The legal battle over Giacometti’s sculpture highlights a tangled web of art theft, forged documents, and a $65.5 million deal gone wrong. …

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Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has requested Apple and Google to block downloads of crypto exchange apps operating in the country without proper registration, local media reported on Feb. 7. According to sources familiar with the matter, Apple removed the apps from its App Store in response, while Google has not yet commented on whether […]

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Barry Silbert thinks deAI is a generational opportunity. DCG’s betting on it. …

Learn MoreDecentralized AI Opportunity Is ‘Bigger than Bitcoin,’ Says DCG’s Barry Silbert

Access to AI intelligence should be equal to all. That means building collaborative systems of learning, like the Thames Network, a new decentralized AI network launching at Oxford today. …

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Receipts Depositary Corp. already offers bitcoin and ether-backed securities and is now looking to expand its product suite by adding XRP. …

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Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) has reached a new milestone, surpassing a total supply of $56 billion. The stablecoin’s rapid expansion reflects growing market demand, with $10 billion in fresh USDC entering circulation in the last month alone. Despite this growth, USDC is miles behind Tether’s USDT, the largest stablecoin with a market capitalization of more […]

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A new report from Security Token Market forecasts $30 trillion in asset tokenization by 2030, led by stocks, real estate, bonds and gold. …

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched a pilot program to explore tokenized non-cash collateral, including stablecoins, within regulated derivatives markets, according to a Feb. 7 announcement. The CEO Forum will engage industry leaders on the launch of its digital asset markets pilot program. Representatives from Circle, Coinbase, Crypto.com, and Ripple will participate in the […]

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Russian Bitcoin miners are concerned about a government mandate requiring wallet addresses to be included in a national registry. Russian lawmaker Anton Gorelkin highlighted these concerns in a Feb. 7 Telegram post, warning that geopolitical rivals could exploit leaked addresses. He described such a scenario as a major threat, as sanctions could severely impact mining […]

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Plus: news on stablecoin legislation, Ondo, Berachain, (Micro)Strategy and Ethereum’s future. …

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