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A BIS report warns that the rapid growth of crypto exchanges and lack of standardized rules are putting users at risk.

Cryptocurrency exchanges are increasingly offering bank-like services, such as loans and yield products, but without the protection that traditional financial institutions offer, according to a report released Thursday by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). “What looks like a high-yield savings product is actually an unsecured loan to a lightly regulated shadow bank,” said the […]

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JPMorgan (JPM) Says Persistent Security Flaws Are Holding Back DeFi’s Institutional Appeal

Persistent security vulnerabilities and stagnant total value locked (TVL) are weighing on the institutional appeal of decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Wall Street investment bank JPMorgan (JPM). TVL refers to the total value of crypto assets deposited in DeFi protocols and is commonly used as an indicator of the size, usage, and overall health of

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Tether freezes $344 million in USDT on Tron linked to illicit activity

Tether, the crypto company best known for issuing the world’s largest stablecoin, said on Thursday it had frozen $344 million worth of USDT tokens on two wallets on the Tron blockchain after receiving requests from US authorities. The freeze was carried out after authorities flagged the addresses for suspected links to illicit activity, the company

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what advisors need to know

In today’s newsletter, First Digital’s Vincent Chok unveils the rise of “agent finance,” in which AI agents go beyond advice to execute financial transactions, making crypto the essential financial backend of this machine-driven economy. Next, in “Ask an Expert,” we asked three leading AI systems – Grok, Gemini and Claude – two questions about AI

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Why the quantum threat of Bitcoin is manageable and non-existential

Recent advances in quantum computing have reignited a long-standing concern about bitcoin. BTC$77,596.36. According to Bitcoin analyst James Check, a sufficiently powerful and cryptographically relevant quantum computer could, in theory, break Bitcoin’s elliptic curve signatures, exposing coins with visible public keys, especially early Satoshi-era wallets. Quantum doomsayers warn that this would trigger an influx of

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BTC price bullish momentum collides with Pentagon-backed inflation warning

Just like Bitcoin BTC$77,694.33 seemed to have built momentum for a breakout above $80,000, macroeconomic uncertainty re-emerged as a headwind. The most notable development came from the Pentagon, which told U.S. lawmakers in a classified briefing that mine clearance in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil bottleneck, could take at least six months, and

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US military runs Bitcoin (BTC) node, views crypto as ‘power projection’ against China

A four-star U.S. Navy admiral told Congress that the military is operating an active node on the Bitcoin network and testing it for national security purposes. Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), made the revelation Wednesday during a House Armed Services Committee hearing, a day after telling the Senate Armed Services

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The SBF withdraws its request for a new trial but leaves the option open after the appeal decision

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, withdrew his request for a new trial because he doubted he would get a fair hearing in a letter to the judge overseeing his case. Bankman-Fried, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence after being convicted of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy related to FTX’s 2022

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