Bitcoin developer Ben Allen has been awarded a $100,000 grant by investment firm Maelstrom to support the continued development of Payjoin, a privacy-enhancing transaction tool designed to make Bitcoin (BTC) usage more secure and efficient. Announced on May 20, the grant will allow Allen and developer Dan Gould to accelerate
At the recent SEC Speaks event, US SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, also known as the Crypto Mom, made a bold and clarifying statement: most crypto assets should not be considered securities. Peirce, who leads the agency’s Crypto Task Force, stressed that regulatory clarity is essential as the crypto space continues
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s sole remaining Democratic Commissioner, Caroline Crenshaw, has issued a stark warning about the agency’s recent approach to crypto regulation. She compares it to a dangerous game of “regulatory Jenga” that risks destabilizing market safeguards carefully built over decades. Regulatory Rollbacks Raise Alarm Bells In her
As cryptocurrency continues to penetrate mainstream finance, its prominent figures are facing new and more dangerous risks like kidnapping, extortion, and targeted physical threats. In response, major crypto firms like Coinbase, Circle, and Robinhood have begun investing heavily in personal security, especially for their top executives. In 2024, Coinbase allocated
An Alabama man, Eric Council Jr., has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for his role in the January 2024 hack of the SEC’s official X account. The hack led to a false post claiming the SEC had approved spot Bitcoin ETFs, causing rapid market fluctuations. Council, 26, from
The US Securities and Exchange Commission and Everstake are in discussions to explore clearer regulatory definitions revolving around taking and blockchain networks. Recently, both bodies held a meeting related to the Crypto Task Force of the SEC. The meeting was followed by the staking of more than 193 billion dollars
After a significant rise in crypto-related kidnappings in France, the government has decided to enhance the security measures for Crypto entrepreneurs and their families, as per Politico. As per the report of the American media firm released on May 16, the measures will prioritise access to police emergency lines, home
Bitstamp has now become one of the first exchanges to function across Europe’s new crypto framework after securing the MiCA license. The exchange has received a crypto asset service provider license to function in Luxembourg under the new MiCA rules of the European Union. After this, Bitstamp will be eligible
Today, Space and Time, a company that is a pioneer in blockchain, artificial intelligence, data, and zero-knowledge (ZK), made an announcement that their ZK prover for SQL queries, which is called “Proof of SQL,” has achieved sub-second proving speeds for analytic queries against one million rows of data. Proving SQL queries
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