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Cardano has made a significant integration this week that fundamentally alters its approach to market infrastructure.Under the network’s newly operational Pentad and Intersect governance structure, the steering committee authorized the implementation of Pyth Network’s low-latency oracle stack.While the decision may appear to be a routine technical upgrade on the surface, it represents a profound shift in philosophy for a blockchain that has historically prioritized academic rigor and self-sufficiency over commercial speed.The integration is the first major deliverable under the “Critical Integrations” workstream, a strategic initiative designed to modernize the network’s capabilities ahead of 2026.The move signals that Cardano is effectively…

In brief Transhumanism was labeled a “death cult” by critics who argued it misunderstood what it means to be human. Advocate Zoltan Istvan defended the movement as a humanitarian effort to end suffering, aging, and death through technology. Philosophers and AI researchers warned that promises of digital immortality were flawed and raised unresolved ethical risks. Transhumanism, a movement that seeks to defeat aging and death through technology, was sharply criticized during a recent debate between philosophers, scientists, and transhumanist advocates, who rejected the accusation as misguided and reactionary.The exchange took place Dec. 4 at the UK-based Institute of Art and…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Venezuela’s cash is losing value quickly. People and businesses are shifting to US-dollar stablecoins, especially USDT, to protect savings and make everyday payments. According to market data, the peso-like bolívar has quoted around 267 per US dollar on December 12, 2025, after roughly 254 on December 5, showing how fast the local currency can move. Why The Shift Is Accelerating Based on reports from exchanges and on-chain firms, inflation has been estimated in the 100s–200s% range year-on-year in 2025. Prices rise fast under those conditions. Wages lose…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The US government continues to advocate for cryptocurrency adoption after the Securities and Exchange Commission published a retail investor guide centered around various means of custody. In the bulletin released on Friday, the SEC provides a detailed education on the available ways investors can safeguard their cryptocurrency investments and the associated risks. SEC Addresses Crypto Custody As Regulatory Acceptance Takes Shape The Donald Trump-led administration has taken multiple steps in supporting the growth of the digital asset industry in line with the US President’s electoral manifesto. Under…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Standard Chartered and Coinbase announced an expanded collaboration on December 12, 2025, to develop a suite of services aimed at institutional investors. Based on reports from both firms, the work will look at trading, prime services, custody, staking and lending for banks, funds and other large players. Building On Existing Work The firms said the push grows out of an existing arrangement in Singapore where Standard Chartered provides banking links that let customers move Singapore dollars in real time to and from Coinbase. That setup helped power…

On Friday afternoon, the CFTC published Release 9146-25, a document with a long title and a simple message: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC are getting a supervised trial run as collateral inside the US derivatives system.It’s an experiment with guardrails, reporting, and plenty of fine print, but it represents a real shift in how the agency wants Americans to trade crypto: onshore, supervised, and with fewer hoops between the assets people hold and the markets where they hedge.The move arrives alongside another milestone: the CFTC has cleared the path for spot crypto products to list on its registered exchanges for the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has kept its place in the Nasdaq 100 during this year’s reshuffling—its first since joining the index in a similar event last December. This comes as a piece of good news as the Bitcoin corporate buyer contends with the risk of possible exclusion from Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI)’s indexes. MSTR Survives First Nasdaq 100 Reshuffling  On Friday, December 12, Reuters revealed that Strategy (with the ticker MSTR), the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, survived its first Nasdaq 100 rebalancing since joining the index.…

Crypto and stock performance since January 2024 suggests that the new “altcoin trading” is just stock trading.The S&P 500 returned roughly 25% in 2024 and 17.5% in 2025, compounding to approximately 47% over two years. The Nasdaq-100 delivered 25.9% and 18.1% over the same period, for a cumulative gain near 49%.The CoinDesk 80 Index, tracking the next 80 crypto assets after the top 20, fell 46.4% in 2025 first quarter alone and sat down roughly 38% year-to-date by mid-July.The MarketVector Digital Assets 100 Small-Cap Index dropped to its lowest level since November 2020 by late 2025, erasing over $1 trillion…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto promoter Rodney Burton, popularly known as “Bitcoin Rodney,” is facing new charges for his alleged role in the $1.8 billion HyperFund pyramid scheme. This development comes almost two years after the US Department of Justice brought criminal charges against two of the co-founders of the crypto Ponzi scheme. In January 2024, the US DOJ charged Xue Lee (Sam Lee) and Brenda Chunga (Bitcoin Beautee) for their roles in HyperFund. According to the prosecutors, the founders falsely claimed that the scheme’s investors would receive substantial returns paid…