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In brief Eric Trump said that the his family’s crypto empire has profited more than $1 billion so far. The family’s crypto ventures span NFT trading cards, meme coins, World Liberty Financial, and more. President Trump’s crypto businesses have been a point of contention, with critics claiming conflicts of interest. President Donald Trump’s embrace of…
In brief Philippine Senate Bill 1330, filed by Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV, seeks to mandate blockchain-based tracking of government spending under an $8.6 million initial appropriation. The push follows public scrutiny over $9.2 billion in infrastructure projects flagged for irregularities. Lawyers told Decrypt the bill risks concentrating control, limiting data contestability, and turning…
By Arjun Sethi, Kraken co-CEO When the head of the International Monetary Fund says fiat is going digital and urges countries to accept reality, that is not a policy tweak. It is the moment the establishment admits that the world has already changed. For years, global institutions treated crypto as a novelty or a risk.…
October 15, 2025 | Asset Listings We’re thrilled to announce that ZBCN is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading ZBCN trading is live as of October 15, 2025. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens…
In brief Synthetix (SNX) is up 190% over the past month ahead of its Q4 Ethereum mainnet perpetual DEX launch. The rally has fueled a spike in on-chain activity with 975 new wallets and 229 whale transfers in a day. Experts call the recent pullback a healthy correction, with long-term growth depending on user retention.…
In brief OwlTing announced Tuesday it will begin trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday. The company chose a direct listing to emphasize transparency and avoid shareholder dilution. The move follows heightened global regulatory focus and growing institutional interest in stablecoins. Taiwanese stablecoin infrastructure company OwlTing will commence trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on Thursday,…
In brief Monad unveiled an eligibility checker and early claim portal for its upcoming MON airdrop. The portal will be open until November 3 in which eligible participants can register an early claim on their tokens. Monad is set to rival Ethereum and Solana and raised $225 million in 2024 to build its layer-1 network.…
In brief Attack success depended on sample count, not dataset percentage. Larger models were no harder to poison than smaller ones. Clean retraining reduced, but did not always remove, backdoors. It turns out poisoning an AI doesn’t take an army of hackers—just a few hundred well-placed documents.A new study found that poisoning an AI model’s…
In brief SB 243 makes California the first state to regulate AI “companion” chatbots that simulate friendship or romance. The law mandates identity disclosures, bans sexual or self-harm topics with minors, and sets suicide-response protocols. Safety groups say the final bill was “watered down” after lobbying, calling it “an empty gesture rather than meaningful policy.”…
The European Banking Authority has published a new report highlighting how the crypto industry has attempted to bypass new legislation like MiCA and its extended AML/CFT legislative framework. MiCA, which came fully into effect in late 2024, gave the 27-country economic bloc a unified set of rules governing crypto asset providers for the first time.The…
