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What are tariffs? Tariffs are taxes placed on imported goods by a government or a supranational union. Occasionally, tariffs can be applied to exports as well. They generate government revenue…
Base creator Jesse Pollak admits ‘Base is for pimping’ art was a mistake
The creator of Ethereum layer 2 blockchain Base, Jesse Pollak, has apologized following backlash over posting digital artwork that controversially played on Base’s tagline, “Base is for everyone.”Several social media…
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…
CoinDesk Weekly Recap: EigenLayer, Kraken, Coinbase, AWS
Following last week’s tariff-caused drama, this was a relatively quiet week in crypto. Bitcoin remained stable around $84k. The CoinDesk 20, which tracks about 80% of the market, was up…
Trump firing Powell would be a ‘very bad precedent to set’ — Pompliano
Crypto entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano says that US President Donald Trump shouldn’t follow through on his recent threat to fire the head of the US Federal Reserve, saying it would set…
Feds Mistakenly Order Estonian HashFlare Fraudsters to Self-Deport Ahead of Sentencing
Just four months ahead of their criminal sentencing for operating a $577 million cryptocurrency mining Ponzi scheme, the two Estonian founders of HashFlare were seemingly mistakenly ordered to self-deport by…
Lyn Alden lowers Bitcoin forecast after ‘tariff kerfuffle,’ eyes liquidity
Macroeconomist Lyn Alden expects Bitcoin to finish 2025 higher than its current price of around $85,000, though she says it would have been much higher if not for US President…
Canary Capital Files for Tron (TRX) ETF With Staking Capabilities
Canary Capital is looking to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the price of Tron’s native token, TRX, according to a filing.The hedge fund submitted a Form S-1 for the…
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…
Spar Supermarket In Switzerland Starts Accepting Bitcoin
SPAR has begun accepting Bitcoin payments at its Zug, Switzerland location, marking another milestone in Switzerland’s progressive approach to bitcoin adoption. The implementation uses the Lightning Network through DFX Swiss’s…