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View More NewsLuke Dashjr, one of the key proponents of BIP-110 soft-fork attempt, has been removed from his position as an editor of such proposals for the development of the Bitcoin network.The motion’s forwarding and subsequent carrying followed shortly after the controversial BIP-110, an attempt to temporarily restrict use of the Bitcoin network for non-financial purposes, stalled almost immediately after entering a signaling period for miners and node operators to demonstrate their support.Dashjr, who was one of the most prominent Bitcoin developers driving the BIP-110 initiative, was accused of abusing his editorial authority in doing so, such as attempting to assign the…
Itaú, Latin America’s largest private sector bank, has partnered with digital asset infrastructure provider OpenAssets to participate in an industry-led pilot testing the tokenization of fixed-income securities and investment funds in Brazil.The initiative is led by the Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association (ANBIMA), which is testing the issuance, trading and settlement of capital markets instruments using distributed ledger technology (DLT).According to Tuesday’s announcement, the companies will develop technical proofs of concept and assess the operational, compliance and technology requirements for tokenized assets, with debentures and investment funds among the use cases being explored.OpenAssets will provide its tokenization infrastructure, while…
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The story of Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor who has just resigned amid a scandal involving plagiarism, fabulism, and résumé-padding, has rattled a number of skeletons in Western academia’s closet. In 2023, Arday became the youngest black professor at the University of Cambridge when he was appointed professor in the sociology of education at the age of 37. Arday had obtained his PhD from Liverpool John Moores University in 2015. The son of immigrants from Ghana who lived on a Clapham council estate, he claimed to have overcome autism and other disabilities that left him unable to read or write…
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Brazil’s biggest bank is taking another step into tokenized assets, adding to a growing list of the country’s financial heavyweights experimenting with putting traditional…
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In brief An AI agent exploited an Australian gym’s booking system and canceled another member’s reservation. The case comes as major AI developers disclose…
Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped to $76,500 on Monday, erasing nearly all of this month’s gains as fresh US-Iran war tensions soured the crypto market…
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Subscribe to the Free Future NewsletterFree Future home Some US police departments seem to be adopting AI-assisted police report products despite the technology’s deal-breaking…
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Bitcoin miner Canaan reported a net loss of $88.7 million for the first quarter of 2026, as falling Bitcoin (BTC) prices squeezed margins and…
In brief Japan’s ruling LDP party has put forward a proposal framing on-chain finance as a way to protect yen sovereignty. It seeks clearer…