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Opinion by: Irina Heaver, crypto lawyer Any crypto entrepreneur trying to navigate the United Arab Emirates’ crypto ecosystem inevitably encounters the myriad acronyms used in the country’s legal landscape. From the SCA and VARA to the DMCC, ADGM and DFSA, what do these mysterious combinations of letters stand for, and how does one navigate this…

When Solana launched in 2020, co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko had the grand vision of becoming the Nasdaq on the blockchain — the home for onchain financial markets. Five years later, the memecoin trading activity we’re seeing on Solana is more akin to penny stocks than the tech giants that make up the Nasdaq index, like Apple…

Opinion by: Irina Heaver, Bitcoin and crypto lawyer The United Arab Emirates has positioned itself as a global capital of crypto innovation. With zero personal income tax, low corporate taxes and some of the clearest regulatory frameworks in the world, entrepreneurs are flocking to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah and beyond to set up…

Dr. Corey Petty, the chief insights officer at Logos — an initiative focused on developing decentralized peer-to-peer infrastructure for a network state — told Cointelegraph that network states will one day rival established countries and governance structures. According to Petty, blockchain technology provides individuals with the three necessary components to establish self-governing, sovereign communities in…

Opinion by: Aaron Basi, head of product at IoTeX As we look into the rest of 2025, the political climate suggests a friendlier stance toward crypto, with promises of regulatory clarity from both major parties in the United States. While this shift is welcoming news for Web3, one sector stands out as needing special attention:…

The recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reporting rule designating decentralized finance (DeFi) front-ends as brokerages has sent shockwaves through the crypto industry. Alex Thorn, the head of research at Galaxy Digital, outlined three potential options for DeFi if the IRS rule is not backtracked. According to Thorn, DeFi services and applications can comply with the…