Poll: Low Support for Federal Crypto Spending; White House Fact Sheet Contradicts Survey

A recent survey by Data for Progress found that only about 10% of US voters want the Trump administration to increase federal funding for cryptocurrency and blockchain development. However, a White House fact sheet clarifies that the strategic reserve will be funded exclusively with bitcoin seized through criminal or civil asset forfeiture, requiring no taxpayer…

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A Major Privacy Upgrade is Coming Soon

Image: vinnikava/Envato Elements Cross-platform encrypted messaging between iPhone and Android is coming soon, thanks to updated Rich Communication Services (RCS) standards. The GSM Association has announced that the latest RCS specifications now include end-to-end encryption based on the Messaging Layer Security protocol. This breakthrough, initially teased back in September, will finally allow secure, encrypted messaging…

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Solana’s 5th birthday highlights explosive growth and trading activity: Mercuryo

As Solana celebrates its fifth anniversary, new data from global payments infrastructure platform Mercuryo reveals extreme levels of volatility in Tether trading on the Solana transport layer this year.  The sharp price movements reflect growing interest from crypto traders in Solana (SOL), which has become one of the most active blockchain networks by transaction volume….

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Institutional Crypto Products See $1,700,000,000 in Outflows Amid Worst Streak Since 2015: CoinShares

Crypto asset management giant CoinShares says institutional investors pulled billions of dollars out of crypto last week. In its latest Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report, CoinShares says crypto products are enduring their worst run of investor outflows in a decade. “Digital asset investment products saw a 5th consecutive week of outflows, totaling US$1.7bn, bringing…

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