A privacy coalition has urged the Irish government to abandon work on a pre-draft bill that would grant law enforcement access to encrypted messages. Ryan Polk, an author at the Global Encryption Coalition (GEC), which advocates for and defends encryption worldwide, penned an open letter on Thursday, arguing that legislation proposed by Minister for Justice…
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Messaging app Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov warns that a “dark, dystopian world” is approaching, with governments worldwide rolling back privacy protections. “I’m turning 41, but I don’t feel like celebrating. Our generation is running out of time to save the free internet built for us by our fathers,” said Durov in an X…
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Shares in Bitcoin miner IREN and treasury company Kindly MD have closed with losses on Tuesday after each announced multimillion-dollar convertible note deals amid a slowdown in venture capital activity in the crypto sector. Shares in IREN (IREN) finished Tuesday’s trading session with a gain of 6.81% but dropped 4.9% after the bell to trade…
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Pantera Capital general partner Cosmo Jiang said investors who have missed out on the cryptocurrency wave still have a chance to get in, as most people don’t own any. Bitcoin recently crossed over $126,000 for the first time, hitting its new all-time high, but Jiang said in a Monday episode of CNBC’s Fast Money that…
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The European Union is reportedly considering sanctions against A7A5, a Russian ruble-backed stablecoin that’s the world’s largest non-US-dollar pegged stablecoin. The sanctions would prohibit EU-based organizations and individuals from engaging directly or indirectly through third parties with the token, according to a report from Bloomberg on Monday, citing documents related to the proposal. Several banks…
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While Bitcoin treasury companies accumulated $1.2 billion in BTC last week, analysts suggest that Bitcoin’s new all-time high was more likely driven by inflows into Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Bitcoin went on to spike coming into the weekend, hitting a new all-time high of over $125,000 on Saturday. Bitcoin (BTC) treasury companies purchased more than 6,702…
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Digital asset treasury companies will eventually consolidate under a few larger players as the cycle matures and companies try to attract investors, according to Coinbase’s head of investment research, David Duong. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Duong said outside of strategies to boost share prices, “companies may start to pursue mergers and acquisitions, much like the recent…
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Two members of Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag, have proposed that the country investigate establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve to tackle inflation and diversify its holdings. They also want the government to promise it won’t change the legislation governing the monetary policy of Sweden’s central bank, to show it doesn’t intend to introduce a digital central…
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Crypto will be necessary for artificial intelligence-powered agents to operate effectively in the financial market, as the infrastructure for the traditional finance system is outdated, says John D’Agostino, the head of institutional strategy at Coinbase. If AI agents are going to operate on behalf of people, then they need to operate on “true sources of…
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission staff has opened up to allowing investment advisers to use state trust companies to custody cryptocurrency assets. In a rare no-action letter, the SEC’s Division of Investment Management said on Tuesday that it wouldn’t recommend that the SEC take enforcement action if advisers used state trust companies as a…
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