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The Case for User-Owned AI

Who truly controls your AI assistant? That’s a question most people haven’t asked yet. Today, millions rely on digital assistants, from voice-controlled devices to smart bots embedded in tools like Google Workspace or ChatGPT. These systems help us write, organize, search, and even think. However, the vast majority of them are rented. We don’t own the intelligence we depend on....
Crypto Exchange Kraken Launches FX Perpetual Futures, Offers 24/7 Trading in Forex Majors

Crypto exchange Kraken has launched FX perpetual futures, expanding into traditional markets with round-the-clock trading for major forex pairs, the company said in a blog post Friday.The first contracts, EUR/USD and GBP/USD, are now live on Kraken Pro, with more to follow.Unlike standard forex products, FX perps have no expiry and operate 24/7, mirroring crypto futures. With FX perps, Kraken...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Filecoin (FIL) Gains 3.7% as Index Trades Higher

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2464.88, up 0.4% (+10.35) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday.Eighteen of 20 assets are trading higher.Leaders: FIL (+3.7%) and POL (+3.7%).Laggards: ADA (-0.2%) and BTC (-0.2%).The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple...
Friends With Benefits Grows Up

When Friends With Benefits burst into crypto consciousness in 2020, it was the kind of FOMO-inducing project that immediately had people talking. With a wink-wink, sexy name and members including musicians Erykah Badu and Azealia Banks, it was a club that many wanted to be a part of.Emerging at a time when everyone was locked down and hankering for connection,...
KiloEx's KILO Token Surges as Funds Recovered Swiftly After ‘Sophisticated’ Hack

KiloEx, a decentralized exchange (DEX) for trading perpetual futures, said Friday it recovered all of its hacked funds after a sophisticated attack this week left users reeling with losses of around $7 million.The DEX is working to close the legal process of recovering the funds and is awarding 10% of the recovered amount as a bounty to the white hat...
Bitcoin Volatility Expected as 170K BTC Shift From Mid-Term Holders: CryptoQuant

Bitcoin (BTC) is likely headed for a period of heightened volatility as 170,000 BTC — worth over $14 billion at its current price of $84,500 — have moved from wallets held for three to six months, a cohort often linked to market turning points, CryptoQuant warned in a post.On-chain behavior from this group has historically served as an early signal...

Bitcoin Covenants: TXHASH And CHECKTXHASHVERIFY(BIP 346)

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Covenants: TXHASH And CHECKTXHASHVERIFY(BIP 346) This is the third article in a series deep diving into individual covenant proposals that have reached a point of maturity meriting an in-depth breakdown. TXHASH and CHECKTXHASHVERIFY (TXHASH), put forward by Steven Roose and Brandon Black with a BIP number currently unassigned, is a “template based” covenant that can conceptually seen as an extension...
What Bitcoin Indicators Predict for Q3 2025?

Bitcoin Magazine What Bitcoin Indicators Predict for Q3 2025? Bitcoin’s 2025 journey hasn’t delivered the explosive bull market surge many expected. After peaking above $100,000, the 2025 Bitcoin price retraced sharply to as low as $75,000, sparking debate among investors and analysts about where we stand in the Bitcoin cycle. In this analysis, we cut through the noise, leveraging on-chain indicators and...
How Bitcoin Offers a Speed Advantage for Driving Shareholder Value

Bitcoin Magazine How Bitcoin Offers a Speed Advantage for Driving Shareholder Value Bitcoin is the first instantiation of digitally scarce capital—allowing companies to raise, deploy, and prove value faster than ever before. In legacy finance, capital formation is a slow, friction-filled process. A company raises funds, deploys them over months or years into infrastructure, products, or real estate—and only then begins the long...
How Do We Protect Bitcoin From Quantum Computers? Not With A Joke

Bitcoin Magazine How Do We Protect Bitcoin From Quantum Computers? Not With A Joke Recently, Project Eleven (a quantum computing research group) announced a 1 bitcoin reward for the first team able to complete a challenge to demonstrate breaking a ECC (elliptic curve cryptograph) key using Shor’s algorithm on a quantum computer. The deadline for this challenge is April 5th, 2026, meaning in...
Corporate Bitcoin Holdings Hit Record High in Q1 2025 as Public Companies Accelerate Accumulation

Bitcoin Magazine Corporate Bitcoin Holdings Hit Record High in Q1 2025 as Public Companies Accelerate Accumulation Public Companies Now Hold Over 688K BTC, Signaling Record Institutional Bitcoin Adoption Bitcoin adoption by public companies has reached an all-time high, according to a new report from Bitwise. In Q1 2025, publicly traded firms now hold a combined over 688,000 BTC, up 16.11% quarter over quarter,...
Crypto Privacy Legalized? Tornado Cash and Samourai Cases Suggest Uncertainty Remains

Bitcoin Magazine Crypto Privacy Legalized? Tornado Cash and Samourai Cases Suggest Uncertainty Remains Last week, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Todd Blanche sent a memo to employees of the Department of Justice, directing the agency to stop prosecuting mixers, exchanges, and “offline wallets” for the criminal conduct of their users. Understandably, the community broke out in celebration. Privacy is now legal again! Some proclaimed....

White Swan Capital Sets Up Zurich Office to Deliver MiCA-Ready Crypto-Backed Lending Across Europe

ZURICH -- White Swan Capital, the FCA-regulated digital-asset finance company, today confirmed plans to establish its continental European headquarters in Zurich before year-end 2025 and to launchtailor-made crypto-collateralised loans throughout the European Economic Area. The expansion will let investors unlock liquidity in bitcoin, ether and other major assets without selling their positions, whiletaking advantage of Switzerland's fintech ecosystem and the...
STIX and Accomplice Lead Neutrl's $5 Million Raise to Launch $NUSD, a High-Yield Synthetic Dollar

$NUSD, Neutrl’s synthetic dollar, offers stable and institutional-grade yields to professional investors by leveraging OTC discounts for major altcoins and delta-neutral hedging using perpetual futuresNeutrl targets the $10 billion locked token trading market by democratising access to OTC arbitrage strategies through its market-neutral yield offeringNeutrl, a DeFi protocol developing a scalable, market-neutral synthetic dollar called $NUSD targeting OTC arbitrage strategies,...
Unstoppable Domains and Bitcoin Cash Launch .BCH Web3 Domains to Streamline Crypto Payments

Unstoppable Domains, a Web3 digital identity platform, and the Bitcoin Cash have joined forces to launch .BCH, marking a major step forward in simplifying blockchain-based payments. The new domain extension gives Bitcoin Cash (BCH) users a personalized, secure, and user-friendly way to manage their crypto presence.Bitcoin Cash, one of the leading peer-to-peer cryptocurrencies, processes over $4 billion in transactions each...
Capricornx Powers Autonomous Trade Management for High-Frequency Canadian Accounts

Capricornx has announced the deployment of its full-scale autonomous trade management module, designed to handle high-frequency trade environments across Canadian markets. The release introduces a closed-loop execution cycle where trades are not only generated, but also managed, exited, and recalibrated without human input.This marks a critical evolution of
Capricornx's automation infrastructure, targeting Canadian users who require millisecond-level responsiveness, continuous strategy...
Capricornx Introduces High-Frequency Signal Engine to Boost Trading Accuracy

Capricornx has officially released a new high-frequency signal engine aimed at improving the accuracy and speed of trade decision-making for Canadian investors. The launch represents a significant development in the firm's ongoing effort to enhance market analysis through real-time data and predictive analytics.The signal engine, which has been under development for over 18 months, leverages advanced logic modeling and low-latency...
Michael Emanuele's "Rehabber Secrets" Tops Amazon Charts, Delivering a Blueprint for Real Estate Project Management Excellence

Canadian author and project management expert offers real-world systems to help homeowners and investors build smarter, faster, and more profitably.TORONTO, ON - As North America faces rising construction costs, tightening housing supply, and increased demand for rental housing, real estate investors are seeking smarter strategies to manage renovation projects more effectively. Stepping up to meet that need is Canadian project...

The Case for User-Owned AI

Who truly controls your AI assistant? That’s a question most people haven’t asked yet. Today, millions rely on digital assistants, from voice-controlled devices to smart bots embedded in tools like Google Workspace or ChatGPT. These systems help us write, organize, search, and even think. However, the vast majority of them are rented. We don’t own the intelligence we depend on....
Crypto Exchange Kraken Launches FX Perpetual Futures, Offers 24/7 Trading in Forex Majors

Crypto exchange Kraken has launched FX perpetual futures, expanding into traditional markets with round-the-clock trading for major forex pairs, the company said in a blog post Friday.The first contracts, EUR/USD and GBP/USD, are now live on Kraken Pro, with more to follow.Unlike standard forex products, FX perps have no expiry and operate 24/7, mirroring crypto futures. With FX perps, Kraken...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Filecoin (FIL) Gains 3.7% as Index Trades Higher

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2464.88, up 0.4% (+10.35) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday.Eighteen of 20 assets are trading higher.Leaders: FIL (+3.7%) and POL (+3.7%).Laggards: ADA (-0.2%) and BTC (-0.2%).The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple...
Friends With Benefits Grows Up

When Friends With Benefits burst into crypto consciousness in 2020, it was the kind of FOMO-inducing project that immediately had people talking. With a wink-wink, sexy name and members including musicians Erykah Badu and Azealia Banks, it was a club that many wanted to be a part of.Emerging at a time when everyone was locked down and hankering for connection,...
KiloEx's KILO Token Surges as Funds Recovered Swiftly After ‘Sophisticated’ Hack

KiloEx, a decentralized exchange (DEX) for trading perpetual futures, said Friday it recovered all of its hacked funds after a sophisticated attack this week left users reeling with losses of around $7 million.The DEX is working to close the legal process of recovering the funds and is awarding 10% of the recovered amount as a bounty to the white hat...
Bitcoin Volatility Expected as 170K BTC Shift From Mid-Term Holders: CryptoQuant

Bitcoin (BTC) is likely headed for a period of heightened volatility as 170,000 BTC — worth over $14 billion at its current price of $84,500 — have moved from wallets held for three to six months, a cohort often linked to market turning points, CryptoQuant warned in a post.On-chain behavior from this group has historically served as an early signal...

Editorial: Thanks to Trump , we could see profits from the Treasury building U.S. crypto reserves.

January 25, 2025 Editor

The recent executive order by President Donald Trump to explore the establishment of a U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve has ignited…

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Editorial: Trump’s Influence and the Success of the $Trump Token: A Testament to Popular Trust

January 19, 2025 Editor

Donald Trump, one of the most polarizing figures in modern political history, has built a reputation on disrupting the status…

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Editorial: How Trump-Era Regulations Could Ease MSB Challenges for Crypto Startups

January 12, 2025 Editor

The cryptocurrency industry has faced regulatory uncertainty since its inception, with one of the most significant challenges being compliance with…

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