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Pakistan appoints special assistant to PM on blockchain and crypto
26.5.2025
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed Pakistan Crypto Council CEO Bilal Bin Saqib as his special assistant on blockchain and crypto.Saqib’s appointment takes effect immediately under Rule 4(6) of the Rules of Business, 1973. He has been granted the status of minister of state...
Increased Bandwidth, Reduced Latency: Solana Proposes New Consensus Protocol
26.5.2025
Solana, a top-10 cryptocurrency project, has announced a change to its consensus protocol to turbocharge the network’s performance. Alpenglow, the new implementation, reduces latency to near Web2 levels, making Solana capable of competing with Web2 providers. Solana Aims to Compete With Web2...
Luxury Watchmaker Franck Muller Debuts Timepiece With Built-In Solana Wallet
26.5.2025
Luxury watchmaker Franck Muller has partnered Solana to launch a limited edition watch, the Franck Muller 41mm Solana. Blending High Watchmaking With Web3 Swiss luxury watchmaker Franck Muller has partnered with the Solana blockchain to launch a limited edition timepiece. Limited to just 1,111...
Blockchain security firm releases Cetus hack post-mortem report
26.5.2025
Blockchain security firm Dedaub released a post-mortem report on the Cetus decentralized exchange hack, identifying the root cause of the attack as an exploit of the liquidity parameters used by the Cetus automated market maker (AMM), which went undetected by a code "overflow" check.According...
Ethereum Challenger Real Decentralized Lightchain AI Brain on Blockchain Is Almost Here
25.5.2025
This content is provided by a sponsor. Imagine a world where artificial intelligence is no longer centralized, biased, or out of reach for most businesses and creators. This is not just a vision of the future; it’s a revolutionary reality powered by Lightchain AI. A decentralized AI brain is on...
Cetus Protocol’s $223 Million Hack Puts Sui’s Decentralization in the Spotlight
25.5.2025
While some of Cetus Protocol’s funds exited the Sui network via bridges to Ethereum, $162 million remains frozen in the network due to the joint action of validators. The actions stemming from this hack have affected the crypto community’s perception of Sui and its levels of decentralization....
Stacks Resumes Block Production Amid Warnings of ‘Occasional Degradation’
25.5.2025
Bitcoin Layer 2 blockchain solution Stacks announced on May 24 the resumption of block production after resolving issues related to “misbehavior stemming from the stacks-node’s mempool syncing logic.” Stacks Warns of ‘Occasional Degradation’ in Block Production On...
Ethereum’s DeFi Reign Slips 37% Since 2021—A Blockchain Power Shift?
25.5.2025
Current metrics place the total value locked into decentralized finance (DeFi) at approximately $117.856 billion. Ethereum, once commanding more than 56% of that figure at the close of 2024, has since dipped to 51.24% in May, marking a notable decline in its share. Battle for DeFi Dominance Heats...
Weekly Crypto Wrap: Bitcoin’s Surge Stalls Amid Trump Tariff News; Analyst Predicts $140,000 by July
24.5.2025
Bitcoin ended the week 5% higher after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threat against the European Union caused market volatility. EU Tariff Threat Rattles Markets After kicking off what turned out to be another milestone-setting week, bitcoin ( BTC) ultimately ended the week only 5% higher...
Wall Street 2.0: Tokenized Treasuries Top $7B as Blackrock’s BUIDL Nears $3B
24.5.2025
Tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds have officially surpassed $7 billion in aggregate value, gaining an additional $54 million over the course of the past week. Several top-tier funds have been accelerating in growth, delivering double-digit percentage returns throughout the past month, while Blackrock’s...
Spoiler alert: The future of Web3 is not blockchain
23.5.2025
Opinion by: Grigore Roșu, founder and chief executive officer of Pi SquaredFor some, the audacity of questioning the primacy of blockchain in Web3 is borderline heretical. The idea that decentralization and progress could exist without blockchains seems absurd to those who built careers around...
Washington moves on crypto: Stablecoin and blockchain bills signal regulatory momentum
23.5.2025
In this week’s episode of Byte-Sized Insight, on Decentralize with Cointelegraph, we break down a pivotal moment for US crypto legislation. In a 66–32 procedural vote on May 19, the US Senate advanced the GENIUS Act, a landmark bill aimed at establishing a comprehensive regulatory...
FIFA Launches Multi-Purpose Blockchain on Avalanche
23.5.2025
FIFA, the organization governing the world’s football associations, has launched its custom, engagement-oriented Layer 1 blockchain on Avalanche. FIFA Collect, a digital collectibles application, is migrating to the new chain to take advantage of its scalability and other improvements. FIFA...
Major TradFi Institutions to Pursue Tokenization Efforts on Solana
22.5.2025
Tokenization is one of the principal use cases of blockchain technology attracting the attention and investment of the TradFi world
Which senators invest in crypto? 11 lawmakers have blockchain-related investments
22.5.2025
As the question of stablecoin regulation heats up in the US Senate, so has the issue of which members are personally invested in cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency firms. On May 19, the Senate voted to invoke cloture and move ahead with the GENIUS Act, which would provide a regulatory framework...
FIFA taps Avalanche to launch dedicated blockchain for NFT platform
22.5.2025
The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has selected Avalanche to power its dedicated blockchain network for non-fungible tokens and digital fan engagement, the organization announced on May 22.FIFA’s layer-1 (L1) blockchain will be powered by the Avalanche...
FIFA Teams Up With Avalanche to Build Its Own Blockchain, Expanding Web3 Ambition
22.5.2025
FIFA previously released a non-fungible token (NFT) collection on the Algorand blockchain in 2022 ahead of the Qatar World Cup
Feds charge Amalgam founder with stealing $1M via ‘sham’ blockchain
22.5.2025
A US grand jury has indicted the founder of blockchain startup Amalgam Capital Ventures over allegations he defrauded investors out of over $1 million with a fake blockchain.Jeremy Jordan-Jones was arrested and indicted on May 21 and charged with wire fraud, securities fraud, making false...
US Lawmakers Reload Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act to Shield Crypto Builders
22.5.2025
U.S. lawmakers are charging forward with a game-changing bill to shield non-custodial crypto developers from overreach, unlocking innovation and safeguarding America’s blockchain future. Emmer’s Crypto Shield Returns: Will Non-Custodial Devs Finally Breathe Free? U.S. Representative Tom Emmer...
A Bitcoin ‘Spam’ Takeover! Data Storage Surpassed ‘Money’ Use Case Over the Last Year
22.5.2025
Orange Surf, in charge of research and strategy at Mempool Research, has determined that over half of all bitcoin transactions made during the last 12 months included some data-related component. 51% of all the transactions involved Runes and BRC20 tokens, which are considered “spam”...