Freedom IndexAI & Crypto
AI & Crypto explores how artificial intelligence and blockchain technology intersect to shape the future of digital freedom. Covering innovations, risks, and opportunities, this category highlights the role of decentralized AI, smart contracts, and crypto-driven tools in safeguarding free speech and online expression.
Banks and financial institutions have started experimenting with tokenized bank deposits, bank balances recorded on a blockchain, but the technology…
Lark Davis called November bitcoin’s strongest month with a 42.5% average gain; the median is far lower and a single…
In brief Europol said misuse of crypto is “becoming increasingly sophisticated,” straining national police resources. Experts have called for global…
The ongoing U.S. government shutdown is already the second-longest in the nation’s history, and may break the record for longest…
European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde released a statement on Friday touting the digital euro, a central bank digital…
Seventeen years after Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin to the world, it has grown from a cryptographic experiment into a global…
Mining hardware producer Canaan won a contract to supply 4.5 megawatts (MW) of Bitcoin mining application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for…
In brief Coinbase exceeded Q3 expectations with $1.9 billion in revenue, driven by rebounding trading volumes and profitable services including…
Speaking with CNBC’s Sara Eisen at the sidelines the 2025 edition of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,…
Maximal extractable value (MEV), the process of miners or validators reordering transactions in a block to extract profits, is preventing…
In brief Romania’s gambling regulator blacklisted Polymarket in the country. The regulator said it meets the definition of counterparty betting…
Ripio, a Latin American crypto exchange with more than 25 million users, has launched a new stablecoin pegged to the…