Telegram founder Pavel Durov has answered Russia’s terrorism charges, accusing Moscow of punishing him for rejecting state demands for mass surveillance and censorship on the messaging app. Rosfinmonitoring, Russia’s financial monitoring service, added Durov to its registry of terrorists and extremists on Thursday.
The story being told about x402 right now is that it ends the subscription era and finally makes fractional-cent payments work for everyone. I want to push back on that, not because x402 is unimportant, but because the framing repeats a thirty-year-old mistake. Micropayments have been predicted, launched, and buried
Bitcoin Magazine Professional Law Enforcement Group Backs Crypto’s CLARITY Act, Adding Pressure Before August Recess The Major Cities Chiefs Association is the latest to throw their support behind the crypto bill. This post Professional Law Enforcement Group Backs Crypto’s CLARITY Act, Adding Pressure Before August
Japan slashed its growth forecast for the current fiscal year to 0.9% on Thursday, blaming surging crude oil prices and a weaker yen for squeezing the import-dependent economy. The downgrade exposes how quickly Middle East tensions can reshape the outlook for an advanced economy. The Oil and Currency Assumptions
Publicly traded AI operating system Vida Global (NYSE American: VIDA) has begun paying some employees in Bitcoin over the Lightning network, yet keeps its balance sheet entirely in dollars. After a worker in Argentina requested Bitcoin pay, the firm used infrastructure company Voltage to deliver it, settling in cash
Ethereum continues to trade within a critical technical area after recovering sharply from its June lows. While the broader rebound remains intact, the latest price action suggests momentum is fading as buyers and sellers battle for control beneath major resistance. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the