Aave DAO Community Clashes With Aave Labs Over CoW Swap Fees

Aave DAO Community Clashes With Aave Labs Over CoW Swap Fees

A dispute between the Aave decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), which governs the Aave decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, and Aave Labs, the main development company for Aave products, over fees from the recently announced integration with decentralized exchange aggregator CoW Swap, continues to flare up. The issue was raised by pseudonymous Aave DAO member EzR3aL, who…

Fed Front-Runner Hassett Stresses Independence Amid Trump's Rate Cut Push

Fed Front-Runner Hassett Stresses Independence Amid Trump’s Rate Cut Push

Kevin Hassett, a top contender for President Donald Trump’s Fed chair pick, stated that Trump’s voice would carry no weight in the central bank’s interest rate decisions under his chairmanship. “[He] has very strong and well-founded views about what we ought to do,” Hassett, Trump’s top economic adviser at the White House, said Sunday on…

Pakistan enlists Binance for advice on $2 billion asset plan

Pakistan enlists Binance for advice on $2 billion asset plan

Pakistan enlists Binance for advice on $2 billion asset tokenization plan as the country advances digital finance reforms.  The agreement signals a stronger intent to regulate crypto markets and modernize public asset management. Government partners with Binance on asset tokenization Pakistan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Binance to seek advisory support on tokenizing…

Philippines’ SEC Halts Manny Pacquiao-Backed Trading Platform

Philippines’ SEC Halts Manny Pacquiao-Backed Trading Platform

The Philippines’ SEC has issued a legal notice preventing Manny Pacquiao-endorsed XM Group from continuing its operations. The agency’s investigation found that the entity engaged in unregulated securities sales. The XM platform offers derivatives, foreign exchange shares, and crypto trading. The Republic of the Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered a halt to…

Investors Withdraw More Than 196,000 BTC From Crypto Exchanges

Investors Withdraw More Than 196,000 BTC From Crypto Exchanges

Advertisment Bitcoin slipped below the $90,000 mark once again on Sunday evening, while centralized crypto exchanges continue to experience a sharp decline in BTC reserves. Exchange balances are now at their lowest level since autumn 2018, highlighting a significant shift in investor behavior. According to recent on-chain data from analytics firm CryptoQuant, investors have withdrawn…

Memecoins Are Not Dead, but Will Return in Another Form: Crypto Exec

Memecoins Are Not Dead, but Will Return in Another Form: Crypto Exec

Memecoins are not dead because the market is down and the narrative has faded, according to president of payment infrastructure company MoonPay, Keith A. Grossman, who said that memecoins will be back but in a different form. The real innovation of memecoins is that attention can be tokenized easily and at low costs through blockchain…

Compliance, Credibility, and Consumer Trust in the New Age of Crypto ATMs

Compliance, Credibility, and Consumer Trust in the New Age of Crypto ATMs

Walk into a gas station, grocery store, or convenience store today, and you might see a small orange kiosk glowing in the corner. What started as a curiosity has quietly become one of the most familiar in-person touchpoints in the digital economy: the crypto ATM. With close to 40,000 crypto ATMs operating worldwide, this technology…

Brazil busts $500M laundering ring, vast fraud network

Brazil busts $500M laundering ring, vast fraud network

Brazil busts $500M crypto laundering ring after federal police uncovered a nationwide network using digital assets to hide illicit funds. Authorities said the group operated for five years, moving billions through shell firms and cryptocurrencies. Nationwide police operation targets crypto fraud Brazil busts $500M crypto laundering ring through Operation Kryptolaundry, launched on December 9 by…