You've bought the crypto—congratulations! Now comes the most important step: figuring out how to store it securely. Since cryptocurrencies like $BTC$, $ETH$, and $LTC$ don't exist in physical form, "storing" them actually means securely protecting the private key—the secret password that controls
Why FHE Matters More Than Ever In a world where our personal and business data lives on the cloud, privacy has become a frontline issue. Most encryption systems protect information only when it’s stored or sent. But once the data needs to be analyzed or used, it’s usually
Regulation
Singapore’s central bank is taking another step toward the future of finance. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced plans to pilot tokenized MAS bills—short-term securities—settled using central bank digital currency (CBDC). Full details of the trial are expected to be released next year. MAS Managing Director
Markets
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest made a bold move this week, purchasing roughly $30.5 million worth of Circle Internet Group shares across three of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The buy came immediately after Circle’s stock tumbled more than 12% on Wednesday — a drop that followed an otherwise strong
Finance
CME Group and FanDuel have announced plans to launch a new U.S.-based prediction markets platform next month under the name FanDuel Predicts, marking a notable collaboration between the world’s leading derivatives marketplace and a major player in online sports entertainment. According to a joint statement, FanDuel Predicts
AI
Google has unveiled Private AI Compute, a new cloud-based processing system designed to combine the power of large-scale AI with the privacy protections typically found in on-device computing. The platform, powered by Google’s Gemini models, marks the company’s latest move toward creating AI that is both highly capable
Markets
The Solana blockchain is experiencing a slowdown in user activity, with the number of active addresses falling to 3.3 million—its lowest level in a year. This marks a sharp decline from the network’s January 2025 peak of more than 9 million active addresses, reflecting the cooling of
AI
Baidu’s latest artificial intelligence model, ERNIE-4.5-VL-28B-A3B-Thinking, is making waves in the AI industry after outperforming OpenAI’s GPT and Google’s Gemini models on several key benchmarks. The system marks a significant leap toward more efficient, real-world-ready multimodal AI — technology that can interpret not only text but also
A New Kind of AI Marketplace Allora (ALLO) is reimagining how artificial intelligence is built, shared, and improved. Instead of keeping AI locked behind the walls of big tech companies, Allora opens it up — creating a decentralized marketplace for AI models where anyone can contribute, evaluate, or use machine learning
Politics
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins has unveiled plans to create a formal “token taxonomy”—a framework designed to clarify which digital assets should be classified as securities under U.S. law. The initiative marks a major step in the SEC’s ongoing effort to modernize its approach
Finance
Polymarket has announced a major partnership with Yahoo Finance, becoming the platform’s exclusive prediction market provider in a move that underscores the growing mainstream appeal of prediction markets. The collaboration comes just days after Google Finance revealed plans to integrate prediction market data into its own search results. The
Cryptocurrency
Sui, the Layer 1 blockchain developed by Mysten Labs, is preparing to introduce its own U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin called USDsui, in collaboration with Bridge’s Open Issuance platform. The move positions Sui to deepen its role in the expanding stablecoin sector, where traditional finance and blockchain innovation continue to