Petr Kozyakov, CEO of crypto payments platform Mercuryo, told Cointelegraph that the future of finance may not be a winner-takes-all scenario but a blend of digital assets and fiat, each used where it makes the most sense. In a Cointelegraph interview, Kozyakov said that while crypto payments are seeing an increase in adoption and demand,…
[PRESS RELEASE – Abu Dhabi, UAE, May 6th, 2025] Igniting a New Era for Crypto in MENA with Professional-Grade Trading and Bank-Grade Security The future of crypto in MENA is taking shape. BurjX, a UAE-based digital asset brokerage, announced today that it has received In-Principle Approval (IPA) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of…
Senate Republicans back off fast-track push as Thune opens door to Democratic demands ahead of GENIUS Act floor vote. Senate Republicans back off fast-track push as Thune opens door to Democratic demands ahead of GENIUS Act floor vote. Law and Order Decrypt
Veteran US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Trish Turner has been appointed to lead the agency’s digital assets division following the departure of two key crypto-focused executives. Turner, who has spent over 20 years at the IRS and most recently served as a senior adviser within the Digital Assets Office, will now head the unit,…
Florida has withdrawn two bills related to the creation of a state-level strategic bitcoin (BTC) reserve. House Bill 487 and Senate Bill 550 have been “indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration,” according to the state Senate website. The two bills, which were both filed in February, sought to allow investment of public funds in BTC….
With the XRP price struggling to break out of consolidation, there is still a lot left for the altcoin to do before a definite uptrend can be registered. So far, it seems that the XRP price has already made its way through multiple support levels. However, a wave count is yet to begin that could…
Crypto exchange OKX’s CEO for its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) arm has urged the crypto industry to focus on delivering real-world utility as interest in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization accelerates. In a Cointelegraph interview at the Token20249 event in Dubai, OKX MENA CEO Rifad Mahasneh warned that while tokenization is promising, projects must…
Opinion by: Simon Cain, contributor at Bitcoin Policy UK Most jurisdictions globally are researching, developing or implementing retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). If you see these as harmless move-with-the-times digital updates of old-fashioned paper money, look again. CBDCs potentially mean financial serfdom via a monetary panopticon where the authorities closely control every transaction. If…
Bitcoin’s price tried to take down the $95,000 resistance but the bears were quick to intercept the move and pushed the asset south by a grand. Many altcoins have turned red over the past day. LTC leads this adverse trend after the US SEC delayed making a decision on one of the ETF applications. BTC…
Charlie Shrem’s newly launched 21million.com aims to distribute free Bitcoin, echoing Gavin Andresen’s 2010 faucet concept. Charlie Shrem’s newly launched 21million.com aims to distribute free Bitcoin, echoing Gavin Andresen’s 2010 faucet concept. , Coins Decrypt
