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The chairmen of the House Financial Services and Agriculture Committees outline six principles to guide digital assets legislation.

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Using blockchain technology to support real-world infrastructure, DePIN creates tangible value and generates real revenue, says Fluence Network’s Tom Trowbridge.

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Be wary of these common errors that can trip up crypto investors, says Saim Akif.

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Crypto-focused ADRs could drive institutional adoption, serving as the key to unlocking the next stage of growth for digital assets, says RDC’s Ankit Mehta.

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A world computer needs a memory that’s not just decentralized but also efficient, scalable, and reliable. We can build it using Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC), says Muriel Médard, co-founder of Optimum, which offers memory infrastructure for any blockchain. Médard is the co-inventor of RLNC, which she has developed over two decades of MIT research.

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Three rules as companies finally adopt blockchain tech for real. By Paul Brody, EY.

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Whether the Sei Foundation buys 23andMe, or not, the genetic data company’s bankruptcy shows the perils of centralized data collection and how blockchains can protect the public, says Phil Mataras, founder and CEO of decentralized cloud network AR.IO.

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As countries like the U.S. and El Salvador buy bitcoin, yours should too.

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The combination of AI agents and crypto represent a fundamental realignment of economic coordination, says Justin Banon, founder of Boson and Fermion Protocols.

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Crypto has struggled for years to get acceptance. Political meme coins could ruin this progress very quickly, says Agne Linge, Head of Growth at WeFi.

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DeFi’s ethos — permissionless access, composable assets and real-time settlements — are a perfect solution to private credit’s most significant pain points.

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Let’s face it: artificial intelligence is the real change-agent in the world. We can cling to the idea that speculative tokens are retail products, or embrace crypto's supporting role as excellent technology in service of AI, says Steven Waterhouse.

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The event, bringing together commissioners and leading crypto lawyers, focused on long-standing debates rather than solutions for the future, says Renato Mariotti.

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Those who FUD Web3 gaming today don’t understand it. They missed CryptoKitties in 2018 and Axie in 2020, and they’ll miss the next wave too because they’re measuring the wrong metrics, says Gabby Dizon, cofounder of Yield Guild Games.

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The shift to private-market fundraising shuts 80% of American households out of startup investing. That has to change, argue Aaron Brogan and Matt Homer.

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What we are seeing now is renewed interest in digital assets from banks across the board — from credit unions and community banks to midsize and regional players to Wall Street giants.

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The exploit showed that human failings, not technical glitches, are the most important factors in such incidents, says INSEAD's Ben Charoenwong.

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Blockchain-powered mechanisms like retroactive funding would incentivize building for impact and the long-term, says Meg Lister, General Manager at Gitcoin’s Grants Labs.

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Limiting access to the chain that launched Trump’s memecoin is like shutting investors out from Amazon or Google during their initial offerings, says Hadley Stern, at Marinade Labs.

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AI healthcare poses major privacy risks, but we have the tools to address them, says Marko Stokic, Head of AI at Oasis Protocol Foundation.

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M&A could be critical for building resilient and scalable decentralized organizations. But, after 65 deals and counting, we’re not there yet, say Joshua Tan, Jillian Grennan and Bernard Schmid.

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Elizabeth Warren claims that proposed stablecoin legislation gives Elon Musk a “clear runway” to control U.S. money and payments. It doesn't.

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Rather than embracing innovation, Senator Elizabeth Warren pursues legislation that would smother stablecoins in their infancy.

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The battle for control over digital identity has never been more urgent. As social media platforms grow into global powerhouses, the question of who owns and controls our online interactions is a fundamental issue of personal freedom. Nowhere is this debate more relevant than with TikTok, the social media giant at the center of political scrutiny, corporate battles, and the future of digital autonomy.

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Many investors dismiss BNB as simply "the Binance coin," but that designation fails to recognize the potential arising from its broader value unlock, says Osprey Funds’ Matt Gerics.

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Despite recent drops in the crypto market, which could be attributed to the uncertainty around tariffs, spot bitcoin ETF outflows, and crypto-specific events, investors with a long-term conviction in bitcoin may see this as an opportune time to add further to their overall holdings, says eToro’s Simon Peters.

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Policy change at the regulator does not bind courts from analyzing the key question of whether certain crypto transactions are covered by federal securities laws. Private plaintiffs may take advantage, say Sydney Johnson and Calvin Koo, lawyers at Kobre & Kim.

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The guidance may foreshadow a reappraisal of the Howey Test, which the SEC has recently used in its attempts to regulate cryptocurrencies through litigation, say Jason Mendro, Matt Gregory and Nick Harper, attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

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Crypto has sometimes struggled for real users. AI might finally provide them. Startups should get ready, says Jasper De Maere, Head of Research, Outlier Ventures.

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A new blockchain revolution is imminent, thanks to advancing AI and “vide coding” technology, says Dominic Williams, founder and Chief Scientist at DFINITY.