Texas Senator Ted Cruz has blocked a privacy bill that seeks to protect all Americans from having their personal information exposed by data brokers — arguing that law enforcement needs access to some data and that the bill requires refinement.
The Bitcoiner was the only US Senator to object to

New York State Senator Liz Krueger introduced a bill on Wednesday to impose excise taxes on energy used by crypto mining companies operating facilities in the state.
The proposed excise tax, which is not the first legislative initiative of its kind, will be levied in tiers, with no charge for

The European Central Bank (ECB), as part of its preparation phase for a potential digital euro launch, announced framework agreements with technology providers responsible for components of the central bank digital currency (CBDC).
In a Thursday notice, the ECB said it had reached agreements with s

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Tokenization infrastructure company AlloyX has launched a tokenized money market fund on Polygon, designed to combine bank-custodied assets with DeFi-native strategies — a move that highlights the accelerating growth of real-world assets (RWAs) on the blockchain.
The fund, called the Real Yield Tok

Understanding MEV and its impact on blockchain users
Transparency is one of the foundational features of blockchains, but it enabled value extraction by controlling the order and inclusion of transactions within a block, known as MEV, or maximal extractable value.
This problem is common on most b

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US First Lady Melania Trump has resumed promoting her Solana-based memecoin, MelaniaMeme (MELANIA), after months of silence, even as the project faces ongoing questions about millions of dollars in unexplained token sales.
In a Thursday X post, Trump returned with an artificial

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Bitcoin may surge to a new all-time high of $150,000 before the end of 2025 as investors pile into safe-haven assets alongside gold, according to Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards.
Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery above the $120,000 psychological mark may lead to a “very quick” breakout to the $

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