Economy
Cryptocurrencies replacing traditional fiat currencies; wealth inequality; the economic impact of automation and the next industrial revolution—this page covers the trends and news that will influence the economies of the future.
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https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-toronto-2025-coverage/2025/05/14/cardanos-hoskinson-rejects-crypto-tribalism-reveals-fresh-details-on-massive-glacier-drop
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Coindesk
ADA's Charles Hoskinson wants crypto's tribal warfare to end, and he's prepared to drop tokens on 37 million wallets across eight different blockchains to make peace."Every Consensus, there's a new token... running around saying, 'my thing is better than your thing,'" Hoskinson said on stage at...
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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/record-breaking-world-liberty-financial-usd1-stablecoin-unlocks-cross-chain-capabilities-with-chainlink-302458003.html
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Prnewswire
The fastest-growing digital dollar-backed stablecoin has been supercharged with seamless, cross-chain mobility between Ethereum, BNB Chain, and other blockchain networks via Chainlink CCIPTORONTO, May 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- World Liberty Financial, the DeFi protocol and governance platform...
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https://blockchain.news/news/wormhole-interoperability-provider-vaneck-tokenized-fund
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Blockchain
Wormhole Chosen as Interoperability Provider for VanEck's Tokenized Fund
Rebeca Moen
May 13, 2025 13:22
Wormhole has been selected as the official interoperability partner for VanEck's first tokenized fund, VBILL, enhancing multichain accessibility across major blockchains.
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Rebeca Moen
May 13, 2025 13:22
Wormhole has been selected as the official interoperability partner for VanEck's first tokenized fund, VBILL, enhancing multichain accessibility across major blockchains.
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https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/05/16/world-liberty-s-stablecoin-now-available-on-multiple-networks-through-chainlink-s-interoperability-protocol
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Coindesk
World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin is now operable across multiple blockchains through an integration with Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), the companies announced Friday.That's according to World Liberty Financial's team, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov, and...
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https://blockchain.news/news/shardeum-shm-revolutionizing-blockchain
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Blockchain
Shardeum (SHM): Revolutionizing Blockchain with Dynamic State Sharding
Ted Hisokawa
May 13, 2025 11:10
Explore Shardeum's innovative approach to blockchain scalability and decentralization using dynamic state sharding, its consensus mechanism, and the role of the SHM token in network...
Ted Hisokawa
May 13, 2025 11:10
Explore Shardeum's innovative approach to blockchain scalability and decentralization using dynamic state sharding, its consensus mechanism, and the role of the SHM token in network...
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/crypto-regulatory-framework-begins-to-1463116/
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Jdsupra
Summary and discussion of the framework proposed in the discussion draft An SEC exemption for digital commodity offerings Summary of disclosure requirements under new exemption What is a "Mature blockchain system" under the proposed framework CFTC's expanded jurisdiction over spot transactions SEC updates on integrating TradFi with blockchain.
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https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-toronto-2025-coverage/2025/05/13/slow-blockchain-governance-leaves-crypto-exposed-to-quantum-threats
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Coindesk
Quantum computing poses a real threat to crypto, and slow-moving governance processes risk leaving blockchains vulnerable, according to Colton Dillion, a co-founder of Quip Network, which provides quantum-proof vaults for storing digital assets.While the technology, which uses the quantum states...
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https://blockchain.news/news/forta-celo-partnership-elevates-security-layer-2
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Blockchain
Forta and Celo Partnership Elevates Security for Celo Layer 2
Tony Kim
May 16, 2025 03:04
Celo partners with Forta to enhance security by integrating AI-driven Forta Firewall into its Layer 2 network, aiming to prevent malicious transactions and ensure a secure blockchain environment.
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Tony Kim
May 16, 2025 03:04
Celo partners with Forta to enhance security by integrating AI-driven Forta Firewall into its Layer 2 network, aiming to prevent malicious transactions and ensure a secure blockchain environment.
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https://themerkle.com/ethereum-eyes-12000-in-2025-as-institutional-momentum-builds/
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Themerkle
Will is a News/Content Writer and SEO Expert with years of active experience. He has a good history of writing credible articles and trending topics ranging from News Articles to Constructive Writings all around the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry.
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https://decrypt.co/318727/why-wall-street-wont-embrace-crypto-without-zero-knowledge-privacy
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Decrypt
About the author Howard Wu is the founder of Aleo and CEO of Provable, a company building tools for confidential, compliant payments and developer infrastructure on zero-knowledge blockchains. A UC Berkeley graduate with a background in cryptography and verifiable computing, Wu has co-authored...
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https://cryptopotato.com/mobius-exploited-for-2-1m-while-scammers-breach-ledgers-social-media/
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Cryptopotato
The Mobius DeFi and real-world asset tokenization platform suffered a smart contract exploit on the BNB Chain on May 11, leading to the theft of $2.15 million in Mobius Tokens (MBU), reported blockchain security firm Cyvers. "Two minutes prior to the exploit, our system identified a deployment of a malicious smart contract that eventually targeted the Mobius Token smart contracts," Cyvers stated.
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https://insidebitcoins.com/news/koma-inu-drops-an-nft-series-to-make-bnb-chain-great-again
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Insidebitcoins
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Koma Inu, the son of Shib and the protector of the BNB Chain blockchain network, has announced plans to launch a non-fungible token collection to support and grow its mother blockchain, BNB Chain, and make it great again. Koma...
Koma Inu, the son of Shib and the protector of the BNB Chain blockchain network, has announced plans to launch a non-fungible token collection to support and grow its mother blockchain, BNB Chain, and make it great again. Koma...
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/sec-commissioner-peirce-remarks-on-the-7876542/
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Jdsupra
On May 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") held the 31st International Institute for Securities Market Growth and Development. Commissioner Peirce used this opportunity to discuss an approach to regulating the tokenization of traditional securities—in other words, issuing traditional securities through a blockchain or distributed ledger.
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https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/05/07/98-of-tokens-on-pump-fun-have-been-rug-pulls-or-an-act-of-fraud-new-report-says
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Coindesk
A report by Solidus Labs has revealed the alarming scale of fraudulent activity on the Solana blockchain, with 98.6% of tokens launched on Pump.fun being chalked down as rug pulls or pump-and-dump schemes.More than seven million tokens have been issued on Pump.fun since its inception in January...
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https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/05/10/bitcoin-defi-security-improves-as-rootstock-boosts-hashrate-share
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Coindesk
Decentralized finance (DeFi) on the Bitcoin blockchain may still be in its infancy relative to Ethereum, but Bitcoin DeFi (BTCFi) is becoming safer and cheaper, crypto analytics firm Messari said in a new report.A central participant is Rootstock, one of the oldest Bitcoin layer-2 projects,...
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https://cryptopotato.com/98-of-tokens-on-pump-fun-are-rug-pulls-or-fraud-report/
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Cryptopotato
A new report from Solidus Labs has exposed a huge amount of what it calls "fraudulent" activity on the Solana blockchain. The findings revealed that 98.of tokens launched on Pump.fun could be classified as either rug pulls or pump-and-dump schemes. In its report, the crypto surveillance firm pointed to Solana's low fees and user-friendly decentralized exchanges (DEX) as key reasons why it has become a hotspot for meme coin speculation.
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https://www.cointrust.com/market-news/ai-driven-tools-reshape-web3-automation-at-agii
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Cointrust
AGII, an emerging platform in the Web3 space leveraging artificial intelligence, has unveiled a set of real-time infrastructure tools aimed at enhancing how decentralized ecosystems operate. This launch aligns with the platform's broader mission to streamline scalable blockchain automation and reshape the responsiveness of smart contracts within dynamic Web3 environments.
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https://themerkle.com/solanas-week-in-review-security-milestone-rising-open-interest-and-fresh-ecosystem-momentum/
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Themerkle
Will is a News/Content Writer and SEO Expert with years of active experience. He has a good history of writing credible articles and trending topics ranging from News Articles to Constructive Writings all around the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry.
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https://themerkle.com/solanas-week-in-headlines-strategic-investments-controversy-and-crossroads-announcements-define-the-ecosystems-pulse/
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Themerkle
Will is a News/Content Writer and SEO Expert with years of active experience. He has a good history of writing credible articles and trending topics ranging from News Articles to Constructive Writings all around the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry.
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https://tech.eu/2025/05/09/will-tokenization-go-mainstream-as-founders-seek-alternatives-to-traditional-funding/
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Tech
into a digital token that exists on a blockchain. Each token represents a share, claim, or stake in the underlying asset. Once tokenized, the asset can. transferred, or used as collateral much more efficiently than through traditional systems. United States. According to Deyev, Stobox launched in 2018, when the crypto space was still "highly experimental and unstructured.
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https://www.finsmes.com/2025/05/new-purpose-built-blockchain-t-rex-raises-17-million-to-transform-attention-layer-in-web3.html
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Finsmes
Launching Summer 2025, T-Rex's built-in distribution engine introduces a radically simple idea: rewarding people seamlessly for doing what they already love online. T-Rex, a purpose-built blockchain for entertainment, content, and cultural virality, today announced a $17 million fundraise and Incubation Fund to revolutionize online content publishing by seamlessly rewarding consumers for everyday interactions on social platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, or X (formerly Twitter) and reshape how consumer-facing decentralized applications (dApps) are discovered, published, distributed and scaled across Web3.
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/blockchain-bi-weekly-highlights-of-the-4542054/
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Jdsupra
As the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team gears up for Consensus 2025 next week in Toronto — where Stephen Rutenberg, Daniel McAvoy and Jonathan Schmalfeld will be attending — the regulatory momentum in Washington appears to be accelerating, particularly in Congress, where there is active movement on both stablecoin and market structure legislation.