A federal court in Texas just clipped the wings of the U.S. Treasury. The court found that OFAC overstepped its authority when it sanctioned Tornado Cash ($TORN), the privacy protocol built on Ethereum. For DeFi advocates and open-source developers, it’s more than a legal win—it’s a shot across the bow of federal overreach. 99Bitcoins reached…
Decentralised infrastructure firm MagicBlock has announced a successful raise of $7.5 million USD in their latest seed round. These funds will be used to further the development of their app-specific real-time extensions for the Solana blockchain. The goal is for these technological advancements to bring the benefits of Layer-2 technology to Solana without splitting the…
Anthropic agrees with the U.S. government that implementing robust export controls on domestically made AI chips will help the U.S. compete in the AI race against China. But the company is suggesting a few tweaks to the proposed restrictions. Anthropic released a blog post on Wednesday stating that the company “strongly supports” the U.S. Department…
Main Takeaways: U.S. and China worries are sparking a lasting transformation in global economic linkages. Bitcoin signals a bullish trend during the rise of geopolitical and economic instability. Global trade is experiencing a significant shift as U.S.-China tensions are primarily caused by tariff policies. This has continued to develop into a more profound and possibly…
Following the massive price turbulence throughout the entire cryptocurrency market in the past few months due to US President Donald Trump’s controversial foreign policies, including the worrisome trade war, bitcoin seems to have turned the tables and garnered the attention of investors once again. This is particularly true for BTC whales, which have gone on…
Mastercard has introduced a suite of services to support stablecoin use across its global payments network, backed by partnerships with firms such as OKX, Nuvei, Circle, MetaMask, Kraken, and others. The initiative includes wallet integration, card issuance, merchant acceptance, and settlement tools—designed to support both consumers and businesses in sending, receiving, and spending stablecoins. Consumers…
SAVE $12: The Star Wars Echo Dot bundle with Echo Dot speaker and Star Wars TIE Fighter stand is on sale at Amazon for $97.98, down from the list price of $109.98. That’s an 11% discount. It’s not an official holiday but, for many of us, May 4th is a day to be celebrated. May…
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is pressing Congress to reclaim its taxing authority, arguing that President Donald Trump’s reliance on emergency powers to impose tariffs on dozens of countries violates both economic logic and the Constitution. Rand Paul Warns Emergency Tariffs Could Hand ‘Karl Marx’ Future Powers Paul on Tuesday touted a joint resolution that would…
FIFA Collect, the official digital collectibles platform of FIFA, is upgrading its infrastructure and migrating to a new EVM-compatible FIFA Blockchain, the organization announced. The migration is expected to begin no earlier than May 20, 2025, with users notified in advance, according to the FIFA website. The move is designed to enhance platform performance, scalability,…
When I test a mechanical keyboard with “Pro” in the name, I expect it to be the best of the best, with no compromises over its non-Pro variant. Razer has this figured out: The BlackWidow V4 Pro is better than the original V4 in every way, and it proves that a gaming keyboard doesn’t need…
