Crafted over four years with contributions from 128 artists across 37 countries, the First Edition traces Bitcoin’s arc from cypherpunk roots to a worldwide technological movement.
“This is a historic milestone with Aramco,” Pasqal CEO Loïc Henriet said. “The deployment of our most powerful quantum computer yet is a piece of history and a landmark for the Middle East’s quantum future. Pasqal continues its expansion, delivering practical quantum power to industry.”
Before the 2021 prohibition on cryptocurrency trading and mining, China was the world’s leading hub for bitcoin mining. Following the crackdown, the country’s share of global activity plunged to zero.
The launch marks a milestone in Pi Squared’s pursuit of an infinitely scalable decentralized payment network capable of processing transactions faster than any existing blockchain.
The decision in Rhutikumari v Zanmai Labs & Ors (2025), delivered by Justice N. Anand Venkatesh, held that crypto assets are intangible property, not legal tender, but assets that can be “possessed, enjoyed and held in trust.”
In this edition of Expert Insights, we speak with Pradhi AI’s CEO, Vijayalakshmi Raghavan, on building empathetic AI that listens, not just hears—and how decentralization could redefine trust in intelligent systems.
According to ARK’s latest disclosure, the ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) now holds about 3.25% of its assets in Securitize, making the company the fund’s eighth-largest position after major AI players such as xAI and Anthropic.
Speaking at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, Tenev said that in the future, “everything will be on-chain in some form, and the distinction [between crypto and traditional finance] will disappear.”
Among the exchanges named are some of the industry’s best-known platforms, including Paxful, Poloniex, BitMex, BTCC, CEX.IO, LBank, CoinEx, BingX, PrimeXBT, Remitano, AscendEx, Phemex, Probit Global, Bitrue, BTSE, YouHodler, and Huione.
“A specialist taskforce, hell bent on breaking games into the $121bn mobile market,” Ferguson wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Since April, we’ve already taken three games to the No. 1 rank on mobile stores. Now we want the charts to be dominated by Immutable.”
“By linking Bitcoin’s strength with Ethereum’s flexibility, and eventually with other networks, we are creating a framework where communities can grow together,” he said. “This is how Bitcoin becomes more accessible, more useful, and more impactful for the entire crypto economy.”
“The civilizations that gained the most from new waves of technology are not the ones who consumed the technology, but the ones who produced it,” he noted. “Openness and verifiability can fight against global balkanization.”
The investment was made through PayPal Ventures, the company’s venture capital arm, as part of Stable’s recent $28 million seed round that also included backing from Bitfinex and Hack VC.
Web3 and artificial intelligence (AI) conferences have multiplied across the globe, often promising big stages, bigger crowds, and the chance…
The Crypto Gaming Recovery Fund, unveiled this week, will allocate half a million dollars’ worth of tokens and assets over seven years. Eligible players from shuttered titles such as Pirate Nation, Tokyo Beast, and The Walking Dead: Empires can apply by creating a Splinterlands account, purchasing a $10 item that doubles as in-game credits, and submitting proof of their holdings in the defunct games.
Shares of the ETF are expected to list on a U.S. exchange under a ticker symbol yet to be disclosed. According to the filing, issuance and redemption will occur in blocks of 10,000 shares, known as baskets, settled either in cash or in Avalanche itself. The structure allows investors to gain direct exposure to AVAX without the complexities of managing wallets or private keys.
Yet while Bitcoin bulls cheer macro tailwinds, gold has quietly stolen the spotlight. The precious metal just surged to an inflation-adjusted record of $3,683 per ounce, surpassing a high last seen in 1980.
The ApeX Protocol study evaluated seven indicators: cryptocurrency ownership rates, ATMs per capita, local exchanges, “pay with crypto” searches, debit card availability, in-country transaction options, and real estate usability.
Previously, when Pi Network co-founder Dr Nicolas Kokkalis appeared in Consensus Toronto, the buzz was delivered, but not much that the wider public could measure.
The new unit consolidates Bybit’s existing institutional teams under one roof. It will be led by Yoyee Wang, a former portfolio manager at the Royal Bank of Canada who most recently headed Bybit’s global treasury.
El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office has announced a major restructuring of the country’s Bitcoin reserves, moving coins from a single…
A recent disclosure in Gemini’s IPO filing revealed that Ripple struck a credit agreement with the exchange worth up to $150 million. The arrangement allows Gemini to request loans in increments of at least $5 million, up to $75 million.
The launch comes months after Shopify cut ties with West’s Yeezy brand. The e-commerce giant shut down the Yeezy store in February after West began selling swastika-themed merchandise, calling the stunt “vile” and warning of fraud risks to consumers.
The new initiative will run as a series of community-driven challenges, with the current campaign featuring an $18,000 prize pool over 10 days. Participants can join by installing the Titan browser extension, which enables users to securely lease their residential IP addresses and earn rewards.
