The World Economic Forum (WEF) urged policymakers and regulators worldwide to conduct decentralized finance (DeFi)-related innovations and experiments within regulatory sandboxes, focusing on tailored risk mitigation and transparency. In its recent assessment of nine major economies, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United Arab Emirates, the WEF identified the need for…

EigenLayer is prioritizing onboarding consumer Web3 applications after the Oct. 1 unlock of the restaking protocol’s native token, EIGEN, founder Sreeram Kannan told Cointelegraph in an interview. EigenLayer will initially target apps in crypto-native segments such as decentralized finance (DeFi) and gaming before expanding beyond Web3, Kannan said. “We’re starting with the inside-out approach, focusing…

The National Bank of Bahrain has announced the launch of its first Bitcoin investment fund, designed for institutional investors in the Middle East’s Gulf Cooperation Council, formed by Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to local media reports, the fund was developed in partnership with digital asset firm ARP…