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Cardano Transitions Core Development to External Teams in Decentralization Effort
Cardano's Input Output will transition core development to external teams, aiming for decentralization and addressing network challenges, including low activity and ADA's price drop.
Mercation Admin4 min - Crypto
Ethical Dispute Delays Passage of the CLARITY Act
The CLARITY Act, aimed at regulating the U.S. crypto industry, faces delays due to ethical concerns involving Donald Trump, despite optimism in Washington.
Mercation Admin1 min - Crypto
Robinhood's Ambitious Move to Introduce 10 Million Users to Decentralized Finance
Robinhood is striving to onboard 10 million users to decentralized finance, but early activity is dominated by memecoins, overshadowing its original goals of tokenizing real-world assets.
Mercation Admin6 min - News
Russian Duma Proposes Blocking Crypto Transfers Suspected by Banks
The Russian Duma has revised a draft law to block crypto transfers suspected of illegal activity, introducing the term "unauthorized recipient" for banks to act upon.
Mercation Admin1 min - Banking Policy
ECB Warns of Bank Deposit Outflows to Stablecoins
The ECB warns that increasing stablecoin usage could reduce retail bank deposits, highlighting the need for CBDCs to maintain public money's role in digital payments.
Mercation Admin1 min - News
Three Individuals Sentenced for $5.3 Million UK Crypto Scam
Three men have been sentenced for a £4 million crypto fraud in the UK, impersonating police to deceive victims and lavishly spending the stolen funds.
Mercation Admin3 min - Crypto
SBI Group Expands to Create Asia's First Cross-Border Digital Asset Network
SBI Group has acquired Coinhako, aiming to establish a digital asset corridor across Asia, partnering with Ondo Finance for tokenization and expanding its influence in the region.
Mercation Admin5 min - News
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Unveils AI Model Inkling
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab has launched Inkling, a new AI model designed for multi-modal reasoning, boasting impressive performance in various benchmarks.
Mercation Admin1 min - Crypto
Bitcoin Encounters New Challenges After China's Kimi Outperforms Claude and GPT in Coding
Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies fell following the release of Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI, which outperformed both Anthropic and OpenAI in coding benchmarks.
Mercation Admin5 min - News
Eric Trump's Foundation to Arm Humanoids
Foundation Future Industries, backed by Eric Trump, plans to arm humanoid robots for military applications, despite technical and ethical challenges.
Mercation Admin4 min - Crypto
Citadel Securities Allocates $400M to Crypto.com Valued at $20B
Citadel Securities has made a substantial $400 million investment in Crypto.com, elevating its valuation to $20 billion, marking a significant shift in the firm’s approach to the crypto landscape.
Mercation Admin3 min - Crypto
Bitcoin Shows Less Volatility Compared to South Korean Stocks Amid AI Hype Decline
Bitcoin's volatility has decreased, now being less erratic than South Korea's Kospi index, which has plummeted amid the AI hype decline.
Mercation Admin5 min