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  • A data-driven look at the state of DeFi
    by Vincent Maliepaard on March 15, 2025 at 4:00 pm

    The following is a guest post from Vincent Maliepaard, Marketing Director at IntoTheBlock. DeFi has emerged as one of the most successful niches in the cryptocurrency industry, pioneering innovative economic tools and significantly driving value across the crypto ecosystem. In this article, we’ll provide a comprehensive overview of DeFi’s historical development, current market landscape, and The post A data-driven look at the state of DeFi […]

  • Major leadership shift at HK Asia Holdings as Bitcoin Magazine takes the helm
    by Nate Whitehill on March 15, 2025 at 1:20 pm

    In a significant move that solidifies Bitcoin Magazine’s presence in Asia, HK Asia Holdings (01723.HK) has announced key leadership changes effective March 14, 2025. This development marks a pivotal moment for Bitcoin Magazine’s expansion strategy in the region. New Leadership at the Helm John Edwin Riggins, a veteran in the crypto industry with over a The post Major leadership shift at HK Asia Holdings as Bitcoin Magazine takes the helm […]

  • Pakistan forms new ‘Crypto Council’ to regulate blockchain and digital assets
    by Christina Comben on March 15, 2025 at 12:57 pm

    The government of Pakistan has established the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC) to oversee the integration and use of blockchain technology and digital assets into the nation’s financial landscape. The initiative, announced in a statement by the Finance Division, aims to regulate, foster, and incorporate crypto innovations into Pakistan’s economic framework. The initiative marks an about-turn The post Pakistan forms new ‘Crypto Council’ to […]

  • VanEck files S-1 application to launch spot AVAX ETF
    by Assad Jafri on March 14, 2025 at 11:58 pm

    VanEck has submitted an S-1 registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed Avalanche exchange-traded fund (ETF), aiming to provide investors with direct exposure to AVAX. According to the filing, the VanEck Avalanche ETF will hold AVAX directly and value its shares based on the MarketVector Avalanche Benchmark Rate, which The post VanEck files S-1 application to launch spot AVAX ETF appeared first on […]

  • Excessive fundraising weakens VC confidence in crypto startups despite regulatory improvements
    by Gino Matos on March 14, 2025 at 9:53 pm

    Venture capital funding for crypto startups has yet to rebound in line with recent regulatory clarity in the U.S. despite showing signs of recovery in the months following President Donald Trump’s election. According to analysts, the excessive capital inflows during 2021 and 2022 did not result in proportional returns for investors, which has damaged confidence The post Excessive fundraising weakens VC confidence in crypto startups despite […]

  • Argentina introduces new regulatory framework for stringent crypto oversight
    by Assad Jafri on March 14, 2025 at 9:07 pm

    Argentina’s Comisión Nacional de Valores (CNV) has introduced new regulations for virtual asset service providers (PSAVs), requiring them to comply with registration, cybersecurity, anti-money laundering, and asset custody standards to ensure transparency and consumer protection in the crypto sector. The regulatory framework — dubbed Resolution No. 1058 — was approved following a public consultation process The post Argentina introduces […]

  • Democrat lawmaker calls on Treasury to abandon Trump’s Bitcoin reserve plans
    by Assad Jafri on March 14, 2025 at 7:15 pm

    Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, urged the US Treasury Department to abandon plans to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve and the digital asset stockpile. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Connolly condemned the effort as fiscally irresponsible and politically motivated. He warned that the The post Democrat lawmaker calls on Treasury to abandon Trump’s […]

  • Tether to benefit greatly from current US stablecoin regulation
    by Gino Matos on March 14, 2025 at 6:24 pm

    Galaxy head of research Alex Thorn believes the GENIUS Act could favor Tether by allowing it to operate under relatively flexible conditions. Thorn assessed that the bill would open a pathway for Tether to register onshore but would not require it to do so to continue operations. Limited restrictions for offshore issuers Based on the The post Tether to benefit greatly from current US stablecoin regulation appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • REX introduces BMAX ETF for Bitcoin-backed corporate bond access
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on March 14, 2025 at 4:54 pm

    REX Shares has launched the Bitcoin Corporate Treasury Convertible Bond (BMAX) ETF, designed to give investors access to convertible bonds issued by companies using debt to acquire Bitcoin. The fund, announced on March 14, will target firms that incorporate Bitcoin into their corporate treasuries. Over recent years, publicly traded companies have increasingly turned to convertible The post REX introduces BMAX ETF for Bitcoin-backed corporate […]

  • Three Arrows Capital wins court approval to expand FTX claim to $1.53B
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on March 14, 2025 at 4:30 pm

    A US bankruptcy court has ruled in favor of Three Arrows Capital (3AC), allowing the failed crypto hedge fund to increase its claim against the collapsed exchange FTX to $1.53 billion. This decision significantly raises the initial $120 million claim sought by 3AC’s liquidators. Legal battle According to the March 13 court filing, 3AC’s liquidators The post Three Arrows Capital wins court approval to expand FTX claim to $1.53B appeared […]

  • Glorious: Broken MSNBC Host Needs Time Off Because Of ‘Trump Exhaustion’
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 6:00 pm

    Glorious: Broken MSNBC Host Needs Time Off Because Of ‘Trump Exhaustion’ Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell whined to his colleague Rachel Maddow that he is so exhausted from reporting on President Trump that he is taking some time off. Poor baby. O’Donnell told Mr Maddow “I know you’ve pledged to cover and be here for the first hundred days of the Trump presidency. I hope you […]

  • UK’s Starmer Calls On Allies: “We Will Accelerate Our Military Support” To Ukraine
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 5:25 pm

    UK’s Starmer Calls On Allies: “We Will Accelerate Our Military Support” To Ukraine UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer continues leading the charge trying to put together a ‘coalition of the willing’ which can support Ukraine as the US takes a backseat. After a phone call with leaders of other allies, and in preparation for another meeting in London next week of defense heads focused on shoring up support for Kiev, he called on allies […]

  • Thousands Of Syrian Alawites Still Stuck At Russian Base One Week After Massacres
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 4:50 pm

    Thousands Of Syrian Alawites Still Stuck At Russian Base One Week After Massacres Via The Cradle Thousands of Syrian Alawites continue to seek sanctuary at a Russian air base, fearing for their lives in the wake of a series of horrific sectarian massacres carried out by Syrian government-affiliated extremist armed groups. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that about 9,000 people were seeking […]

  • Cremation Ovens, Teeth and Torture: Grisly ‘Extermination Camp’ Found In Mexico
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 4:15 pm

    Cremation Ovens, Teeth and Torture: Grisly ‘Extermination Camp’ Found In Mexico On a quest to find loved ones who’ve gone missing in Mexico’s years-long plague of gang-driven disappearances, a group of volunteers has discovered a ghastly, bone-strewn “extermination camp” in a rural village near Guadalajara, complete with cremation ovens. Their shock was compounded by the knowledge that police first learned about the site months ago […]

  • Brookfield’s Deep Ties To Chinese Land, Loans & Green Deals
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 3:40 pm

    Brookfield’s Deep Ties To Chinese Land, Loans & Green Deals Submitted by The Bureau’s Sam Cooper,  A review of corporate documents reveals that Brookfield—the influential $900 billion Canadian investment fund from which Liberal Prime Minister-to-be Mark Carney stepped away from in order to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s leader—maintains over $3 billion in politically sensitive investments with Chinese state-linked […]

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  • “Huge Win”: Corporate America Embraces DOGE
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 3:05 pm

    “Huge Win”: Corporate America Embraces DOGE Despite conspiracy networks across leftist corporate media and unhinged Democratic lawmakers ranting about the so-called evils of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, corporate America begs to differ. 🚨 Soros-funded group exposed for paying protestors to oppose DOGE! pic.twitter.com/wobZeUg7qq — Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) March 13, 2025 Small and large business […]

  • Europe Faces Late-Winter Test To Its Energy System Resilience
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 2:30 pm

    Europe Faces Late-Winter Test To Its Energy System Resilience Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, A sudden Arctic blast will bring freezing temperatures to major European countries. Europe’s natural gas storage is at only 36% capacity—significantly lower than last year. European gas futures are rising due to anticipated higher demand The warm temperatures in Europe from earlier this week will abruptly […]

  • These Are The World’s Most Polluted Capital Cities
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 1:55 pm

    These Are The World’s Most Polluted Capital Cities Among the capital cities of 138 countries and territories analyzed in the 2024 World Air Quality Report published by equipment manufacturer IQAir, Chad’s capital N’Djamena ranked first ahead of India’s capital New Delhi.  Both cities had an average annual PM2.5 concentration of more than 90 micrograms per cubic meter of air. As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports, this […]

  • The Cost Of Security: The Impact Of Higher Defense Spending On Debt-Laden Nations
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 1:20 pm

    The Cost Of Security: The Impact Of Higher Defense Spending On Debt-Laden Nations Authored by Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com, In an era of rising geopolitical tensions, many nations are ramping up defence spending to bolster security. However, for countries already burdened with high debt, this creates a fiscal dilemma: how to fund military expansion without worsening financial instability.  Nowhere is this debate more […]

  • Mapping Europe’s Coming Population Crash
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 12:45 pm

    Mapping Europe’s Coming Population Crash This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao, shows the projected change in population levels for every European country between now and the year 2100. Data is sourced from the UN World Population Prospects 2024, using their medium variant estimates. ℹ️ The medium variant scenario means the UN thinks this is the most likely outcome, taking into account birth and death rates, and […]

  • Italy Could Be Forced To Grant Citizenship To 2.5 Million Foreigners After June Referendum
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 12:10 pm

    Italy Could Be Forced To Grant Citizenship To 2.5 Million Foreigners After June Referendum Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Italy will hold a referendum on June 8-9 to decide whether to halve the waiting period for foreigners applying for Italian nationality, the government announced on Thursday. If approved, the reform would reduce the required residency period to five years, potentially granting citizenship to around […]

  • UN Judge Who Studied Human Rights At Columbia Guilty Of Enslaving Woman In UK
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 11:35 am

    UN Judge Who Studied Human Rights At Columbia Guilty Of Enslaving Woman In UK In a spectacular display of leftist hypocrisy, a Ugandan United Nations judge who studied human rights at Columbia University and received a prestigious human rights award has been convicted of enslaving a woman in the United Kingdom.   Forty-nine-year-old Lydia Mugambe, who is also a Ugandan High Court judge, was found guilty of tricking a Ugandan […]

  • France & Algeria Rocked By ‘Most Serious’ Diplomatic Crisis Since End Of Colonial Rule
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 11:00 am

    France & Algeria Rocked By ‘Most Serious’ Diplomatic Crisis Since End Of Colonial Rule Via Middle East Eye Tensions are rising between Paris and Algiers. The current diplomatic crisis, described by analysts as the most serious since Algeria’s independence in 1962, raises the risk of a rupture in bilateral relations between France and its former North African colony. The current quarrel was triggered in July 2024 by French […]

  • Five Years Later, We Remember How Politicians Unleashed COVID Tyranny
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 3:25 am

    Five Years Later, We Remember How Politicians Unleashed COVID Tyranny Authored by Jim Bovard via The Mises Institute, Five years ago, politicians and bureaucrats went berserk and pointlessly ravaged Americans’ freedom. The Covid-19 pandemic provided the pretext to destroy hundreds of thousands of businesses, padlock churches, close down schools, and effectively place hundreds of millions of Americans under house arrest. Despite […]

  • Visualizing All Of The World’s Data
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 3:00 am

    Visualizing All Of The World’s Data The rising influence of data on decision-making continues to deepen as people and companies are collecting and analyzing ever-increasing amounts.  This visualization, created by Visual Capitalist’s Julia Wendling, in partnership with the Hinrich Foundation, provides visual context to the rapid rise in data creation worldwide, using data from Avison Young. Today’s Data Landscape The amount […]

  • What If The America You Pledge Allegiance To Isn’t The One Running The Show?
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 2:35 am

    What If The America You Pledge Allegiance To Isn’t The One Running The Show? Authored by Joshua Stylman via substack, The Corporate Veil – America’s Hidden Transformation Executive Summary: What if the America you pledge allegiance to isn’t the one running the show? This investigation examines how America’s governance system fundamentally transformed since 1871 through a documented pattern of legal, financial, and […]

  • New Post-Assad Syrian Constitution Enshrines Islamic Sharia Law
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 2:10 am

    New Post-Assad Syrian Constitution Enshrines Islamic Sharia Law For decades Syria was ruled by the Assad family and the secular Ba’ath party, which generally allowed for a high degree of religious freedom for non-Muslims like Christians, Druze, and dissident Muslim sects such as the Alawites. But this quasi-secular public order collapsed literally overnight with the December 8 ouster of Bashar al-Assad, which saw him flee the […]

  • USPS Agrees To Work With DOGE, Plans To Cut 10,000 Workers
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 1:45 am

    USPS Agrees To Work With DOGE, Plans To Cut 10,000 Workers Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congress on Thursday that he has signed an agreement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the General Services Administration (GSA) to work with the U.S. Postal Service. A US Postal Service (USPS) post office near Los Angeles International Airport […]

  • Connecticut Tops California As America’s ‘Wealthiest’ State
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 1:20 am

    Connecticut Tops California As America’s ‘Wealthiest’ State The average American’s net worth across all states is nearly $595,000. However, wealth levels vary among states alongside cost of living and other factors.  As Visual Capitalist’s Alejandra Dander notes, according to anonymized data from nearly 2 million Empower Personal Dashboard™ users, we highlight the top ten states with the highest average net worth per person. […]

  • Doug Casey On Fort Knox, Government Secrecy, & The True Role Of Gold
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 12:55 am

    Doug Casey On Fort Knox, Government Secrecy, & The True Role Of Gold Authored by Doug Casey via InternationalMan.com, International Man: For decades, mainstream financial commentators have dismissed gold as a “barbarous relic.” Federal Reserve officials and policymakers routinely downplay its importance, insisting that fiat currency and central banking make gold obsolete. Yet, despite this public stance, the US government […]

  • California Runs Scam To Fund Medical Care For Illegals And Still Falls $3.4 Billion Short
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 12:30 am

    California Runs Scam To Fund Medical Care For Illegals And Still Falls $3.4 Billion Short California Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking a $3.4 billion loan from the general fund to help a shortfall in the state’s Medi-Cal healthcare program.  The shortfall problem comes only a year after Newsom expanded Medi-Cal coverage to include millions of illegal immigrants.  California’s continuing deficits and mounting debts have some officials […]

  • RFK Jr. Warns Against Vaccinating Chickens For Bird Flu
    by Tyler Durden on March 15, 2025 at 12:05 am

    RFK Jr. Warns Against Vaccinating Chickens For Bird Flu Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised against providing vaccines to poultry amid a bird flu outbreak that has caused a steep increase in egg prices in recent months. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on Feb. 26, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images In an interview […]

  • Senate Passes GOP Bill, Avoiding Government Shutdown
    by Tyler Durden on March 14, 2025 at 11:31 pm

    Senate Passes GOP Bill, Avoiding Government Shutdown Update (1831ET): The Senate passed the House Republican-drafted bill on Friday to fund the government through September, avoiding a government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline. The final vote of 54-46 – which did not require 60 votes (only the previous Cloture vote did), was mostly along party lines – with two members of the Democratic caucus voting for the bill; […]

  • Reality Check: Towns And States Don’t Want Green Energy
    by Tyler Durden on March 14, 2025 at 11:15 pm

    Reality Check: Towns And States Don’t Want Green Energy Authored by Steve Goreham via RealClearEnergy, Trump Administration actions to scale back renewable energy capture headlines, but citizens are also pushing back. Efforts to deploy wind and solar systems face a rising tide of opposition in towns, counties, and states. Mandates for electric vehicles and electric home appliances are being challenged. The combination of rising […]

  • Watch Live: SpaceX Readies Rescue Mission For Stranded Astronauts
    by Tyler Durden on March 14, 2025 at 10:56 pm

    Watch Live: SpaceX Readies Rescue Mission For Stranded Astronauts NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 targets a 7:03 pm ET launch of four crew members from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A to the International Space Station. The original launch, scheduled for Wednesday evening, was scrubbed due to a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm. Commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, mission specialist Takuya Onishi, and […]

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