), according to a May 30 filing. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart highlighted in a social media post that the ETFs introduce a C-corporation structure rarely used in the ETF industry to sidestep […]
Ethereum Pectra hard fork’s blob capacity enhancement is operating within the thresholds analysts forecast, ethPandaOps said in a May 30 report. The update, which was initiated via the Ethereum Improvement Proposal 7691 (EIP-7691) on May 7, doubled the default blob count from three to six and lifted the ceiling from six to nine. Blobs are […]
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based tech firm accused of facilitating hundreds of thousands of online crypto investment scams known as “pig butchering,” which defrauded American victims of over $200 million. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also designated Liu Lizhi, a Chinese national and administrator of Funnull, […]
