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Across the broader scan, Bitquery classified 4,412,782 OP_RETURN outputs as readable text. Their node cost differs from fake-address text because Bitcoin treats the two output types differently after confirmation. Nodes do not need to retain an OP_RETURN output in the UTXO database used to check whether coins can be spent, although its data remains in Bitcoin’s block history. The Bitcoin developer guide describes this null-data construction as preferable to methods that create outputs which look spendable and burden the UTXO set. Fake-address text places readable bytes where an address hash would normally go. A node sees an apparently spendable output,…

The transaction volume, which stood at $320 million in 2023, reached $10.5 billion by the end of 2025 and has increased even further this year. That’s according to the latest statistical data presented by Yerkegali Yedenbayev, managing director of the Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA). The latter is the supervisory body responsible for overseeing the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) – the fintech hub in the capital city where it all started. Reporting on the developments in the regulated crypto space over the past few years during a government meeting on Tuesday, Yedenbayev further detailed: “In the first half of…

The plan runs in three stages: Reach 1,000 TPS with roughly 5-second finality Scale past 5,000 TPS with fast block times and no chain reorganizations Push beyond 100,000 TPS while keeping fees under a cent How Far Has Polygon Actually Gotten? Rather than one big-bang launch, Polygon has raised its block gas limit in a long series of steps, each one live on mainnet. The Upgrade-by-Upgrade Progression The gas limit, which caps how much a block can process, has climbed steadily: 45M (Bhilai, July 2025) — passed 1,000 TPS, added EIP-7702 account abstraction 60M (Rio, October 2025) — introduced the…

The opinion resolves requests across three related cases involving Coinbase Financial Markets, KalshiEX, and the United States and CFTC, with the Coalition for Fair Markets and North American Derivatives Exchange participating as intervenors. Defendants include Illinois, Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Gaming Board officials. Two Courts, Opposite Readings Pacold found that contracts on title-game winners likely qualify as “swaps” under the Commodity Exchange Act because the underlying outcomes can have concrete, material financial consequences. But she rejected an unlimited definition: a bet on the color of a sports drink dumped on a coach’s head would not…

For ordinary traders, it is another DEX pair. For payment companies and treasury applications, the more interesting feature is that currency conversion can happen on the same network as settlement. EURe brings regulated euro money into the pool Monerium’s EURe is an electronic-money token backed 1:1 by safeguarded euro reserves and issued under a European regulatory framework. frxUSD supplies the dollar side of the pair. Capa is involved in the liquidity and market infrastructure connecting the two assets. The result is a route where an application can potentially receive euros, convert to dollar liquidity onchain and continue moving funds without…

Roughly 4% of the global population owns any bitcoin, while institutional allocations are still tiny relative to the amount of wealth under management. Investment advisers, for example, currently allocate only about 0.008% of assets to bitcoin overall. That leaves substantial room for growth if adoption continues. Small Portfolio Shifts Could Mean Trillions for Bitcoin The model assumes that 20% to 40% of global investment portfolios eventually allocate 2% to 4% to bitcoin. That range broadly reflects recommendations now emerging from major financial institutions, where suggested bitcoin allocations often sit between 1% and 7%. Against an estimated $333 trillion global financial…

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Token Metrics In the current market landscape, $TRX is experiencing notable attention due to this significant transfer. The total volume for $TRX remains absent, but the impact of large wallet movements can often precede shifts in trading activity. As such, traders are advised to stay alert for any subsequent price changes that may follow this transfer. $TRX, the native token of the Tron blockchain, has been gaining traction in recent months, especially as it continues to attract institutional interest. The entity’s operations fall under evolving regulatory frameworks, and large transfers like this could indicate strategic positioning by major holders in…

That estimate includes an independent control report but leaves out some potentially significant technology costs. For clients, the consequence could be that an asset might become available through an adviser with sufficient custody resources while remaining outside another adviser’s offering. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce distinguished adviser “self-custody” from investors holding their own assets. Here, an intermediary would hold clients’ key materials, potentially including a non-controlling portion. Clients would still depend on that intermediary’s safeguards. For ordinary advisory clients, the adviser amendments concern crypto assets that are funds or securities, while the relevant scope for regulated-fund accounts is securities or similar…

Details of the Integration Rather than building a standalone crypto product, Mastercard is routing $OUSD through infrastructure it already controls. That means a bank or merchant using BVNK can draw on Open USD the same way it would access a traditional currency balance, without juggling separate systems for fiat and digital dollars. Mastercard Chief Product Officer Jorn Lambert framed the move around usability rather than invention, saying: “The challenge isn’t creating more forms of money. It’s helping businesses use them.” Role of BVNK in Stablecoin Infrastructure BVNK is the stablecoin infrastructure company Mastercard acquired earlier this year, and it provides…