Latin America’s developer community is increasingly focused on building within established blockchain ecosystems like Ethereum and Polygon rather than launching new base-layer protocols, according to a report by consultancy firm Sherlock Communications.
The study, which included qualitative

Real-world asset tokenization platform OpenEden and crypto infrastructure provider BitGo have entered the competition to issue Hyperliquid’s planned native stablecoin, USDH, bringing the number of contenders to eight.
Hyperliquid validators will start voting for the USDH proposal from Thursday and

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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has shot down the notion that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in September, just days after Standard Chartered Bank made the aggressive forecast.
“Whether or not we have a 50 basis cut, I don’t think that’s probably on the cards,” So

Blockchain tech firm BitMine Immersion Technologies has added to its massive Ether holdings for the second time this week, buying $200 million worth from digital asset trust Bitgo
Blockchain data reviewed by Lookonchain shows BitMine purchased 46,255 Ether (ETH) across three transactions with Bitg

A new thesis that argues that most crypto value today is captured in apps, rather than blockchains, is gaining popularity with the rise of Hyperliquid and could shift investor behavior over the next few months, a crypto executive says.
“All the cool kids are talking about the ‘fat app’ thesis.

Over 48,000 Nepalese people downloaded Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s peer-to-peer messaging app, bitchat, amid a series of violent protests over corruption and a short-lived social media ban earlier this week.
It followed a similar uptick in downloads in Indonesia last week after corruption-related prote

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The US Senate Banking Committee has advanced the nomination of Stephen Miran to a temporary position on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors after another member resigned in August
In a Wednesday meeting, the banking committee voted along party lines, 13 to 11, to advance Miran’s nomination to t

StarkWare, a company specializing in zero-knowledge (ZK) technology, a way of verifying information without revealing the specific contents of that information, said it created a ZK verification of the Bitcoin (BTC)

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Japan plans to replace progressive crypto tax rates up to 55% with a flat 20% by fiscal year 2026.
New rules will align digital assets with equities, adding safeguards against insider trading and unfair practices.
Investors will gain three-year loss carry-forward provisions,

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