In one of his public events after being sworn in as the new chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 21, Paul Atkins spoke during the agency’s third roundtable talk concerning cryptocurrency regulation. The “Know Your Custodian” event happened on April 25. This was an opportunity for the new head of
In a stunning example of a holistic business transformation and aggressive digital asset acquisition, Japanese firm Metaplanet incorporates a hotel development company that has amassed 5,000 bitcoin (BTC) as a part of its 21,000 BTC by 2026 goal. Simon Gerovich, the CEO of the company, highlighted this achievement in a social media post a week
As one of the developers of the crypto indices and a leading player in a U.S. stock exchange, Nasdaq has made some scrutiny recommendations to the regulators of America regarding the supervision of crypto assets. It has recently come to our attention that the SEC should be spending its effort in formulating an operational mechanism
In a remarkable shift in the world cryptocurrency map, Slovenian capital Ljubljana has been marked as the number one crypto-friendly city in the world as per the latest released Multipolitan Crypto-Friendly Cities Index. This honor places Ljubljana ahead of many established financial hubs and rising blockchain-supporting cities and proves the strong digital asset ecosystem, the
Lightchain AI captures investor confidence with its striking resiliency, alongside the continuing collapse of the presale cryptocurrency market, all while Lightchain AI purportedly raised up to 19.5 million dollars in funding. All of this is testament to the difference that still remains withers in the market. Even as the tokens sell for $0.007125, the ongoing
The growing buzz concerning XenDex, the first fully featured decentralized exchange (DEX) built on the infrastructure of the XRP Ledger, is certainly hard to miss. XenDex offers a sophisticated suite of products under decentralized finance (DeFi), like AI-driven copy trading, non-custodial lending and borrowing systems, and cross-chain interoperability. It has already captured the attention and
Microsoft, with their 2025 Work Trend Index Report, underscores the impact of an unfolding technological advancement on global workplaces. The annual research report on the state of work marks the fast rise of ‘intelligence on tap’ and the ‘Frontier Firms’—firms that are not only incorporating AI but are adopting a full systematic overhaul of the
Strike, the Bitcoin payment firm led by the forward-thinking businessman Jack Mallers, is a perfect example of this evolution, as it focuses on the practical use of Bitcoin. Mallers recently shared an investor letter revealing that the company experienced an astonishing 600% growth in 2024. This further emphasizes the incredible potential of Bitcoin as a
How Digital Technologies Affect Sustainable Agriculture Last month, during the Partnering for Green Growth (P4G) Summit held in Hanoi, experts discussed the impacts of digital technology in agriculture. Donal Brown, Associate Vice President for Agricultural Development at IFAD, stressed the role that these technologies can play in aiding sustainability. Technological inventions nowadays focus more on
With companies focused on utilizing cryptocurrency for practical purposes, such as Strike, the business world has been flourishing of late due to their unpredictability. Jack Mallers, the founder of the Bitcoin payments firm Strike, was astonished to announce that the firm had reached a staggering 600 percent year-over-year growth in 2024. Mallers substantiates that the