To DAO or Not to DAO: An Existential Question Looms for DeFi Networks
Decentralized autonomous organizations or DAOs are not legally considered persons or entities. So how do you catch a happy ghost?
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The Woeful State of Web3 Auditing, And What Can Be Done
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Asia's Next-Generation Wealthy Want AI for Payments, Humans for Planning and Crypto From Their Private Bank
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Open USD Goes Live as Coinbase, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard Open Minting to Businesses
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EU Regulators Question Binance's Use of MiCA Exemption to Keep Serving European Customers
Three months after Europe's licensing deadline passed with Binance unauthorised, the exchange's reliance on reverse solicitation and an Abu Dhabi entity is testing how narrowly ESMA's carve-out will be enforced.
StraitsX to Bring XSGD, XUSD Stablecoins to Monad in Early 2027
The Singapore issuer is pitching the move around card and payment settlement, though XSGD's circulating supply of about S$16.5 million shows how much room the token still has to grow outside its existing chains.