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PhotonPay raised a Series B round led by IDG to expand stablecoin-native payment rails. Funding targets U.S. and emerging markets as stablecoins shift toward real-world payments. PhotonPay processes over $30B annually as investors back stablecoin payment infrastructure. PhotonPay has raised a Series B funding round as investors increase bets on stablecoin payment infrastructure becoming a core global financial layer. The stablecoin-based payments firm said the round raised tens of millions of dollars and was led by IDG Capital. Hillhouse Investment joined the round, alongside Enlight Capital, Lightspeed Faction, and Shoplazza, according to the company. PhotonPay said Blacksheep Technology served as…

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a ruling on Friday striking down most of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with six of the nine Supreme Court justices ruling that the Executive Branch lacks authority to levy tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). “IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs,” Friday’s ruling said, adding that the president has “no inherent authority” to impose tariffs during peacetime using the statutes in the IEEPA. The ruling read: “In IEEPA’s half-century of existence, no president has invoked the statute to impose any tariffs, let alone tariffs…

The White House has confirmed that President Trump will not grant clemency to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, Fortune reported Tuesday. The confirmation, delivered by a White House official, reinforces Trump’s previously stated opposition to freeing the imprisoned crypto executive. In an interview with The New York Times in January, Trump ruled out pardoning Bankman-Fried after granting clemency to prominent figures such as Changpeng Zhao, co-founder of Binance, and Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX. Bankman-Fried is attempting to secure a presidential pardon by publicly aligning himself with Trump. In recent weeks, he has posted…

FutureBit launches Apollo III, U.S.-Engineered Home Bitcoin Miner FutureBit launched the Apollo III today, a new home Bitcoin mining system combining a high-performance miner and a full Bitcoin node in a single desktop device. The system is built around next-generation 3nm American-designed ASICs and a custom in-house controller, marking the first U.S.-engineered Bitcoin ASIC paired with a domestically built hardware platform in a consumer desktop form factor, according to a note shared with Bitcoin Magazine. The Apollo III continues FutureBit’s mission to decentralize hash power through low-power, individual-focused systems. Founder John Stefanopoulos highlighted the device’s role in strengthening Bitcoin decentralization,…

TitanRWA, a prominent Web3 platform for RWA integration, has collaborated with Imperium Labs, a renowned Web3 venture capital firm. The partnership aims to drive decentralized finance with a robust Web3 infrastructure. As TitanRWA pointed out in its official X announcement, the development merges its resilient RWA integration with the advanced capabilities of ImperiumLabs in supporting cutting-edge Web3 founders. So, the move is set to bolster the development of asset-led and compliant financial infrastructure across the blockchain network. 🎉Exciting Partnership Announcement🤝🥳We are thrilled to announce our strategic partnership with @TheImperiumlabs💡#ImperiumLabs is a next‑generation Web3 venture capital firm backing visionary founders building…

AetheriumX, a Web3 financial entertainment platform that integrates DeFi yields with gamified GameFi mechanics, today announced a strategic partnership with Blazpay, a DeFi AI platform that provides people with intelligence and financial trading solutions. Through this collaboration, AetheriumX and Blazpay combined their respective GameFi network and intelligent DeFi infrastructure, a fusion that aims to transform Web3 engagement into real, rewarding experiences. AetheriumX is a unified Web3 ecosystem that integrates GameFi, DeFi, prediction markets, and token governance into one on-chain platform. Through this approach, AetheriumX enables users to manage and coordinate capital through programmable strategy execution layers that allow them to…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin once again drew attention to the selling side with his transactions today. According to on-chain data, Buterin sold a total of 428.57 $ETH, acquiring approximately $850,178 worth of stablecoin $GHO. The transactions appear to have been conducted via the decentralized exchange protocol CoW Protocol. With this latest sale, it is estimated that Buterin has sold a total of 7,386 $ETH since February 2nd, for approximately $15.51 million, at an average price of $2,100. This data indicates that the founder has been making sales at regular intervals in recent weeks. On-chain records show that the transactions were…

More than 60 economists warned EU lawmakers that Europe could lose control of its money if the digital euro project fails, according to an open letter sent to Members of European Parliament before a scheduled hearing next week. The letter was signed by economists from universities and policy institutions across Europe, including French academic Thomas Piketty, Dirk Bezemer (Professor of Economics of International Financial Development, University of Groningen), Peter Blom (Co-chair Sustainable Finance Lab, former CEO of Triodos Bank), Arnoud Boot (Professor of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets, University of Amsterdam), and Kristof Bosmans (Associate Professor, Department of Microeconomics and…

John Deaton, a vocal Ripple advocate, has taken to his account on X (formerly Twitter) to share his take on the current discussions regarding the CLARITY Act relating to crypto and stablecoins. These discussions are taking place in the White House at the moment between top crypto companies, i.e., Ripple, Coinbase, etc, legislators, and US banks. While banks are trying hard to ban yields on stablecoins, crypto companies are striving to oppose them, hoping to see pro-crypto regulation integrated and to see the US become the global crypto hub. John Deaton trashes banks as “enemy of regular people” Deaton has…

Crypto exchange Binance accused The Wall Street Journal Tuesday of publishing “false information” in a Monday article about the exchange allegedly firing employees investigating funds moving through the exchange to sanctioned entities. Richard Teng, Binance co-CEO, accused the WSJ of “inaccurate reporting about our compliance program” in an X post. He included a letter to the news organization from the crypto exchange’s counsel in New York City, which said “The Wall Street Journal published defamatory claims,” despite the exchange’s attempts to “set the record straight.” The letter is similar to one Binance directed to Fortune last week over a similar…