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In brief The UK’s Labour Party has written to Nigel Farage demanding he stop “evading reasonable scrutiny” over the £5 million personal gift he received from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. Labour Chair Anna Turley accused the Reform UK leader of “running from scrutiny,” saying his shifting accounts raised questions over whether he broke parliamentary rules and told the truth. The letter follows Prime Minister Starmer’s PMQs challenge on Wednesday, where he asked why Farage kept the gift “secret in the first place.” The UK’s Labour Party has sent a formal letter to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, accusing him of…

Decentralized perpetual futures exchange Hyperliquid ($HYPE) has announced an upgrade to its AQAv2 mechanism, a system designed to automatically adjust the $USDC balance between its contract execution layer and treasury reserve layer at a fixed 1:9 ratio. The upgrade introduces a significant shift in how interest generated from user-deposited $USDC is allocated, redirecting the majority of earnings back into the Hyperliquid ecosystem. How AQAv2 Works The AQAv2 mechanism operates without manual intervention, functioning as a risk isolation tool that automatically rebalances funds. Technical deployment is handled by Circle (CRCL), the issuer of $USDC, while treasury management is managed by Coinbase…

Blockchain-based confidential computing network Arcium (ARX) announced on June 9 that it has processed over one million confidential computing transactions. The milestone highlights growing adoption of privacy-focused infrastructure within the Solana (SOL) ecosystem. What confidential computing means for blockchain Confidential computing processes data while it remains encrypted, ensuring anonymity in contrast to the transparency of traditional blockchains. This makes it suitable for sectors like finance, AI, and healthcare where data privacy is critical. Arcium utilizes Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology to enable these transactions, allowing multiple parties to compute data without exposing it to any single participant. ZINC’s strong performance on…

Ethereum price started a downside correction from $1,720. $ETH must clear the $1,670 and $1,700 resistance levels to continue higher. Ethereum started a downside correction below the $1,620 zone. The price is trading below $1,665 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $1,700 on the hourly chart of $ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it stays below the $1,680 zone. Ethereum Price Resumes Decline Ethereum price failed to stay above the $1,700 zone and extended its decline, like Bitcoin. $ETH price gained…

Tech giants are preparing to invest over 1 trillion dollars in AI infrastructure by 2027. An unprecedented race that is redefining the market, but raises doubts about sustainability and concentration of power. This is in fact a figure that until a few years ago would have seemed unrealistic, but today reflects a profound transformation of the digital economy. Growth is already evident in the short term. Forecasts for 2026 point to total spending between 800 and 900 billion dollars, with an extremely significant annual increase.Driving this expansion are companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta, which are revising their…

Tomorrow, April 30, 2026, the native token of the MegaETH crypto ecosystem, based on a high-performance Layer-2 on Ethereum, will be launched. The token will be called $MEGA, and it will be launched with tomorrow’s Token Generation Event (TGE). It will have a fixed total supply of 10 billion tokens and an innovative approach tied to performance milestones. MegaETH MegaETH has defined itself as “the world’s first real-time blockchain”, so there is a lot of anticipation around it. However, it does not aim to be just a simple scalable L2, because it has been designed to offer “real-time” performance to…

The European Union’s (EU) regulatory framework has redefined the competitive landscape of Web3, unintentionally shifting the advantage away from crypto startups, directly into the hands of legacy financial institutions, according to Charles Guillemet, chief technology officer (CTO) at wallet maker Ledger. While the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation was designed to establish a unified, secure market, industry insiders warn its steep financial barriers are choking early-stage innovation. Under the framework, crypto companies face strict tiered minimum capital requirements. The costs range from 50,000 euros ($58,000) for advisory services to 150,000 ($174,000)just to operate a trading platform, on top millions…

Binance has officially canceled the SPCX x IPO event on its wallet platform, the exchange confirmed on June 14, 2025. In a brief announcement, Binance stated that all funds contributed by participants will be fully refunded through their original payment methods. Additionally, the exchange plans to airdrop a total of $1 million worth of bStocks SpaceX tokens (SPCXB) to affected users. Event Cancellation and Refund Process The SPCX x IPO event, which was designed to allow users to participate in an initial public offering-style token sale via Binance Wallet, has been terminated without explanation. Binance has not provided specific reasons…

COZ awarded 525 $NEO to three independent contributors in Proof of Working 2.6, recognizing work on multi-chain AI agent tooling, trustless token vesting infrastructure, and wallet interoperability improvements for the Neo ecosystem. The sixth round since the program’s relaunch in January brings cumulative distributions to 4,189 $NEO across the period, with the program designed to reward grassroots contributions that fall outside traditional grant pathways. Neo AI Agent adds Neo X support Developer thermx5 was recognized for expanding the Neo AI Agent with full Neo X EVM support. The CLI-first tool maps natural-language requests to on-chain operations across both Neo N3…

Bitcoin is trading near a key short-term area after reaching its first Fibonacci target around $82,477 and then pulling back below $79,000. The latest charts show two pressure points for $BTC: the $82K resistance zone on the two-week chart and a possible CME gap near $79,123 that could draw price higher early in the week. Bitcoin Hits $82K Fib Target as Stochastic RSI Shows Bullish Momentum Bitcoin reached the first upside target on the two-week chart, with price touching the 100% Fibonacci extension near $82,477, according to a chart shared by Man of Bitcoin. The $BTC/USD chart shows Bitcoin trading…