Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Getting consumer loan approvals disbursed in real time and paying at store counters across the Philippines is getting a major upgrade through the national QR standard. Faster Loans and Interoperable Retail Payments For borrowers and…
Sandisk-linked perpetual futures have become the crypto market’s largest equity perpetual trade, with aggregate SNDK open interest reaching $1.73 billion on Aug. 17 across 32 tracked venues. Summary SNDK stock perpetual open interest reached $1.73 billion, ranking first among equity-linked perpetual contracts globally. Twenty-four-hour SNDK perpetual volume reached $2.51 billion, nearly eight times Micron’s comparable…
Chinese memory giant CXMT has overtaken Tencent Holdings as the most valuable public company in China, underlining the speculative frenzy around memory companies at the moment. The chipmaker debuted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 27, and its shares surged 467 percent on their first day of trading. CXMT’s market capitalization later reached $524…
Key Takeaways Austria fined Bitpanda 70K euros for missing a whitepaper deadline, marking the first penalty under EU’s MiCA. The historic penalty signals that MiCA regulation has shifted from mere supervision to active enforcement. The fine sparked criticism, raising questions about Bitpanda’s trustworthiness and regulatory compliance. Austria Fines Bitpanda for MiCA-related Violations While the grandfathering…
The White House is preparing to host a major meeting with cryptocurrency and prediction-market executives on Wednesday, August 19, bringing together President Donald Trump, senior U.S. regulators and some of the industry’s biggest companies as Washington weighs the future of digital-asset regulation. Trump is expected to participate alongside Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul…
HBO might as well change the name of Lanterns to Lantern, because by the end of its very first episode, only one of its Green Lanterns is still alive. SEE ALSO: ‘Lanterns’ review: Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre shine bright in DC’s sci-fi mystery The series kicks off in 2016, with Earth’s Green Lantern Hal…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. For SSS members needing quick cash, borrowing money often means navigating a trade-off: enduring long branch lines for official loans, or resorting to informal “5-6” lenders charging interest rates as high as 10% per month….
An unnamed XRP Ledger startup being developed by former Ripple staffer Bias Goose will use RLUSD as a primary financial rail, according to a series of public posts published since Aug. 8. Summary RLUSD will underpin the unnamed XRP Ledger startup, according to former Ripple staffer Bias Goose. Bias Goose says the project will avoid…
One of the oddest things about macOS is the installation dance. Dealing with disk images, dragging and dropping—it’s the main way of installing software from outside the Mac App Store, and it’s annoying. You download a DMG file, open it to mount a virtual disk, and drag the application from there to your Applications folder….
Key Takeaways Safepal suffered a data breach exposing the personal details and shipping addresses of 39,798 users. While wallet keys remain safe, the leaked addresses leave users vulnerable to physical wrench attacks. Safepal secured the flaw but faces harsh criticism for delaying disclosure despite prior scam reports. Safepal Discloses New Customer Data Incident: Almost 40K…
