dYdX and Pocket Pro Bot have launched a social-first integration that lets users create wallets and trade perpetuals with their friends directly inside Telegram group chats. From the earliest Bitcoin forums to today’s group chats, crypto has always thrived in online communities, and Telegram, nearing a billion users worldwide, has become one of the busiest meeting grounds. Conversations there…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has signalled that it won’t take enforcement action against tokens tied to blockchain-based Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN). In a no-action letter on Monday, SEC Division of Corporation Finance chief counsel Michael Seaman said he “will not recommend enforcement action” to the SEC for the planned token launch of the DePIN project DoubleZero….

Qatar National Bank Group (QNB), one of the Middle East’s largest banks, has adopted JPMorgan’s blockchain platform, Kinexys, to process corporate payments in Qatar, according to a Monday Bloomberg report. The switch marks a departure from the constraints of traditional banking infrastructure, where cross-border payments are limited to weekdays and can take days to complete….