Freedom Index
The News Roundup
View More NewsCrypto asset manager Bitwise has launched the first US spot exchange-traded product tracking NEAR, giving investors exposure to the token through a fund trading on NYSE Arca.The Bitwise NEAR ETF, trading under the ticker NRR, carries a 0.75% management fee and will hold NEAR directly, with Bitwise intending to stake a significant portion of the fund’s tokens.The launch comes as activity on NEAR Intents, the network’s cross-chain transaction protocol, has increased sharply, with volume rising to more than $32 billion compared with less than $1 billion a year ago, according to Bitwise.Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan told Cointelegraph that…
AI & Crypto
Read MorePolitics
Don't Miss!
Opinions & Debates
I think you’ve done enough calling us paranoid and preposterous. The next step is for you to defend your position in public against someone who will push back against it. I’m happy to meet you for a debate anywhere, anytime. You’re a world-famous veteran of dozens of debates…— Scott Alexander (@slatestarcodex) September 20, 2026 Dear Scott,I may be a veteran of debates, but this is the first time I’ve been challenged to a duel! Many people are eager to host this spectacle, but I choose to delope: to fire my pistol into the ground to pre-empt the conflict.Obviously I believe…
Latest News
In brief Chainlink launched CCIP 2.0 on Monday, letting institutions operate their own custom verifiers instead of depending solely on Chainlink’s default network. The…
In brief Senator Sarah Hanson-Young sent written invitations on September 27 asking OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei to appear before a Senate…
Bitcoin (BTC) fell to weekly lows on Monday as upside momentum gave way to liquidity hunting on exchange order books.Key points:Bitcoin reversed downward after…
In brief Citi’s institutional clients can now accept stablecoin payments through Spring by Citi, with Coinbase converting the tokens to fiat and Citi settling…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) updated its policies on how securities laws will apply to “certain types of crypto assets and certain…
In brief Nvidia launched the Open Agent Safety Platform on Monday, pairing an open-source runtime called OpenShell with a hardware watchdog called Sentry that…
The Complete Ethical Hacking Boot Camp has 11 courses cover python programming and ethical hacking from scratch. You’ll learn how to build custom penetration…
“There’s a convergence now that you’re seeing between traditional market participants and digital asset market participants as well,” Lynq CEO Jerald David said in…
Eligible institutions can pledge Benji-issued fund shares for stablecoin credit lines while keeping the underlying assets in off-exchange custody. Read the full article here
In brief Strive bought 1,107 BTC between Sept. 21 and Sept. 25 at an average of $85,396, bringing its stash to 27,462 BTC worth…
U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether is a go-to tool for the Iranian government to bypass sanctions, a new report from a group of Senate Democrats…
A political action committee (PAC) aligned with and largely funded by the cryptocurrency industry reported spending more than $11 million on ads supporting Republican…