The market mood in crypto cooled sharply after a quick spike in optimism. According to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, the reading fell by 12 points on Friday, dropping from 61 to 49. Related Reading: Altcoin Rallies Are Getting Shorter, And Wintermute Has The Data That swing moved the gauge from “greed” into a “neutral” zone in a single session.
Pakistan inks an MoU with Trump-linked World Liberty to trial USD1 dollar stablecoin in its payments stack as regulators formalize crypto rules and explore a Bitcoin reserve. Pakistan has signed an agreement with SC Financial Technologies, an affiliate of Trump…
Dubai’s financial regulator has banned privacy tokens across the DIFC from Jan. 12. Stablecoins must now be fiat-pegged and backed by high-quality, liquid assets. Algorithmic stablecoins like Ethena are excluded from the stablecoin category.
For the unbanked, DeFi remains distant, abstract, and mostly inaccessible — not because the technology is bad, but because the rails are traditional finance.
A new wave of political ads is pushing a sharp message into living rooms and phone banks: tell your senator to back crypto legislation only if decentralized finance, or DeFi, is left out. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Security Model May Shift As Quantum Computing Moves Forward: Analyst According to broadcast logs and industry reports, the spots […]