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Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has ordered Tools for Humanity (TFH), the company behind Worldcoin’s biometric data collection, to cease offering crypto or financial incentives in exchange for biometric data. The directive, effective January 25, follows an investigation launched in…
Elon Musk is reportedly looking to leverage blockchain to reduce government spending, signaling a broader effort to support the digital asset industry’s growth under the Trump administration. According to a Bloomberg report on Saturday, Musk has begun discussions about implementing blockchain…
Argentinian authorities are investigating a newsstand operator who allegedly paid customers and “neighbors” around $20 for iris scans, amid ongoing Worldcoin (WLD) controversy in LATAM. Per the media outlet Río Negro, an Argentine consumer rights-focused prosecutor has begun an investigation into…
Rosseti, Russia’s biggest energy provider, will launch crypto mining operations, allowing select power supply centers to work with Bitcoin mining firms. Per the Russian state-run news agency TASS, Rosseti is ready to position itself as an “operator for hosting mining infrastructure.”…
Polymarket, a crypto-powered prediction platform, is under scrutiny from its users after the contentious resolution of a market predicting whether TikTok would be banned in the United States before May 2025. The market, which attracted $120 million in trading volume, was…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has highlighted how U.S. President Donald Trump’s crypto agenda has become a central topic of discussion across the crypto industry, financial markets, and the tech world. Reflecting on his recent time at the World Economic Forum (WEF)…
Nasdaq has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on behalf of BlackRock, aiming to enable in-kind creation and redemption for its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). The filing, submitted on…
Andreessen Horowitz, a prominent venture capital firm, has announced plans to wind down its UK operations, citing U.S. President Donald Trump’s strong pro-crypto policy momentum as a driving factor. The decision marks a shift in focus back to the U.S. market…
After years of uncertainty around digital assets in the United States, President Donald Trump has vowed to make America the world’s leading crypto nation. The newly elected US President has already signed an executive order to establish regulatory clarity around digital…
MicroStrategy, a business intelligence firm helmed by prominent Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor, faces potential federal tax liabilities on its extensive Bitcoin holdings, estimated at $47 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Friday. MicroStrategy suddenly has a tax problem…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the controversial Staff Accounting Bulletin – SAB 121, days after Gensler’s resignation. The rule gained widespread criticism for asking banks that hold crypto to record them as liabilities in their balance sheets.…
Nemil Dalal, Head of the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP), joined the Cryptonews Spotlight podcast to discuss how AI and blockchain are converging, the role of crypto in mainstream adoption, and how Coinbase is making onchain development accessible for everyone. Bringing the…