Trump-backed World Liberty Financial partners with Pakistan Crypto Council

    The Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial has signed a Letter of Intent with the Pakistan Crypto Council to accelerate crypto adoption in the South Asian country and one of the industry’s fastest-growing markets. Under the partnership, World Liberty will help the Council launch regulatory sandboxes to test blockchain-based products, expand stablecoin applications for remittances and…

    Crypto banking rule withdrawal by Fed ‘not real progress’ — Senator Lummis

    United States Senator Cynthia Lummis suggests the crypto industry may be celebrating too soon over the US Federal Reserve softening its crypto guidance for banks. “The Fed withdrawing crypto guidance is just noise, not real progress,” Lummis said in an April 25 X post. Lummis called the Fed’s April 24 announcement — withdrawing its 2022 supervisory letter…

    US crypto rules like ‘floor is lava’ game without lights — Hester Peirce

    SEC Commissioner and head of the crypto task force, Hester Peirce, says US financial firms are navigating crypto in a way that’s similar to playing the children’s game “the floor is lava,” but in the dark. “It is time that we find a way to end this game. We need to turn on the lights…

    Deloitte predicts $4T tokenized real estate on blockchain by 2035

    Over $4 trillion worth of real estate could be tokenized on blockchain networks during the next decade, potentially offering investors greater access to property ownership opportunities, according to a new report. The Deloitte Center for Financial Services predicts that over $4 trillion worth of real estate may be tokenized by 2035, up from less than $300 billion…

    Polygon CEO: DeFi must ditch hype for sustainable liquidity

    Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron called for a fundamental shift in how decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols manage liquidity, labeling the sector’s ongoing liquidity crisis as “self-inflicted.” In an exclusive interview, Boiron outlined Polygon’s vision for sustainable DeFi, emphasizing chain-owned liquidity and transparent economic models as the path forward. Boiron criticized DeFi protocols for fueling a…

    BNB Chain drives Q1 growth through lending, stablecoins and burns

    BNB Chain strengthened its DeFi ecosystem in Q1 2025 with disciplined token burns, builder incentives and stablecoin adoption. When price charts flatten, prominent networks are the ones still shipping code, funding hackathons and burning their native supply on schedule. The first quarter of 2025 underscored a simple truth: ecosystems that treat bear-market months as a…