MiCA deadline left 1,062 EEA crypto firms without authorization
Only 281 of 1,343 crypto service providers operating across the European Economic Area have secured MiCA authorization after the EU’s final transition period
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What are blockchain oracles and why smart contracts need them
Smart contracts are powerful, but they are also blind. They cannot see prices, read weather data, or verify that a payment arrived in
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Decta taps USDC for international treasury settlements via OpenPayd
Payments platform Decta has integrated USDC into its internal treasury operations to settle company funds internationally through OpenPayd, without adding stablecoins to its
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The CLARITY Act may not pass in 2026, and here is what that means for crypto markets
Polymarket odds have collapsed from 82% to 16%. The Senate returns on September 14 with 14 working days, eight missing Democratic votes, and
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Bitcoin defenders seek frontier AI access in 40-group push
Bitcoin Policy Institute and more than 40 digital-asset organizations have called on leading AI laboratories to give qualified open-source security researchers controlled access
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XRP Ledger lending amendments gain Ripple’s backing
Ripple has voted to support two XRP Ledger amendments designed to introduce single-asset vaults and fixed-term institutional lending directly at the network’s protocol
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CFTC Polymarket case paused over soldier’s $400K bets
A federal judge has paused the CFTC’s civil case against a US Army soldier accused of using classified information to earn more than
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CLARITY Act delay draws backlash before September vote
Crypto industry leaders are voicing frustration after the U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act before its August recess, leaving the market
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Ethereum roadmap puts privacy and quantum safety first
Ethereum’s updated roadmap adds native rollups, stronger privacy, and post-quantum scaling as advances in cryptography and AI reshape the network’s long-term technical priorities,
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Ethereum staking hits record 41.7M ETH as price struggles
Ethereum staking has reached a record 41.7 million ETH, locking more than one-third of the cryptocurrency’s circulating supply despite a sharp decline in