Author: Kryptonews

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Attending World Liberty Financial’s forum at Mar-a-Lago felt less like a high-powered summit and more like an intimate gathering — if the guest list included people who control trillions in assets and the future of finance.Tucked beneath chandeliers and gold-painted trim, the guest list read like a who’s who of the industry’s old guard and rising disruptors. There were no name tags needed. Everyone seemed to know everyone, or at least know someone who did.The stage at the World Liberty forum. (CoinDesk) Conversations floated from the future of finance to how it might fix what’s been…

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has moved against prediction markets platform Polymarket, ordering its Dutch affiliate, Adventure One, to stop offering wagering services to residents without a permit. Key Takeaways: Dutch regulators ordered Polymarket’s affiliate to halt operations for offering unlicensed betting to residents. Authorities said prediction market wagers are illegal in the Netherlands, even for licensed gambling operators. The case reflects wider global regulatory pressure on event-based contracts and prediction platforms. In a notice released Tuesday, the regulator said the company must “cease its activities immediately” or risk penalties of up to $990,000.Officials said the platform allowed users in the…

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have posted five consecutive weeks of net outflows, with investors pulling roughly $3.8 billion from the products over the period.During last week, the funds recorded about $315.9 million in net outflows, according to data from SoSoValue. The biggest weekly withdrawal during this 5-week streak occurred in the week ending Jan. 30, when spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs recorded about $1.49 billion in net outflows.The net weekly outflows come as some sessions posted inflows. On Friday, Bitcoin ETFs saw about $88 million in inflows, but they were outweighed by larger redemption days earlier in the week.…

Frida Kahlo‘s art is now firmly established in the art historical canon, hanging on the walls of some of the world’s most illustrious museums. But it’s also inspired a sundry of wares the world over—from notebooks and coffee mugs to earrings and dolls—that bear her image, both licensed and not, and this appears to have rankled some her descendants. In an interview with the Times of London, published this week, Cristina Kahlo, another great-niece of the artist, said she has mixed feelings about just how exposed Kahlo has been in the past few decades, since the publication of Hayden Herrera’s…

Your crypto transactions are basically open books right now. Anyone can see where your money goes, how much you have, and who you’re trading with. That’s a problem. Sui Network just announced they’re fixing this in 2026 with built-in private transactions. And here’s the kicker—it won’t be optional. Privacy will be automatic. Let’s check it out! Why Privacy Matters for Blockchain Most blockchains today are completely transparent. Every transaction you make is visible to anyone who knows where to look. For regular users, this creates real security risks. Someone tracking your wallet can see your entire financial history. Not great.…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Trump’s tariff regime in a 6-3 decision.”No President has invoked the statute to impose any tariffs, let alone tariffs of this magnitude and scope,” the court ruling said.”That ‘lack of historical precedent,’ coupled with the ‘breadth of authority’ that the President now claims, suggests that the tariffs extend beyond the President’s ‘legitimate reach.'”Bitcoin knee-jerked about 2% higher on the news, rising past the $68,000 level. As has been typical in crypto lately, though, the gain was reversed within minutes, returning to just below $67,000 at the current time.Crypto’s fleeting gains stood…

MARA Holdings has completed the purchase of a majority stake in French computing infrastructure operator Exaion, deepening its push into artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services.The deal, first agreed in August 2025 with EDF Pulse Ventures, gives MARA France a 64% stake in Exaion after required regulatory approvals were secured, the Bitcoin miner said in a Friday announcement. French energy giant EDF will remain a minority shareholder and continue as a customer of the business.The investment also creates a broader alliance. NJJ Capital, the investment vehicle of telecom entrepreneur Xavier Niel, will acquire a 10% stake in MARA France as…

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that President Donald Trump didn’t have the power to impose tariffs as he did. While the markets have taken the decision in stride, the impact on crypto is likely to be modest — at least for now — as there are political considerations that may influence the industry’s policy trajectory in Washington.Though Trump’s aggressive and sometimes turbulent pursuit of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act is halted, the president has a number of other options to replace them with tariffs available in other legal authorities governing U.S. trade. He said in a…

Bard College has launched an “independent review” of its president’s ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after newly released emails from the Department of Justice revealed close links between the two. The liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, made the announcement in a statement from its board of trustees on Thursday. The board said it had retained the outside law firm WilmerHale to review the email correspondence. The New York Times reported that Dr. Leon Botstein, the college’s president since 1975, had long maintained that his relationship with Epstein was strictly philanthropic, aimed at securing a…

For much of this month, bitcoin BTC$67,801.44 has been trading around the mid-$60,000s. That much is humdrum.The interesting bit is a developing split in coin ownership that could shape what happens next.Data from Santiment shows the number of wallets holding less than 0.1 BTC, a level typically associated with retail investors, has increased by 2.5% since the largest cryptocurrency hit a record high in October. The growth has pushed the so-called shrimps’ share of supply to its highest since mid-2024.In practice, though, it’s the larger holders known as whales and sharks who tend to set the tone for price direction.…