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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra met with a group of digital asset investors in Bangkok on Tuesday to discuss a proposal aimed at establishing Thailand as a regional hub for digital assets. Shinawatra is also endorsing the idea of a sovereign strategic reserve to strengthen the long-term “resilience of Thailand’s financial system and economy,” according to a source familiar with the matter.  Shinawatra’s meeting included participants from Japan’s Metaplanet, led by Simon Gerovich, and UTXO Management, led by David Bailey, a crypto advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a supporting document seen by Decrypt. Other firms…

As you may recall, US President Donald Trump announced in the last days of August that he dismissed FED member Lisa Cook on the grounds that she made false statements in mortgage agreements. Lisa Cook subsequently filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to remove her from office. Cook argued that the White House lacked the authority to do so and wanted to keep her position. As the tension between Trump and Cook continues, the court made a decision that angered Trump. Accordingly, the US federal court banned the dismissal of FED board member Lisa Cook. The court thus…

Dual Staking offers up to 50% APR with NFT boosters; flagship zombie MMORPG on track for October 2025 launch Undeads Games today announced that total value locked (TVL) in its staking programs has exceeded $30 million, reflecting accelerating community participation in the project’s ecosystem. Participants in Undeads Games’ Dual Staking program can currently earn up to 50% APR when using NFT boosters from the project’s collection. The rarer the NFT, the higher the potential APR. The project’s native token, UDS, has risen from $0.08 (January 2025) to $1.76, marking a x20 increase year-to-date. The project’s fully diluted valuation (FDV) has…

Bitcoin network difficulty reached 136.04 trillion on Sept. 4, while dollar hashprice slipped to about $52 per petahash per day this week. Per Hashrate Index, the last adjustment set a new high for difficulty, and the forward market now prices an average hashprice near $49.17 per PH per day for the next six months. The squeeze leaves miners deciding whether to sell inventories, consolidate operations, or pursue high-performance computing revenue tied to artificial intelligence. The production backdrop is firm. The seven-day average hashrate sits near one zettahash per second, while transaction fees contribute a little over 1% of block rewards…

Orochi Network, a verifiable data layer for Web3, has led the charge in the race toward verifiable privacy-preserving data infrastructure. zkDatabase is ready for its highly anticipated mainnet debt, allowing the project to announce the launch of zkDatabase Alliance. zkDatabase Alliance can be defined as a powerful consortium of leading teams of AI, tokenization, DePIN, gaming, and more. The first wave of the zkDatabase Alliance empowered early builders with integration, tooling, and cross-marketing support. Tokenization, RWA, AI/LM, and DePIN pioneers are building with zkDatabase. Be part of the Alliance and shape the future of verifiable data. pic.twitter.com/T70RzfvzzP — Orochi Network…

Project 0 has officially announced the launch of the first native prime broker of DeFi on Solana, marking a groundbreaking moment for the entire decentralized finance ecosystem.The protocol introduces an innovative unified margin system, designed to eliminate the historical capital inefficiencies that have limited the growth and flexibility of DeFi users.Thanks to this solution, Project 0 enables portfolio-level risk management, paving the way for a new era of composability and interoperability between platforms. The Problem of Capital Inefficiencies in DeFi The Launch on Solana: A Turning Point for the Ecosystem Innovative Features for Passive Users and Sophisticated Traders A Different…

BlackRock’s dominance of the spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) was on display on September 4, when the world’s largest investment firm dwarfed competitors in the market. In this case, BlackRock recorded $148.8 million in net Ethereum ETF inflows, making it the sole major buyer and far outpacing rivals, according to data retrieved by Finbold from Coinglass. In contrast, several competitors faced heavy redemptions. Particularly, Fidelity led the sell-off with $216.7 million in outflows, followed by Bitwise with $45.7 million. Grayscale’s ETHE shed $26.4 million, while its separate Ethereum Trust saw another $6.4 million in redemptions. On the other hand,…

Robinhood’s CEO Vlad Tenev laid out a roadmap for his retail trading company (NASDAQ: HOOD) that signals a departure from the typical online brokerage model and a move toward what he described as a “family office in your pocket.” Speaking in an extended interview with The Iced Coffee Hour podcast, Tenev detailed a vision for a multigenerational financial platform that could widen access to investing, integrate tokenized assets, and streamline services for users across age groups. Tenev said the company is responding to a major shift in how Americans approach investing, with younger users channeling discretionary spending into stocks, technology,…

Block won its shareholder lawsuit on Tuesday over the alleged December 10, 2021, Cash App data breach. The financial company was accused of misleading shareholders in connection with a large data breach at its Cash App mobile payment service. U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett ruled in favor of the tech firm, arguing that there was no valid proof Block intended to defraud shareholders in regards to the data breach incident. According to a 42-page court document, a former Block employee downloaded personal information of about 8.2 million Cash App users. Shareholder suit alleges Block misled on security practices The class…

This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. You’ve probably heard about superhero fatigue — the oft-written-about concern that moviegoing audiences are burnt out on superhero movies as a genre because studios like Marvel and Warner Bros. have been churning out so many for over a decade now. Some believe superhero fatigue has occurred in part because the quality of said movies and shows has declined overall over time. The movies start to blend together; a few gain loyal fans, while many others are quickly forgotten. Sound familiar? I can’t help but feel like this…