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Europe risks ‘digital dollarization’ as banks rush to launch euro stablecoin

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Europe risks losing control of its financial future to the US dollar unless it brings the euro on the blockchain track, according to Jan-Oliver Sell, CEO of bank-backed stablecoin project Qivalis. The warning reflects growing concern among European banks and policymakers that the next phase of global finance, increasingly built on blockchain infrastructure, will be […]

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Mercado Libre Shuts Down Mercado Coin, Ending Its Loyalty-Focused Crypto Experiment

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E-commerce giant Mercado Libre (MELI) is discontinuing its homegrown cryptocurrency, Mercado Coin, almost four years after introducing it to boost customer engagement on its platform. The e-commerce giant announced its decision through a notification and email from Mercado Pago, its digital wallet, which will manage the phase-out. Starting April 17, users will no longer be

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Coinbase Unveils Strategy to Focus on Tokenized Markets, Stablecoins and Developers

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Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2 network (COIN), is doubling down on its efforts to build what it calls a “global on-chain economy,” outlining a 2026 strategy focused on marketplaces, payments and developers. Base is one of the most widely used Layer 2 networks in the Ethereum ecosystem, opening for public use in August 2023. It was

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Google Warns Five Quantum Attack Paths Could Put $100 Billion on Ethereum at Risk

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Most online reactions to Google’s Quantum AI paper, released Monday evening, focused on bitcoin. The nine-minute attack, a 41% probability of theft and the 6.9 million BTC possibly exposed. The Ethereum section received less attention. It deserves more. The white paper, co-authored with Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake and Stanford’s Dan Boneh, describes five ways

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Quantum Risk Resurfaces at Worst Time for Bitcoin, But QRL Token Loves It: Crypto Daybook Americas

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By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless otherwise noted) If macroeconomic concerns related to the Iranian conflict weren’t enough, new research has reignited what could be considered an existential threat to bitcoin. BTC$66,568.47quantum computing. A Google paper suggests that breaking the Bitcoin blockchain’s cryptography with quantum computers could require fewer than 500,000 qubits, a fraction

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Risk-off Mood Deepens in Crypto as Futures Interest Declines: Crypto Markets Today

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The crypto market showed signs of volatility on Tuesday, with bitcoin BTC$66,244.76 climbing to $68,300 shortly after midnight UTC before falling back to $66,500. The initial rise was sparked by reports that US President Donald Trump was prepared to end the war in Iran without the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Optimism faded after

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Options linked to Hashdex’s crypto ETF that holds BTC, ETH, XRP and other tokens debut on Nasdaq

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For over a year, trading Hashdex’s diversified crypto ETF was like riding in an amusement park without a seat belt. Investors could speculate, but if the market fell, they had little protection. This has now changed. Options on the Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF (NCIQ) went live on Nasdaq on Monday, providing investors with

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