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The acting CFTC Chairman Caroline Pham announced the agency is aligned with President Donald Trump’s crypto policy. The agency has requested participation from the public via written submissions by August 18. The crypto market will attract more capital, especially from traditional financial institutions amid clear regulations. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched an initiative to enable trading for crypto asset contracts through its regulated exchanges. According to acting chairman Caroline Pham, the initiative is the first crypto-focused move geared to enable the mainstream adoption of digital assets in the United States. Furthermore, President Donald Trump has directed all…
GAEA and DIN have recently teamed up to innovate in the field of decentralized artificial intelligence infrastructure. The combination of artificial intelligence and decentralized infrastructure has been gaining momentum in recent years and months, with applications in real-world cases. We’re thrilled to announce our new partnership with @din_lol_ 🤝DIN is the AI Blockchain. Created from the foundation of the Data Intelligence Network, it’s designed to provide comprehensive solutions and infrastructure for AI agents and decentralised AI applications.Stay… pic.twitter.com/rEAKgIDjp7 — GAEA (@aigaealabs) August 4, 2025 The partnership showcases GAEA’s idea of a blockchain-based, specially designed, AI-driven system working together with DIN’s…
Popular centralized exchange Coinbase announced on Tuesday its intention to raise $2 billion via convertible senior notes in a private offering. The funds will be used for “general corporate purposes,” which it says may include “acquisitions of other companies, products, or technologies.” The company’s publicly traded stock closed on Monday at $314.69, per Trading View, down 25% from its all-time high. COIN has since slumped almost 2% in pre-market trading to $308.54. Coinbase’s sale will be open to “qualified institutional buyers” to purchase $1 billion worth of convertible senior notes that mature in 2029, as well as another $1 billion…
Key Takeaways A proposed White House executive order aims to penalize banks that discriminate against crypto and conservative companies. Banks may face fines or disciplinary measures if found violating equal credit, antitrust, or consumer protection laws. Banks could soon face federal penalties for cutting off conservative or crypto clients for political reasons under a forthcoming executive order, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. According to a draft order spearheaded by the White House, bank regulators would investigate whether financial institutions violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, antitrust laws, or consumer financial protection laws. Violators could face monetary penalties, consent decrees,…
CodexField is excited to announce its groundbreaking collaboration with Atleta Network to intersect blockchain, content, and sports. This partnership represents a remarkable step forward in redefining the operation of sports economies in the modern digital age. Furthermore, this synergy aims to digitize sports and the tokenization of physical assets. 🚀 We’re excited to announce our partnership with @Atleta_Network — a modular, multi-layer EVM-compatible blockchain built on Substrate and designed for the digitization of sports and tokenization of physical assets.⚙️ With 25M+ transactions, 1M+ wallets, and a thriving dApp… pic.twitter.com/FZUD0cjAhm — CodexField (@CodexField) August 4, 2025 CodexField, a platform for onchain…
Tensions continue between US President Donald Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell over interest rates. While Powell prefers to act cautiously regarding interest rate cuts due to tariffs, Trump argues that inflation is in good shape and that interest rate cuts should begin. At this point, Trump, who has frequently called for Powell’s resignation, has already begun work on the new FED chair, who will come when Powell’s term expires in 2026. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced last week that Trump had begun discussions with potential candidates for the new Fed chair. While everyone is eagerly waiting to see…
The Ripple vs SEC lawsuit is again at the center of attention as crypto experts and legal analysts express growing frustration about the delay in dismissing the SEC’s appeal. While the SEC has been quick to wrap up lawsuits against other crypto companies like Coinbase, many are questioning why the process is dragging on when it comes to Ripple and XRP. Attorney Bill Morgan recently raised a key question. He asked whether SEC Chair Paul Atkins can get the agency’s commissioners to vote on dismissing the appeal in the Ripple case. He also questioned if SEC attorneys are ready to…
Sui Launchpad, a prominent platform backing unique Web3 ventures, has officially partnered with DeepBook, a popular Sui blockchain-based Central Limit Order Book (CLOB). The partnership mainly endeavors to start a new private sale. This development, as the platform revealed in its announcement on X, attempts to provide selected participants with prior access to DeepBook-based token ahead of public launch. In this respect, the joint development serves as a cautiously curated opportunity for the investors. 🤝 SuiLaunchpad x DeepBook — Strategic PartnershipWe’re thrilled to partner with DeepBook for an exclusive Private Sale ahead of their public IDO!💼 Backed by top-tier supporters🔒…
BounceBit, a crypto infrastructure provider that combines features of centralized and decentralized finance (CeDeFi), is bringing Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money market fund into its structured yield platform BB Prime, combining U.S. Treasury yields with crypto funding and basis arbitrage strategies. The tokenized fund, which belongs to the suite of BENJI products, will serve as a collateral and settlement instrument for investment strategies. This way, investors can reap the underlying Treasury yield while adding additional return sources. Tokenized money market funds, now a roughly $7 billion asset class, have been at the forefront of tokenization efforts. Global asset manager BlackRock created…
Top global crypto exchanges face mounting legal peril in the Philippines after being accused of illegally targeting users and violating strict new digital asset compliance rules. Philippine SEC Flags Major Crypto Exchanges Operating Illegally in the Country The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published an advisory on Aug. 4, alerting investors about unregistered offshore crypto platforms that continue to serve Filipino users. The regulator warned that a number of digital asset service providers are operating in the country without proper authorization. These platforms, the Philippine SEC stated, are offering crypto trading services in violation of newly implemented compliance requirements.…