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A former high-tech corporate lawyer has advocated for sector-specific regulations for decentralized finance that leverage the technology’s strengths while addressing its weaknesses. The Importance of Collaboration Ran Hammer, a blockchain and crypto-focused lawyer, is advocating for sector-specific laws for decentralized finance (defi) that consider the strengths and weaknesses of the underlying technology. According to Hammer, the goal is not to impose stringent regulations but to achieve efficiency and fairness in trading platforms. However, unlike in centralized finance (cefi), these goals can be “achieved on a technological level and built into various protocols.” Hammer, the business, marketing and communities lead at…

Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of MicroStrategy (MSTR) and Semler Scientific (SMLR). As interest in digital assets continues to rise, a new phase of corporate adoption for Bitcoin appears to be taking shape, with publicly listed firms following MicroStrategy’s lead by adding BTC to their balance sheets. It all started with MicroStrategy (MSTR) adopting BTC as Treasury asset in 2020. Since then, its share price has jumped almost 2,500%. Over the years, the company has boosted its coin stash through cash, at-the-market (ATM) equity offerings, convertible debt or, more recently, through preferred stock offerings. In 2024,…

Thailand with global tourism record is now setting its foot on digital assets following the Trump’s path to use Bitcoin on a daily use. The demand for crypto assets are rising in the country, that’s why Thailand wants to grow its digital economy, and to make that happen, the Thailand International Digital Business and Financial Center (TIDC) has brought in two new advisors—Tekin Salimi and Rushi Manche. This move is important because their expertise will help Thailand improve its blockchain and stablecoin systems, promote crypto adoption, and attract more digital investments. In simple terms, they’ll guide Thailand in becoming a…

TaskOn has announced a new partnership with CryptoIndex, also known as IndexCrypto. This effort is to help improve investment opportunities in the Web3 space. This news was shared through the X account of TaskOn. We’re excited to announce our collaboration with @IndexCrypto!CryptoIndex is a Web3 platform that enables the creation and trading of tokenized crypto indexes, allowing both retail and institutional investors to invest in or create cryptocurrency baskets. These indexes help… pic.twitter.com/D3JQM4lsWZ — TaskOn | Ultimate Web3 Community Growth Platform (@taskonxyz) February 10, 2025 CryptoIndex Offers Diversification for Crypto Traders This is Web3 crypto indexes platform which allows investors…

Top U.S. economist and professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Steve Hanke said in a recent interview that he does not like the idea of the U.S. government potentially creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve over the next few years. Hanke is known as a vigorous Bitcoin opponent who frequently criticizes the world’s largest cryptocurrency on his X social media account. U.S. Bitcoin Reserve is “stupidest idea” per Hanke In a recent X post, Steve Hanke shared an extract from his recent interview, where he shared his take on a suggestion made by the Senator Cynthia…

The cryptocurrency market has been busy with several transactions, generating millions in revenue from different protocols. As the weekend approaches, Tether has performed exemplary, topping the weekly revenue chart with $122.78 Million in fees for the last seven days. The latest data from DefiLlama shows the revenue performance of different sectors within the crypto ecosystem. The data shows that stablecoin issuers are performing well. This weekly fee revenue data highlights the success of protocols that focus on providing value to users willing to pay for services rather than relying solely on token price speculation. The revenue data indicates a change…

After former President Trump’s push to make the US a Bitcoin leader, countries like Russia, which once showed little interest in cryptocurrency, are now revising their laws to leverage trillion-dollar industry. At present, Russia is facing US sanctions and its economy is also in bad shape it will be interesting to see if these new rules provide relief to the existing investors. In a major change, Russia is moving to regulate cryptocurrency mining and transactions more clearly, with new tax laws set to take effect in 2025. Russia’s new cryptocurrency mining regulations, under Federal Law No. 259-FZ, require miners to…

B2 Network, a Bitcoin L2 scaling solution, has recently announced a new partnership with Band Protocol, a well-known cross-chain data oracle forum. The partnership targets delivering smart contracts that have tamper-proof, decentralized, and secure data. This ensures the security and reliability of data to benefit consumers. B² is excited to partner with @BandProtocol, a cross-chain data oracle platform that connects real-world data and APIs to smart contracts, enabling DeFi, prediction markets, and blockchain gaming to operate securely on-chain—without relying on centralized oracles.Together we… pic.twitter.com/YbvMWm2J1y — B² Network | BTC Layer2 (@BSquaredNetwork) February 10, 2025 Now users can expect relatively scalable…

Wall Street veteran Tone Vays, prominent Bitcoiner and popular YouTube blogger, is ready to open long positions on the orange coin again. Meanwhile, in a rare pattern, BTC performance in the last 24 hours brought enough pain to bulls and bears. Bitcoin (BTC) hits $100,000, Tone Vays is back to long Top trader Tone Vays is back to Bitcoin (BTC) long at the current prices. In his latest post on X, he announced a comeback as Bitcoin (BTC) yet again attempts to hold above $100,000. Now that the year is over, I am now back to fully Long in Bitcoin…

Amid the highly volatile crypto markets, a whale has grabbed significant market attention by generating incredible profit today. Lookonchain on Saturday showed that the whale earned $1.235 million profit investing in Swarms for just two weeks. SWARMS is a recently launched AI crypto token. Whale earns returns with Swarms Data shared by Lookonchain today January 11 showed that the whale made an incredible profit trading Swarms. The whale entered into investment when the asset price was down. He spent $458,000 to buy 20 million Swarms 14 days ago at an average price of $0.0229 for each token. A $swarms whale…