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Conflux Network integrates AIOZ Network’s DePIN to Power Web3 Developers with Tooling to Build Scalable DApps

AIOZ Network, a DePIN solution offering video streaming, AI computation, and decentralized storage services, today disclosed its strategic alliance with Conflux Network, a Layer-1 protocol boosting functionality of decentralized applications and Web3 infrastructure. With this partnership, Conflux is integrated into AIOZ’s AI-driven DePIN infrastructure to power more smart and accessible decentralized applications for the Web3 ecosystem. Conflux is an open-source Layer-1 blockchain designed to power DApps and Web3 infrastructure, enabling people, communities, and markets to connect internationally across borders and chains. On the other hand, AIOZ Network is a DePIN platform aiming to improve efficiency and reduce costs in video…

BlockchainAug 24

US explores radical legal tool to fight overseas crypto thefts

US Representative David Schweikert has introduced legislation granting the President authority to act against crypto criminals operating abroad. The bill, filed as House Resolution (H.R. 4988), invokes the rarely used concept of “letters of marque and reprisal,” which is a legal instrument dating back to maritime warfare. Historically, such letters authorized privateers to attack and seize enemy ships during wartime, providing governments a way to retaliate against foreign aggression. Under Schweikert’s proposal, the mechanism would extend into the digital domain. The legislation would allow private individuals or companies to act on behalf of the United States to recover stolen assets…

LegalAug 24

Buenos Aires Opens to Crypto Payments

The city of Buenos Aires announced a series of measures to become a crypto hub in Argentina and Latin America. As part of the move, citizens will be able to pay municipal taxes and other duties in crypto, modernizing the city’s payment system. Buenos Aires Targets Global Crypto Leadership With Incentives Crypto adoption is now also moving at a municipal level, with cities adopting a crypto-friendly stance. The city of Buenos Aires recently announced a series of measures aimed at becoming a worldwide leader in cryptocurrency adoption, given the high level of crypto natives living there. According to city figures,…

ExchangesAug 24

Visa Seeks Onchain Expert to Bridge Blockchain Activity With Global Payments

Visa is ramping up its crypto push, seeking blockchain expertise to fuel cutting-edge payment insights, sharpen network efficiency, and unlock fresh growth opportunities in digital transaction innovation. Visa Seeks Strategic Hire to Tap Blockchain Flows for Payment Innovation Edge Visa posted on its careers page that it is seeking an onchain data analyst to join its crypto product team in Foster City, California. The hire will be tasked with analyzing both VisaNet and public blockchain data to strengthen the company’s payments network. The role will require evaluating large-scale datasets to generate insights that enhance payment efficiency and uncover new opportunities.…

BlockchainAug 24

How Washington is shaping crypto’s future

For years, Washington was considered hostile territory for the cryptocurrency industry. Regulatory crackdowns, lawsuits and policy uncertainty drove many builders overseas and left advocates fighting uphill battles on Capitol Hill. But as Kristin Smith, president of the Solana Policy Institute, explains in the latest episode of the Clear Crypto Podcast, the tide has turned in a dramatic way. Crypto coordination Smith, a longtime policy leader in Washington and former CEO of the Blockchain Association, joined hosts Nathan Jeffay and Gareth Jenkinson to unpack the shifting US regulatory environment. What was once a fragmented and defensive industry has transformed into one…

LegalAug 24

EU Might Launch Digital Euro on Ethereum or Solana

According to a Friday report by the Financial Times, the European Union might launch the much-talked-about digital euro project on Ethereum or Solana instead of opting for a private blockchain. Issuing a digital euro on a public blockchain could significantly boost its accessibility, but there are some concerns about privacy-related issues. Jolting EU into action The world's biggest trading bloc has been rattled by the quick passage of the GENIUS Act, a comprehensive stablecoin legislation, in the US. The EU is now worried that it might fall behind the US in the stablecoin race, which has prompted its officials to…

BlockchainAug 24

U.S. Banking Regulator OCC Lifts Enforcement Order From Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital has moved out from under its U.S. banking regulator's order that it institute a compliance program to protect against money-laundering abuses, with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announcing the removal of the cease-and-desist order originally issued in 2022. "The OCC believes that the safety and soundness of the bank and its compliance with laws and regulations does not require the continued existence of the order," it said in the termination announced on Thursday. Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley, who has emerged as a high-profile representative of crypto interests in Washington, framed the enforcement action…

LegalAug 24

Pi Squared’s FastSet Promises 100K TPS and Instant Finality

FastSet provides a new innovative blockchain performance by Pi Squared. The protocol boasts to complete over 100,000 transactions every second and settle quickly within a span of a 100 milliseconds. Where conventional chains depend on retail ordering, FastSet employs a parallelism in which the verification of independent claims is independent. The design is promising to open the door to applications that need extreme speed, such as financial trading and real-time games ecosystems. Going Beyond Global Agreement Among the most interesting statements that FastSet makes is that it does not conform to international agreement in all of its operations. Ordinary blockchains…

BlockchainAug 24

Trump’s pro-crypto pivot brings us founders back into the industry

The Trump administration’s pro-crypto policies are now encouraging some US-based founders to re-enter or expand their involvement in the cryptocurrency industry. The policies highlight a pivot from the Biden administration’s stricter regulatory approach, which many say stifled innovation and forced companies to seek greener pastures offshore. Share of US-based founders is back up since Trump returned to office. Source: @panekkkk (X/Twitter) Crypto in America is booming again With Joe Biden gone and Gary Gensler replaced, America’s attitude towards crypto has drastically improved. According to reports, the positive reversal in US policy towards crypto has triggered a reversal of the trend…

LegalAug 24

River Integrates LayerZero to Power Native Omni-Chain Stablecoin Liquidity

River today unveiled what it calls the first Omni-CDP, a cross-chain collateralized debt position that uses LayerZero to let users mint satUSD natively on any supported chain without bridges, wrappers, or the usual fragmentation that plagues multi-chain stablecoin flows. The integration moves collateral and stablecoin issuance into a single, chain-agnostic experience: deposit BTC, ETH, BNB or LSTs on one chain and mint satUSD directly on another. Stablecoin liquidity today is often split across dozens of ecosystems. Capital sits idle on one chain while demand lives on another; moving assets usually means taking on bridge risk or dealing with wrapped tokens…

BlockchainAug 24