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Bo Hines, previously a crypto adviser to US President Donald Trump who later joined stablecoin issuer Tether, reportedly kept a stake in a company that profited from the passage of a stablecoin bill when he was still at the White House.According to a Wednesday report from The Wall Street Journal, Hines had a one-third stake in the investment company he co-founded, Nxum, while pushing US lawmakers to pass the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins, or GENIUS, Act. The legislation reportedly came amid Nxum receiving $6.3 million as part of a deal with stablecoin issuer Tether, behind the…

SummaryType: DeFiTimeline: From 2025-08-26 | To 2025-09-05Languages: SolidityFindingsTotal Issues: 28 (25 resolved)Critical Severity Issues1 (1 resolved)High Severity Issues2 (2 resolved)Medium Severity Issues7 (6 resolved)Low Severity Issues9 (7 resolved)Notes & Additional Information9 (9 resolved)ScopeOpenZeppelin audited the Uniswap/token-launcher repository at commit 9eff2a7.In scope were the following files:src ├── distributionContracts │ ├── LBPStrategyBasic │ └── MerkleClaim └── distributionStrategies │ ├── LBPStrategyBasicFactory │ └── MerkleFactory └── interaces │ └── external │ └── IERC20 │ ├── IDistributionContract │ ├── IDistributionStrategy │ ├── ILBPStrategyBasic │ ├── IMerkleClaim │ ├── IMultiCall │ ├── IPermit2Forwarder │ └── ITokenLauncher └── libraries │ └── TickCalculations └── types │ ├── Distribution…

Miners have about four weeks to direct their machines elsewhere. After the cutoff, Binance will stop crediting mining shares, the records of work used to calculate payouts. Pool Savings users must redeem their positions, while anyone awaiting a final payout should complete required identity checks by 11:59 p.m. UTC that day.Pool pages will disappear permanently on Nov. 24, giving customers another two weeks to download records and check payout status.Four years ago, Binance was offering to finance miners’ expansion. In October 2022, it announced a $500 million lending program through the pool, offering secured loans for 18 to 24 months…

The European Banking Authority announced on Oct. 14 that USDC issued by Circle Internet Financial Europe SAS is the European Union’s first significant e-money token under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).The designation sets up a Nov. 12 transfer of key supervisory responsibilities from France’s financial regulator to the EBA.The authority said USDC is the first token to receive that classification among 45 e-money tokens notified under the EU’s crypto regulation. France’s Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) will retain other responsibilities.The handover also gives fresh relevance to Circle’s earlier push to change the reserve framework. In its…

When a platform offers a digital token linked to a listed company, the familiar name and matching price do not tell the investor what they own. The token itself is the blockchain-recorded instrument held in a wallet, while the underlying legal wrapper decides whether the holder has an ownership interest in the shares, an indirect interest through an intermediary, or only a separate stock-linked claim against another issuer. Revaz (Rezo) Shmertz, co-founder and Managing Partner of digital asset investment firm BR Capital and founder of Web3 research initiative Beyond Research Labs LLC (BR Labs), applies over 20 years of financial…

Overview of Konvoy Fund III Konvoy Ventures has announced the launch of Konvoy Fund III (KFIII), a $150 million investment fund targeting early-stage gaming companies. The firm aims to fund approximately 30 startups within the next two and a half years, focusing on pre-seed, seed, and Series A funding rounds. Investment Focus and Goals The new fund will not only support companies in the gaming sector but also in other industries such as education and healthcare. Following the launch of KFIII, Konvoy’s total managed assets will increase to $270 million. Despite a decrease in interest in Web3 technology, the firm…

Nearly $483 million in bitcoin and ether futures positions were closed over the past 24 hours as cryptocurrency prices fell Thursday, with ether traders taking the largest hit.Crypto losses worsened on Thursday morning as uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate decision weighed on markets. Bitcoin traded around $81,000, down roughly 3% over 24 hours, while ether lost more than 6% to about $2,350. XRP and Solana’s SOL fell around 5%, and dogecoin dropped roughly 6%.Ether contracts accounted for about $286 million of liquidations, compared with $197 million for bitcoin, according to CoinGlass data checked during Asian morning hours. Ether…

He also pointed to data centers’ job creation, noting demand for construction workers, energy infrastructure and AI compute hardware.Moody’s estimates planned capital spending on U.S. data centers at $700 billion this year, rising to between $2.4 trillion and $2.48 trillion through 2030. Globally, spending is expected to reach $7 trillion by the end of the decade.Any attempt to stifle that spending could have wide-ranging effects. The U.S. economy is already stressed on several fronts, including sticky inflation and rising bond yields.A recession would matter for crypto traders too, since it typically reduces investors’ appetite for risky assets. Bitcoin proponents hail…

In May, the Protocol cluster welcomed a trio of new cluster coordinators and promised updates to follow. After months of settling in and aligning with contributors cluster-wide, across the EF and across the Ethereum ecosystem, we are now happy to share Protocol’s priorities: what Protocol is for, the commitments that govern its work through 2029, and what those commitments require of the forks now entering scope. With Glamsterdam approaching mainnet, Protocol has entered the Hegotá scoping season. We used the process described in an August 28 post: 62 EIPs proposed for inclusion, multiple Glamsterdam retrospectives, 16 contribution templates, and several…

Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Apia, Samoa, October 14, 2026 – The crypto market saw a notable rally in the just-concluded third quarter. It was also the quarter in which HTX turned 13. Over the past 13 years, the industry has weathered multiple bull and bear cycles, and HTX has stood…