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View More NewsIn brief DePIN tokens are down as much as 99% from all-time highs, even as revenues climb. The sector now generates tens of millions in annual on-chain revenue. Projects are increasingly focused on financing models and enterprise use cases, including AI. Low token prices continue to weigh on decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), but revenues across the sector are showing signs of resilience, according to a report from Messari.Most DePIN tokens stagnated or declined in 2025: Tokens launched between 2018 and 2022 are lagging their all-time highs by 94-99%, the report said. But a subset of networks is reporting growing…
Michael Selig, chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced that the agency would join the efforts of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Project Crypto.In remarks prepared for an SEC-CFTC discussion on harmonizing the agencies’ approach to digital assets, Selig said that the CFTC would partner with the SEC on its Project Crypto, an initiative launched in July to establish clarity on regulations for digital assets. According to the CFTC chair, the joint collaboration aims to “advance a clear crypto asset taxonomy, clarify jurisdictional lines, remove duplicative compliance requirements, and reduce regulatory fragmentation.” “Fragmented oversight imposes real economic costs—raising barriers…
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It has now been a month since Australia’s under‑16 social media ban—officially known as the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024—came into effect.I originally wrote this piece before the ban commenced on 10 December 2025, setting out my predictions for how it would play out. But after three weeks in Europe, I’m now back in Australia witnessing it firsthand. While I was broadly correct about the trade-offs that a blanket ban would involve, what I didn’t anticipate is how those trade-offs would manifest in the first month.The law puts the onus on social media companies to ensure…
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from the who-needs-facts-when-you-have-rhetoric dept We always knew the narrative was false. The administration’s insistence that Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) was somehow an…
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In brief Bitcoin plunged Thursday, with the 50-day EMA crossing below the 200-day EMA—a classic death cross pattern that typically signals sustained downward pressure.…
In brief A federal court found BPS Financial promoted and operated the Qoin Wallet for nearly three years without an Australian financial services licence.…
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Ether held on crypto exchanges has declined over the last six months as the price of Ether has held steady, while holders are continuing…
In brief Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says tokenization could have prevented the 2021 GameStop trading halt, blaming outdated settlement infrastructure. Experts say traditional brokerages…
This week, guest host Eric Boehm is joined by J.C. Bradbury, an economist at Kennesaw State University and one of the leading critics of…
Bitcoin dropped to the $88,000 level on Thursday as a rebound in the U.S. dollar and continued strength in commodities kept crypto trading in…
Bitcoin traded down on Wednesday as gold rallied 4.4% over 24 hours, adding a massive $1.65 trillion to its market cap in a single…
Fidelity Investments will expand its digital asset offerings with plans to launch its own U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, the Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD), the firm…