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Quick recap of the top stories moving crypto markets: an Ethereum gaming project has sued Elon Musk’s AI firm over trademark claims, a sentiment tracker warns that growing chatter about the Federal Reserve may signal excess optimism, and Aave’s token slid after allocation rumors tied to World Liberty
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has opened a public consultation under the GENIUS Act to explore whether digital identity verification and other compliance tools should be built directly into decentralized finance (DeFi) smart contracts. The consultation asks for feedback on technologies — from APIs and blockchain monitoring to portable
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Ex Populus, the Delaware company behind the Ethereum-based gaming network Xai, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accusing Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI of trademark infringement and unfair competition. The complaint says xAI’s use of the same
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Ether has seen a sharp advance during August, but historical patterns point to a potential pullback in September. Data going back to 2016 show that when Ether posts gains in August, the token has often lost ground the following month. According to historical returns compiled by market-data providers, September has
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Market-data provider Santiment says a sharp rise in social-media discussion about the U.S. Federal Reserve and an anticipated interest-rate cut has reached an 11-month high, a surge that historically can signal excessive euphoria and a potential near-term market top. The jump in chatter followed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’
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Here’s a concise look at the latest developments moving crypto markets and policy: Aave’s token dropped sharply after social-media rumors about a World Liberty Financial allocation, Thai authorities arrested a suspect in a large crypto-to-gold laundering operation, and the head of the IRS digital assets team has resigned
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Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long warned that many traditional finance (TradFi) firms may be ill-prepared for the next crypto bear market because their risk models and operational assumptions were built for legacy systems that do not settle in real time. Long told reporters at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium that large
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The Aave (AAVE) token fell more than 8% on Saturday following social-media rumors that World Liberty Financial (WLFI) planned a token allocation benefiting the Aave decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). Market reaction pushed AAVE from roughly $385 to a low near $339 before it recovered to about $352. Reports centered on
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Bitcoin’s market share of the world’s liquid money has risen sharply, with one widely circulated estimate placing the cryptocurrency at about 1.7% of global money. That figure — produced by a Bitcoin-focused financial firm and repeated in market reports — compares Bitcoin’s market capitalization with a broad basket
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Here’s what happened in crypto today Below is a concise, rewritten summary of the day’s top crypto developments, paraphrased from the original Cointelegraph piece. Law enforcement moves in Thailand over large crypto-to-gold laundering scheme. Thai authorities arrested a 33-year-old South Korean man at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport in
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Public companies are increasingly adding cryptocurrencies to their balance sheets — a trend that has accelerated through the first half of 2025 as some firms treat digital assets as part of treasury management, while others face criticism that the moves are more about image than long‑term financial strategy. Data compiled
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In June, Brazil eliminated its exemption for small cryptocurrency gains and introduced a flat 17.5% tax on capital gains from digital assets, no matter the size of the gain. That move — framed as part of a wider effort to raise revenue from financial markets — has reverberated beyond Brazil’s