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Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced it will block access to five major cryptocurrency exchanges—Bybit, OKX, 1000X, CoinEx, and XT.COM—effective June 28. The decision, disclosed on May 29, stems from concerns over investor safety and potential money-laundering activities facilitated by these platforms. According to the SEC, the exchanges are operating without licenses required
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The U.S. Treasury has intensified its crackdown on crypto-fueled fraud, imposing sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc., a tech company based in the Philippines, and its administrator Liu Lizhi. According to the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Funnull played a central role in enabling more than $200 million in fraudulent crypto activity, targeting thousands
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally ended its nearly two-year legal battle with crypto exchange Binance and its co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ). In a joint motion filed on May 29, the SEC, Binance, and CZ requested the case be dismissed with prejudice—meaning it cannot be refiled in the future. Initially filed in
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Crypto exchange Bybit has secured approval to operate across the European Economic Area (EEA) after receiving a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) license from Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA). The regulatory greenlight allows Bybit to act as a fully licensed crypto asset service provider (CASP) across all 29 EEA member states under a single, harmonized
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Elon Musk has officially concluded his brief but headline-grabbing tenure at the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a federal agency launched under President Donald Trump and humorously named after Musk’s favorite meme coin, Dogecoin. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Musk confirmed the end of his limited-term role as a Special Government Employee,
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GameStop has officially joined the growing ranks of corporate Bitcoin holders, announcing the acquisition of 4,710 BTC valued at approximately $512 million. This move signals a significant shift for the legacy video game retailer as it accelerates its pivot into the digital asset economy. The purchase follows the company’s $1.5 billion convertible notes offering completed
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Speaking on stage at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks outlined how the Trump administration’s early moves are reshaping the federal government’s role in digital assets. In conversation with Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Sacks emphasized that President Trump’s first 100 days have already delivered
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Thailand is laying the foundation for a significant financial shift that will allow tourists and locals to spend digital assets through crypto-linked credit cards. The Ministry of Finance is working with the Bank of Thailand to develop a pilot program enabling consumers to pay with crypto, while merchants receive payments in Thai baht—without directly handling
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Marathon Holdings, the crypto mining giant formerly known as Marathon Digital, has reached a new all-time high in annualized Bitcoin mining revenue, surpassing $752 million as of May 27. The surge is directly tied to Bitcoin’s recent rally past $112,000—marking the asset’s highest price ever recorded. The revenue figure was confirmed via on-chain metrics from
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When most people imagine the future of AI, they envision seamless automation, personal assistants with perfect recall, and intelligent systems that work tirelessly to anticipate their needs. What few consider is who will own those systems, who controls them, and what that means for the individual. In an age increasingly defined by rented intelligence—where corporations
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Few people sit at the crossroads of AI, economics, and decentralized systems quite like David Minarsch. With a PhD in applied game theory from Cambridge and the founding of two transformative platforms—Valory and Olas—Minarsch is reimagining how humans and machines can collaborate in the digital age. He isn’t just engineering smarter systems; he’s laying the
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Crypto industry leaders are intensifying calls for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to clarify its stance on staking services, arguing that regulatory ambiguity is hampering blockchain infrastructure development and slowing industry progress. Speaking at Solana’s Accelerate conference in New York, Alison Mangiero, head of staking policy at the Crypto Council for Innovation, described
