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OptimAI Network and Pieverse are working together to create new opportunities in Agent-Based E-Commerce. They plan to use Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) to connect Artificial Intelligence with Blockchain-based Financial Settlement (BFS) and to allow for a more effective use of both technologies through one interactive system that facilitates autonomous economic transactions. The Convergence of Intelligence and Settlement OptimAI’s AI solution focuses on reinforcement learning and combines with Pieverse’s x402b which is a Stablecoin Settlement Layer. The first step was taken by many AI companies where their AI models would “think” or “suggest”, but OptimAI has taken the next step…

The prohibition on yield-bearing stablecoins in the CLARITY Act puts the US dollar at a competitive disadvantage to China’s Digital Yuan, a yield-bearing central bank digital currency, according to Anthony Scaramucci, founder of asset manager SkyBridge Capital. “The whole system is broken,” Scaramucci said in response to the prohibition on crypto exchanges and service providers offering customers yield on stablecoins in the CLARITY Act, a crypto market structure framework for the US. He asked: “The Banks do not want the competition from the stablecoin issuers, so they’re blocking the yield. In the meantime, the Chinese are issuing yield, so what…

After more than a decade building infrastructure for exchanges, financial institutions and central banks, R3 saw the market starting to bend in a new direction. About a year ago, the firm initiated a strategic reset, asking a simple but fundamental question: what is the best way for customers to move assets fully onchain? Todd MacDonald, R3’s co-founder, said that process coincided with a deep review of the blockchain landscape. “We spoke to essentially all the layer ones and layer twos,” he explained in an interview with CoinDesk, as R3 evaluated where institutional capital markets were most likely to migrate. That…

Ethereum is currently in a situation where price action is insufficient to provide a complete picture. ETH appears heavy on the surface; it is still below important moving averages, having trouble regaining momentum and responding violently to resistance above. However, beneath the surface, a very real tug-of-war is taking place between big players, who are making aggressive bets in opposing directions. Ethereum between two flames On ETH, a blatant long-short conflict has developed over the last two hours. One sizable wallet, 0x4607, opened a 4x leveraged short on about 3,840 ETH, with a deposit of $3 million USDC. The position…

SEOUL, South Korea – January 19, 2025 – Naver Corporation, South Korea’s dominant internet conglomerate, has issued a stark warning that promoting unregistered cryptocurrency firms may be illegal under the country’s stringent financial regulations. This announcement follows the company’s implementation of content restrictions on its blog platform, marking a significant escalation in South Korea’s ongoing efforts to regulate the digital asset sector. The move directly targets promotional content for unregistered Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), which now faces potential removal from Naver’s extensive digital ecosystem. Naver’s Crypto Promotion Crackdown Explained Naver’s official statement clarifies that promotional content for unregistered VASPs…

Bitcoin could be the first blockchain exposed when quantum computers break today’s cryptography. Governments are already pushing quantum-safe standards, while major blockchains race to catch up. SUI claims its architecture gives it an edge as the crypto industry prepares for a post-quantum future. Kostas Chalkias, co-founder and chief cryptographer at Mysten Labs, says Bitcoin will be the first blockchain attacked when quantum computers become powerful enough to break current cryptographic systems. In a recent interview on the When Shift Happens podcast, Chalkias pointed to Satoshi Nakamoto’s addresses, which have exposed public keys, making them easy targets. “All of the chains…

Ethereum (ETH), the largest altcoin, generated excitement in the market last August by reaching a new all-time high. While this rise was expected to continue, Ethereum experienced unexpected drops, falling as low as $2,600. With ETH holding above $3,000 in recent weeks, bullish expectations continue, and analysis firm Alphractal has examined Ethereum’s on-chain data. Cryptocurrency analytics company Alphractal stated in its latest assessment that the Ethereum price is volatile and that fundamental indicators point to ETH being undervalued. According to the company’s latest analysis, the Metcalfe Ratio is trending downwards, and the Adoption Score is at level 1 (the lowest).…

As the price of XRP and Solana spiked on Tuesday, separate leveraged, exchange-traded funds from REX Shares and Tuttle Capital Management aiming to magnify the assets’ performance debuted.  The T-REX 2X Long SOL Daily Target ETF and T-REX 2X Long XRP Daily Target ETF began trading on the CBOE, REX and Tuttle said in a press release, adding to a growing list of crypto-focused funds. The ETFs provide 200% leveraged exposure to the assets, similar to a number of other products. The ETFs area way for traders to capitalize on short-term price swings, within the familiar setting of a traditional…

In Xiamen, China, December 2024, a publishing house employee’s desperate cryptocurrency gamble with stolen company funds culminated in a prison sentence, highlighting the dangerous intersection of workplace fraud and volatile digital asset markets. This case represents a growing pattern of financial crimes where perpetrators target traditional institutions to fund speculative crypto investments. Prosecutors in Fujian province recently detailed how an employee identified as Guo misappropriated 1.53 million yuan (approximately $214,000) through QR code manipulation before losing everything in cryptocurrency trading. The subsequent court ruling delivered a clear message about the consequences of such financial misconduct in China’s strictly regulated environment.…

In a recent tweet, Coinbase announced that the chain integration on the Solana network is now 100% complete. This integration now allows users to trade millions of Solana tokens on Coinbase. Users in the U.S. (excluding NY) and Brazil can now trade Solana tokens through Jupiter inside the Coinbase app. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong shares this news with the crypto community, adding that millions of Base and Solana tokens can now be traded on Coinbase without waiting for a listing. Now you can trade millions of @base and @solana tokens on Coinbase, without waiting for a listing. https://t.co/dBwDhSdlco — Brian…