Trump Memecoin Luncheon Drives Whale Wallet Activity

The number of whale wallets holding more than one million TRUMP tokens tied to US President Donald Trump has surged to a five-month high after announcing a luncheon at his Florida home for top holders last week.  There are now 83 wallets holding more than 1 million TRUMP (TRUMP), equating to $3.7 million, making it

Meta Shuts Down Horizon Worlds on Quest Headsets

Meta Platforms will shut down its Horizon Worlds metaverse for virtual reality users in June, pivoting to a mobile-only experience as it retreats from the aggressive metaverse push it championed just five years ago.  Consumers will no longer be able to build, publish or update virtual reality worlds, or access the Horizon Worlds metaverse on

Coin Center Urges SEC To Prioritize Rulemaking Over No-Action Letters

Crypto lobby group Coin Center has urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission to stop addressing individual crypto cases reactively and instead start setting clear rules. “Individualized relief can provide short-term clarity, but it risks fragmentation, implicit merit regulation, and uneven treatment across projects,” Coin Center said in a letter to the SEC, urging the

SEC’s Paul Atkins Proposes Crypto Safe Harbor Exemptions

SEC chair Paul Atkins says the regulator should review giving a range of exemptions to crypto companies to allow “bespoke pathways” to raise money. US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins says the agency should consider a “safe harbor proposal” to give crypto companies and some tokens a regulatory carveout. Atkins said in remarks

Bitrefill Claims Lazarus Group Hacked Them, Stealing Funds

Crypto e-commerce store Bitrefill has revealed it was the victim of a cybersecurity attack on March 1, with the methods used closely resembling those of Lazarus Group, North Korea’s notorious hacking organization. In a post to X on Tuesday, Bitrefill said the hackers used malware, onchain tracing and reused IP and email infrastructure to compromise

SEC will Consider most Crypto Assets not Securities under Federal Law

In one of its first actions since signing a memorandum of understanding with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it would clarify how “non-security crypto assets” are treated under federal securities laws. In a Tuesday notice, the SEC said its interpretation of how crypto assets should be

US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Crack Down on Prediction Markets War Bets

Two Democratic lawmakers in the US Congress have introduced legislation in response to “government corruption” over bets on prediction markets platforms. In a Tuesday announcement, Texas Representative Greg Casar and Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy said they had introduced the Banning Event Trading on Sensitive Operations and ​Federal Functions (BETS OFF) Act after several Polymarket accounts

Moody’s Launches Onchain Credit Ratings via Canton Network

Moody’s Ratings has debuted a system to deliver its credit analysis onchain, bringing its ratings data into blockchain-based financial infrastructure. The system, called Token Integration Engine (TIE), connects Moody’s ratings data to blockchain networks, allowing permissioned participants to access credit insights within blockchain-based financial workflows. It is built for institutional use, with issuers controlling participation

Bitcoin Price Rally To $79K Would Make Spot ETF Holders Whole Again

Bitcoin (BTC) is closing in on its average entry price for US spot BTC exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors at $79,900. The narrowing gap between Bitcoin’s market price and the ETF holders’ cost basis coincides with onchain data that shows early signs of accelerated buying from investors. Bitcoin ETF breakeven level nears key trend test Bitcoin’s

Tether Unveils AI System to Run Large Models on Smartphones

Tether, issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin by market cap, USDT, has released a new AI training framework that it says allows large language models to be fine-tuned on consumer hardware, including smartphones and non-Nvidia GPUs. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the system, part of its QVAC platform, uses Microsoft’s BitNet architecture and LoRA techniques to
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