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Prediction market boom spurs new VC fund backed by Polymarket, Kalshi CEOs#freedomofmoney

The fund, called 5c(c) Capital, is aiming to raise $35 million to fund startups tied to the rapid growth of event-based trading markets.

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A new venture capital firm, 5c(c) Capital, is launching to invest specifically in companies built around prediction markets, with backing from the CEOs of Polymarket and Kalshi.

The fund aims to raise up to $35 million and back about 20 early-stage startups over two years, focusing on infrastructure and services such as data tools, liquidity provision and compliance systems rather than exchanges alone.

The launch comes amid rapid growth in prediction markets, with rising trading volumes, new users and interest from major crypto and retail trading platforms, and has attracted more than 20 early investors including a Millennium Management portfolio manager and other prediction market founders.

A new venture capital firm focused on prediction markets is launching with backing from Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan and Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour, Bloomberg reported.

The firm, called 5c(c) Capital (named after a section of the Commodity Exchange Act that governs prediction markets) may be the first venture fund built specifically to invest in companies shaped by that regulatory and market structure.

“We want to capitalize on the second-, third-, and fourth-order effects of what we built ourselves,” the founders wrote in a document viewed by Bloomberg.

The launch comes as prediction markets shift from a niche corner of finance into a more visible part of how people track events. Since the U.S. presidential election, trading volumes have climbed and new users have entered the space. Platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi now host contracts tied to politics, economic data and cultural events, turning public opinion into tradable signals. Polymarket’s trades run on the blockchain. Many crypto-native companies, including Coinbase (COIN) and Kraken, as well as Robinhood (HOOD).

Fundația Solana vizează instituțiile cu un nou cadru de confidențialitate#freedomofmoney

Organizația a susținut că următoarea fază a adoptării criptomonedelor va depinde mai puțin de transparență și mai mult de acordarea controlului companiilor asupra a ceea ce dezvăluie — și cui.

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Fundația Solana a publicat un raport care susține că adoptarea în întreprindere necesită controale de confidențialitate flexibile, conturând patru moduri, de la pseudonimie la sisteme complet private.$SOL

Fundația a declarat că viteza Solana permite tehnologia avansată de confidențialitate, cum ar fi dovezile zero-știință, în timp ce susține în continuare conformitatea reglementărilor.

Fundația Solana face o nouă ofertă instituțiilor mari: confidențialitate ca o caracteristică personalizabilă, nu ca un compromis.

Într-un raport publicat luni de fundație, „Confidențialitate pe Solana: O abordare cuprinzătoare pentru întreprinderea modernă,” organizația a susținut că următoarea fază a adoptării criptomonedelor va depinde mai puțin de transparență și mai mult de acordarea controlului companiilor asupra a ceea ce dezvăluie — și cui.

Acest cadru marchează o schimbare față de etosul timpuriu al criptomonedelor. Blockchain-urile publice au subliniat în mod tradițional deschiderea, unde tranzacțiile sunt vizibile și urmărite, chiar dacă utilizatorii sunt reprezentați doar prin adrese de portofel. Raportul a recunoscut că acest model de „pseudonimie”, deși fundamental, nu este suficient pentru multe cazuri de utilizare din lumea reală. Instituțiile financiare, de exemplu, pot avea nevoie să dovedească că tranzacțiile au avut loc fără a expune părțile implicate, în timp ce companiile care procesează salariile trebuie să evite să facă publice salariile angajaților.

Sub această ofertă se află o afirmație tehnică: că viteza Solana face tehnicile avansate de confidențialitate practice. Echipa a susținut că debitul ridicat și latența scăzută a rețelei permit acestor metode să funcționeze la viteze aproape de web, deschizând calea pentru cazuri de utilizare precum cărți de comenzi criptate sau calcule private ale riscurilor de credit.

Dar, mai degrabă decât să ofere o soluție unică pentru confidențialitate, fundația a prezentat confidențialitatea ca un spectru compus din patru moduri distincte: pseudonimie, confidențialitate, anonimat și sisteme complet private.

BlackRock is betting billions that tokenized funds will do for Wall Street what the internet did to mail

In his annual letter, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink argues that digital wallets and tokenized assets could modernize markets and expand investor access.

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BlackRock chief Larry Fink used his annual shareholder letter to argue that tokenization and digital assets could modernize the financial system while warning that U.S. capitalism is failing too many workers.

Fink said recording asset ownership on digital ledgers and using regulated digital wallets could make issuing, trading and accessing investments faster, cheaper and more widely available.

He framed tokenization as part of a broader effort to address inequality and strained public finances, noting BlackRock’s growing digital-asset business and calling for clear rules on investor protections, counterparty risk and digital identity.

BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink used his annual letter to shareholders to argue that digital assets and tokenization could help update the financial system, even as he warned that the U.S. economic model is leaving too many people behind.

In the letter, Fink said the current system has delivered most of its gains to people who already own assets, while many workers have been shut out of market growth. He tied that imbalance to a wider problem in the U.S., where rising inequality, high government debt and weak participation in capital markets are putting pressure on the old model of finance.

“Capitalism is working—just not for enough people,” Fink wrote.

His proposed fix centered on tokenization and digital distribution as tools to expand access to investing and make markets run better.

Tokenization, Fink said, could “update the plumbing of the financial system” by making investments easier to issue, trade and access.

The idea is simple: If ownership of assets is recorded on digital ledgers, moving a fund share, bond or other security could become faster and cheaper.

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Venus Protocol hit by $3.7M in 'supply cap' attack

Venus Protocol, a decentralized lending and borrowing platform, said on Sunday it had detected suspicious trading activity in the liquidity pool for the Thena (THE) token, the native cryptocurrency of the Thena decentralized finance platform. The unusual trading activity only affected pools for the Cake token, the native cryptocurrency of the PancakeSwap decentralized exchange, and the Thena token, according to an announcement from Venus Protocol. The Venus team said: “As we continue to investigate the unusual activity in the THE pool, we are taking precautionary action by pausing all THE borrows and withdrawals .

The threat actor manipulated the platform by using Thena tokens to bypass the maximum supply cap and borrow several different digital assets.

Venus Protocol, a decentralized lending and borrowing platform, said on Sunday it had detected suspicious trading activity in the liquidity pool for the Thena (THE) token, the native cryptocurrency of the Thena decentralized finance platform.

The unusual trading activity only affected pools for the Cake 

CAKE$1.51

 token, the native cryptocurrency of the PancakeSwap decentralized exchange, and the Thena token, according to an announcement from Venus Protocol. The Venus team said:

“As we continue to investigate the unusual activity in the THE pool, we are taking precautionary action by pausing all THE borrows and withdrawals effective immediately, to prevent any further misuse. This will remain in effect until the investigation is concluded.”

The suspicious trading activity is suspected to be a supply cap attack that was executed in two phases: a steady accumulation of about 84% of the total THE token market cap, coupled with a lending attack, according Allez Labs, which was identified by Venus Protocol as its risk manager.

The Venus exploiter used the Theta token as collateral to borrow 6.67 million CAKE tokens, 1.58 million USDC 

USDC$1

, 2,801 BNB 

BNB$672.11

 — the native token of the BNB chain — and 20 Bitcoin 

BTC$72,611. $BTC

What Comes After the 2024 Halving

Come 2028, Bitcoin will hit its fifth halving. Block rewards will shrink from 3.125 BTC down to just 1.5625. That shift nudges annual inflation toward 0.4%. Such a number dips under gold’s long-term erosion. Not many old-school assets match that pace.

Why some Bitcoin miners run at a loss

Few realize this, but miners keep pushing even when losing money because they bet on tomorrow’s pay fixing today’s shortfall. What drives hash rate forecasts isn’t just tech - it hinges on how much Bitcoin could be worth down the road. If prices soar, earnings might stay viable despite shrinking block rewards. 

One thing people often miss is how secure Bitcoin will really stay over time. When rewards drop after each halving, miners might earn less, so fewer machines support the network - opening doors to threats. According to Justin Bons from Cyber Capital, keeping today’s safety standards means either Bitcoin’s value has to double every four years or the network must maintain consistently high transaction fees. One possible fix could involve setting a baseline fee for transactions across the system in the future.

The longstanding debate about Bitcoin's primary use case - store of value versus medium of exchange - may find resolution. Each part of the system might handle a separate task. The base layer, with its limited throughput but exceptional security, functions as a settlement layer and store of value. Additional layers built atop this foundation can provide the speed and scalability needed for everyday transactions.

Underneath everything, Bitcoin could become a kind of base layer in global finance. Taking the place of state-issued currency? Probably not. Instead, because it only exists in fixed amounts, acting as a neutral reserve beyond national lines feels more realistic. 

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How to Invest And Handle Risks Without Losing Money

Halvings offer investors moments to rethink plans based on personal timelines and adjust moves when their comfort with risk shifts. As CoinMinutes has tracked through multiple market cycles, timing and risk management remain the most critical factors for successful Bitcoin investment.

Investment Tips for Timing around the Halvings 

So, should you buy before or after the halving? Maybe start thinking about timing around twelve to eighteen months prior. Some people begin positioning then hold as long as it takes before selling off. It's important to note though, just because something happened once does not mean it will repeats. 

Behind price moves, activity on the blockchain and investor behavior matter just as much. Tools such as Glassnode or CryptoQuant lets you track hidden patterns in where coins actually go. Key signs worth noticing are:

When the hash rate climbs, it shows that miners believe Bitcoin's value will go up, while a drop often shows fading faith in price growth. With higher mining difficulty, controlling the network becomes tougher for attackers - a telling sign that Bitcoin's security is high - so watch for those mining difficulty adjustments. Money moving into or out of exchanges might hint at future sell-offs. Meanwhile, ETF flow data gives you a glimpse into institutional sentiment.

Most importantly, I keep an eye on the ratio between realized price (the average price of all coins when they last moved) and the current market price. The MVRV Ratio shows you whether the average investor is sitting on gains or stuck with drops in this market cycle.

What Unique Risks Do Halvings Bring?

When Bitcoin shifts direction, a single misstep risks serious loss. Prices may climb over time, yet drops between thirty and forty percent would still happen often during this period - expect these. Sometimes, entire market phases wipe out more than eighty percent, revealing just how sharp the fall can be. Facing that reality requires calm nerves, even as you are supposedly dealing with "digital gold".

Bitcoin Fourth Halving (April 2024): Institutional Interest$BTC

A peak of $73,000 in March 2024 came just before the 2024 halving. Behind that climb - spot Bitcoin ETF approvals by U.S. regulators near January played a big role. Just to note, up until that point, none of the halvings has followed right behind a peak in price like this. 

Prices hovered around sixty three thousand five hundred dollars once the mining payout was cut in half to 3.125 BTC. Big players jumped in quickly - BlackRock and Fidelity made their way in through exchange traded funds (ETFs). Hash rate stayed high even though each block gives fewer Bitcoins now, as miners showed no signs of stepping back. In past runs, excitement came from individual buyers jumping in, while for this one, trust grew from large firms planting stakes instead.

The Halving Alters Bitcoin Economic Behavior

Few notice at first how halvings ripple beyond miners. Yet they do, shifting hidden forces that balance the supply-demand dynamic.

Supply and Demand Basics

Bitcoin halving creates a textbook supply shock. Daily output sits at 450 coins following the halving event in April. That cut dragged the inflation rate of Bitcoin's circulating supply down to just 0.85% instead of the 1.7% before. This puts Bitcoin's inflation rate below that of gold, reinforcing its "digital gold" narrative.

Mining Costs Shape Business Outcomes

Soon after the 2024 halving, little shifts began appearing:

Fast drop in hash rate happened first, though right after a sharp climb followed, blowing past previous peaks. Such a rebound may hint at miners feeling confident about the path ahead, or alternatively suggest upgrades letting machines do heavier work using fewer resources. With pressure rising, difficulty adjustment kicked in automatically, keeping block times close to ten minutes.

Miners lagging behind had to decide whether to shut down rigs or buy upgrades. As setups expand, larger crews took control, making it hard for solo operators to stay in the game. Saving on power became critical, pulling the scene  toward cleaner.

The History Of Bitcoin Across Four Halvings

Changes in how people trade post-halving throughout Bitcoin's history gives us a hint into how tighter supply impacts prices.

First Halving Started in November 28, 2012

Back then, only a few coders and those who value privacy even heard of Bitcoin. Mining ran just fine on regular desktop machines, nothing like the giant rigs you see now. Though, transactions also moved slow because of that setup, nowhere near today's flood through the network.

One cold morning in 2012, miners began receiving only twenty-five Bitcoins per block instead of fifty. Around that time, each coin hovered close to twelve dollars. But within months, values surged - so sharply that even the strongest believers were stunned. By 2013, a single Bitcoin valued above a thousand bucks, reaching four digits for the very first time, verified by figures collected by Reuters.

Second Halving Confirmed the Pattern (July 9, 2016)

Summer of 2016 marked the second halving, at which point investors were already used to the rollercoaster that is steep climbs and abrupt falls of Bitcoin. At the same time, across different countries, exchanges had settled in, pulling in new users every single day.

Block rewards dropped from 25 to just 12.5 as Bitcoin stayed close to six hundred fifty dollars. After that, prices went sideways without any major breakthroughs. By 2017, however, things shifted - sudden jumps began pushing prices higher, racing toward twenty thousand. News spread quickly through platforms like CoinDesk, CoinTracker, and KuCoin.

At the same time, excitement surrounding the ICOs boom and altcoins pulled individual investors in. With new faces guided by fear of being left behind, Bitcoin's share shifted unpredictably. At this point, many started acknowledging a repeating trend: each halving had been followed by upward movement in price.

Bitcoin Third Halving During Pandemic Sparked Institutional Attention (May 11, 2020)

2020 marks the year when people spent less than ever as cities stayed quiet under virus worries.

Bitcoin Halving: The Event Shaping Crypto's Most Powerful Market Cycles$BTC

Right after block 840,000 was mined in April 2024, the latest Bitcoin halving settled, becoming yet another thing of the past. CoinMinutes has been analyzing the ripple effects of this supply-cutting event ever since.

Bitcoin Halving: How It Works and Why It Happens

To better understand what Bitcoin halving means, it's best to learn at least a little about Bitcoin mining first. BTC mining is an activity exclusively done by miners. These miners (could be individuals, groups or even companies) check transactions with their specialized ASIC machines, using a method known as Proof of Work. Winners are rewarded new Bitcoins, which, in theory, makes Bitcoin mining sound wildly attractive. That is, until halvings come into play.

Bitcoin's creator - masked under the name Satoshi Nakamoto - designed Bitcoin halving to resemble rare metal hunting, making each find tougher than the last. After 210,000 blocks have been mined (every 4 years in terms of time), the prize cut itself in half, following the code rule baked into the core of Bitcoin since its birth.

The halvings stick to a fixed schedule that anyone can follow and verify, with the purpose of reinforcing Bitcoin's total supply at twenty one million. This sparks a stark contrast between the first ever cryptocurrency and traditional fiat money. For the latter, governments can always decide to increase the national money supply, inflating the economy and weakening the currency's buying power as a consequence.

"The steady addition of a constant amount of new coins is analogous to gold miners expending resources to add gold to circulation," wrote Satoshi in his 2008 whitepaper. "In our case, it's CPU time and electricity that's expended."

Halvings slow how fast new coins appear. Back when Bitcoin started, miners got 50 BTC per block. Now? That reward has already shrunk by nearly 94%. 

With approximately 20 million Bitcoin already mined as of early 2026 according to Kraken, the final BTC is expected to be mined around 2140.

Piața cripto arată un sentiment prudent cu o volatilitate potențială în față. Bitcoin (BTC) se consolidează în jurul valorii de 66k–74k $ după o scădere recentă, cu analiști care monitorizează nivelurile cheie de rezistență. În timp ce Ethereum (ETH) se confruntă cu o lună dificilă, interesul instituțional rămâne ridicat, iar influxurile de stablecoin sunt în creștere, semnalizând un potențial avans.

Actualizări Cheie Ale Pieței:

Perspectiva Bitcoin: Analiștii sunt împărțiți, unii avertizând asupra unor riscuri suplimentare de scădere și a unei posibile "capitulări" înainte de recuperare, în timp ce alții văd un test al unor niveluri de rezistență mai ridicate.

Factori de Piață: Piața răspunde la reducerea tensiunilor geopolitice și la scăderea prețurilor petrolului, ceea ce a impulsionat momentul de cumpărare.

Declinul DeFi: Împrumuturile DeFi au suferit o contracție semnificativă, pierzând aproximativ 45 de miliarde de dolari în depozite din octombrie 2025, cu Aave conducând declinul.

Acțiuni Regulatorii: Hong Kong își extinde cadrul de reglementare cripto, introducând noi licențe pentru comercianți și custodi pentru a-și consolida poziția ca un hub de active digitale.

Activitate ETF Spot: ETF-urile Bitcoin experimentează un volum notabil, reflectând o participare activă, în timp ce unele instituții explorează activele tokenizate.

În general, capitalizarea totală a pieței experimentează volatilitate, oscillând aproape de nivelul de 2,5 trilioane de dolari, cu anumiți analiști care consideră nivelurile actuale de preț ca un "reset" înainte de un potențial avans în 2026.

Ați dori o analiză mai detaliată asupra mișcării prețului Bitcoin, sau sunteți interesat de actualizări referitoare la un alt altcoin specific?

Latam Insights: Paraguay Adds Stringent Crypto Reporting Rules, Argentina Blocks Peso Stablecoin

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, Paraguay strengthens its crypto reporting requirements, Argentina blocks operations for a peso stablecoin, and new revelations surge in the case against Libra in Argentina.

Paraguay Strengthens Mandatory Reporting Requirements for VASPs and Individuals

The government of Paraguay is ramping up the scrutiny of the cryptocurrency market.

The National Directorate of Tax Revenue (DNIT), Paraguay’s tax watchdog, has issued a resolution creating a new figure, a sworn cryptoassets statement, to obtain a more granular control and oversight of the crypto movements in the country.

Resolution No. 47 establishes that both operators of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) and individuals making crypto transactions with volumes going over $5,000 per year, even if transacting using offshore accounts or outside exchange platforms, must issue this detailed statement.

The document must identify, at the very minimum, the class of transaction completed -purchases and sales, holding or possession, exchanges between different crypto assets, donations, inheritances, temporary assignments, rentals, or loans, among others.

Argentine Securities Regulator Blocks Peso Stablecoin Operations

The Argentine equivalent of the SEC, the CNV, executed the first measure against a stablecoin linked to the national fiat currency, the Argentine peso.

On March 12, the institution issued a resolution ordering the suspension of the listing, offering, and intermediation of argt, stating that the token was classified as a security offered to investors without complying with the rules established for these assets.

The action comes after Belo, an exchange that listed the stablecoin, offered up to 32% in APR, introducing a return promise linked to holding the virtual asset.

Elon Musk Weighs In After Andrej Karpathy’s AI Job Exposure Map Goes Viral

The latest viral AI experiment didn’t come from a think tank or government task force—it came from a weekend coding sprint by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy that mapped how vulnerable every major U.S. occupation might be to automation.

Nearly 60 Million U.S. Jobs Flagged as Highly Exposed in Karpathy’s AI Automation Map

Andrej Karpathy, a co-founder of OpenAI and former Tesla artificial intelligence (AI) director, released an interactive “AI Job Exposure Map” on March 15, analyzing 342 occupations drawn from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Outlook Handbook.

The project evaluated roughly 143 million U.S. jobs by feeding job descriptions into a large language model and assigning each role an exposure score from zero to 10, measuring how much AI could theoretically reshape that work.

The results were displayed in a colorful treemap visualization hosted at karpathy.ai/jobs, where rectangle size reflected employment numbers and color represented exposure levels, ranging from green for minimal disruption to deep red for roles that could see extensive automation. In short: the bigger and redder the box, the more attention it demanded.

Across the entire U.S. workforce, the weighted average exposure landed around 4.9 out of 10, suggesting moderate potential for AI influence overall. But averages hide a lot of drama. Roughly 42% of American jobs—about 59.9 million workers earning an estimated $3.7 trillion in annual wages—scored seven or higher on the exposure scale.

Breaking the numbers down further, about 6.2 million jobs fell into the minimal exposure category, while 47.2 million were classified as low. Another 29.7 million landed in the moderate range. The more striking figures appeared at the top of the scale: roughly 34.7 million jobs ranked high, and 25.2 million fell into the very high exposure bracket.

Karpathy’s analysis also produced a counterintuitive twist about pay. Lower-income jobs averaging under $35,000 annually scored around 3.4.

Libra Case: $5 Million Agreement Draft Recovered From Seized Phone$BTC

An alleged draft for a $5 million economic agreement to secure the support of Argentine President Javier Milei for the people behind Libra has been recovered from a seized phone. The document indicates that an undetermined party would receive this money in three tranches.

$5 Million Pact Draft Found In Libra Case Investigation

The case regarding Libra, the token project that affected tens of thousands of investors who lost millions after its launch, has reached a definitive phase in Argentina.

A note detailing an alleged economic agreement in exchange for President Javier Milei’s support was found after an expert reviewed Mauricio Novelli’s phone. Novelli is one of the crypto entrepreneurs linked to President Javier Milei and the launch of Libra.

The draft, revealed by Clarin, indicates that this would be the “final agreement” as discussed with “H,” presumably referring to Hayden Davis, CEO of Kelsier Ventures, who was also behind the Libra token.

The document details a $5 million payment to be disbursed in three tranches to an undetermined third party. $1.5 million would be paid upfront, while $2.5 million would be paid after Milei announced Davis as an advisor on Twitter.

The final $2 million payment would be executed after the signature of a contract for AI/ Blockchain advisory services with the Argentine government.

Before, Clarin had also disclosed the contents of this contract, where Davis would provide “consulting services in blockchain and artificial intelligence to facilitate the understanding, analysis, implementation, and impact of innovative technological solutions, contributing to taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the digital economy in Argentina.”

Another note found on Novelli’s phone points to a recommendation made to Milei after Libra collapsed, and he had to delete the post sharing the project’s token contract.

This is what I want for the tweet. This is the only thing that saves him, me, and us.

Tom Lee's BitMine Buys $10.2 Million in ETH Directly From Ethereum Foundation$ETH

The Ethereum Foundation said Saturday that it sold 5,000 ETH for approximately $10.2 million to Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion Technologies.

The Ethereum Foundation has made another ETH sale directly to a publicly traded treasury company, announcing Saturday that it sold some of its own treasury to Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion Technologies.

According to an X post, the Foundation sold 5,000 ETH to BitMine at an average price of $2,042.96 per coin, or just over $10.2 million worth of the second-largest cryptocurrency.

"This sale funds the [Ethereum Foundation's] core operations & activities, including protocol R&D, ecosystem development, community grant funding and more," the Foundation posted, adding that it was part of its "ongoing treasury management activities."

As of last Monday, BitMine said that it held 4,534,563 ETH, making it the largest Ethereum treasury firm with holdings valued around $9.41 billion based on ETH's recent trading price of $2,076.

This is the second time that the Ethereum Foundation has sold part of its holdings to an Ethereum treasury firm, following last July's sale of 10,000 ETH—then valued around $30 million—to Sharplink, currently the second-largest ETH treasury with about $1.75 billion worth of the asset.

The price of Ethereum has fallen dramatically over the past several months, alongside most other top coins, dropping by 58% since hitting a peak of $4,946 last August.

As a result, BitMine and other Ethereum treasury firms—which started accumulating ETH near its peak price last year—are down substantially on their investments, at least on paper. BitMine has an unrealized loss in the ballpark of $7.5 billion, based on its average purchase price for ETH through last November (per an SEC filing) and estimates for purchases since then.

Despite that immense paper loss, BitMine and Chairman Tom Lee have continued to purchase ETH and remain bullish on its prospects.

Cum legea stablecoin-urilor din Florida reflectă instrumentele 'Big Brother' interzise sub interdicția CDBC a lui Ron DeSantis

Guvernatorul, care se opune CBDC-urilor, pare pregătit să semneze un cadru de reglementare pentru stablecoin-uri în Florida.

Pe scurt

Guvernatorul Floridei, Ron DeSantis, un critic vocal al supravegherii guvernamentale prin intermediul CBDC-urilor, ar putea semna o lege care oferă Floridei capacitatea de a reglementa stablecoin-urile în mod independent.

Legislația include cerințe de monitorizare a tranzacțiilor care reflectă regulile federale anti-spălare de bani pe care unii libertarieni le-au contestat.

Sen. Ted Cruz este printre scepticii CBDC care rămân prudenți, argumentând că o interdicție temporară inclusă într-un proiect de lege recent adoptat privind locuințele este insuficientă.

Cu puțin timp înainte ca Ron DeSantis să înceapă să-și contureze candidatura pentru nominalizarea prezidențială republicană din 2024, guvernatorul Floridei a descris un viitor distopic care se conturează la orizont.

El a avertizat că o monedă digitală a băncii centrale, sau CBDC, ar putea permite guvernului federal să injecteze „politica woke” în viețile de zi cu zi ale americanilor—indiferent dacă asta ar implica restricționarea achizițiilor de benzină pentru a combate schimbările climatice sau monitorizarea achizițiilor de arme de foc ale indivizilor. La acea vreme, el a descris eforturile administrației Biden de a cerceta un CBDC ca fiind amenințătoare.

La aproape trei ani după ce guvernatorul s-a aflat în spatele unui podium care condamna „Dolarul Digital al lui Big Brother”, DeSantis pare pregătit să semneze o lege care creează un cadru de reglementare pentru stablecoin-uri în Florida, extinzând controlul statului asupra activelor digitale. Legislația, Legea 314, a fost adoptată în unanimitate pe 6 martie de Senatul Statului Florida.

Prin cerința ca companiile care emit stablecoin-uri în Sunshine State să înregistreze tranzacții cu o valoare mai mare de $10,000, legislația paralelizează regulile existente anti-spălare de bani. Cu toate acestea, ar putea complica și poziția lui DeSantis împotriva unei posibile intervenții guvernamentale excesive.

Deoarece guvernatorul nu a avut încă ocazia să vadă proiectul de lege în forma sa finală, un purtător de cuvânt al lui DeSantis a declarat pentru Decrypt joi că nu poate comenta despre posibile conflicte.

We Tested Utopai's PAI: The Best Long-Form AI Video Generator Today?

Utopai Studios built a professional-grade cinematic engine that produces stunning long-form AI video—but its learning curve can be punishing.

In brief

PAI is a long-form AI video system designed for cinematic storytelling with consistent characters, scenes, and narrative flow.

Its structured pipeline—characters, storyboard, rendering, and AI editing—offers granular creative control rare in current AI video tools.

The results can be strikingly realistic, but slow generation times, costly credits, and occasional render failures remain major drawbacks.

Most AI video tools are built for the highlight reel. Sora, Kling, Luma, Runway—all are optimized for the moment of spectacle: a striking five-second clip, a visual experiment that looks impressive on social media.

What they rarely solve is the part that actually matters to professional storytellers: scene-to-scene consistency, character identity across cuts, and granular creative control that does not require starting over every time something is slightly off.

That is the gap Utopai Studios is going after with PAI. Its team, drawn from Google Research, Meta Superintelligence, Amazon AGI, and Adobe Firefly, built PAI specifically for long-form cinematic production: up to 16 shots in a single narrative flow, outputs up to one minute in length, and resolution up to 4K.

It also includes built-in copyright protection that blocks generation against protected IP, copyrighted characters, and real public likenesses—a feature aimed at studios and professionals who cannot afford accidental infringement.

PAI just opened to the public earlier this month. We got in, spent time with every stage of the workflow, and lost some credits along the way. Here is the full picture.

The main screen looks like ChatGPT or any typical chatbot interface. From there, you navigate five tabs: Characters, Storyboard, Video, Editor, and History.

But don’t let this fool you: PAI is not a prompt-and-wait tool like Sora or Veo. It is a structured production.

Prețul Dogecoin formează modele înfricoșătoare pe măsură ce seceta ETF DOGE continuă#WriteToEarnUpgrade

Prețul Dogecoin a continuat tendința sa descendentă recentă, ajungând la cel mai scăzut nivel de la 10 octombrie, iar indicatorii tehnici indică o continuare a scăderii pe măsură ce seceta ETF DOGE a continuat.

Dogecoin $DOGE doge0.62%Tokenul Dogecoin se tranzacționa la 0,1227 USD, în scădere cu 75% față de cel mai înalt punct din acest an. Această prăbușire a dus la o pierdere de miliarde de dolari.

Tokenul a căzut pe măsură ce semnele de cerere slabă au continuat. Datele compilate de SoSoValue arată că ETF-urile DOGE Grayscale și Bitwise nu au avut nicio intrare de fonduri din 11 decembrie. Aceste fonduri au avut 2 milioane de dolari în intrări și 5 milioane de dolari în active nete.

Între timp, interesul deschis pentru futures Dogecoin a scăzut la peste 1,4 miliarde de dolari, în scădere de la maximul de peste 6 miliarde de dolari de la începutul anului. Scăderea interesului deschis este un semn că investitorii nu cumpără tokenul.

Indicatorii tehnici ai prețului Dogecoin indică o prăbușire

Graficul de trei zile arată că prețul DOGE a fost într-o tendință descendentă puternică în ultimele luni. A format mai multe modele bearish, ceea ce înseamnă că ar putea continua să scadă în timp.

De exemplu, moneda a format un model de cruce mortală pe măsură ce mediile mobile exponențiale pe 50 de zile și 200 de zile s-au intersectat. Acest model, care s-a format pe 9 decembrie, duce adesea la o continuare a scăderii.


Prețul Dogecoin a format un model de cap și umeri, care este un alt semn de risc ridicat. Capul este la 0,4855 USD, în timp ce umărul stâng este la 0,2285 USD, iar umărul drept a fost la 0,30 USD. Acum a trecut sub linia gâtului, confirmând o continuare a scăderii.

Indicele forței relative și indicatorii MACD au continuat să scadă. Prin urmare, tokenul va continua să scadă, deoarece vânzătorii vizează următorul suport cheie la 0,080 USD, cel mai scăzut nivel din luna august a anului trecut. Acest preț este cu aproximativ 35% sub nivelul actual.

Pe de altă parte, o mișcare peste punctul psihologic de 0,15 USD va invalida perspectiva bearish.

#USJobsData Finanțare VC Crypto: HashKey Group obține 250 milioane de dolari, Architect strânge 35 milioane de dolari

Săptămâna din 21-27 decembrie 2025 a încheiat anul cu 316,2 milioane de dolari în finanțare crypto în 8 proiecte vizibile.

Conform datelor, strângerea de 250 milioane de dolari a HashKey Group a dominat o perioadă de finanțare de final de an care a inclus platforme financiare și dezvoltare de infrastructură.

Platformele financiare și de tranzacționare au condus majoritatea atenției investitorilor în această ultimă săptămână a anului.

Iată o analiză cuprinzătoare a activității de finanțare crypto din această săptămână.

HashKey Group

HashKey a strâns 250 milioane de dolari într-un tur necunoscut

Firma a strâns 380 milioane de dolari până acum

Architect

A obținut 35 milioane de dolari într-un tur Series A

Architect este o firmă de tehnologie financiară specializată în infrastructură de înaltă capacitate și latență scăzută

Investiția a fost susținută de Miax, HGSA Capital și Galaxy

A câștigat +7 investitori noi

Architect a strâns 52 milioane de dolari până acum

Octra

Octra a strâns 20 milioane de dolari prin vânzare publică

Proiectul a strâns 26 milioane de dolari până acum

Finanțare sub 5 milioane de dolari

Coinbax, 4,2 milioane de dolari într-un tur seed

easy.fun, 2 milioane de dolari într-un tur seed

Otomato, 2 milioane de dolari într-un tur necunoscut

HodlHer, 1,5 milioane de dolari într-un tur strategic

Rocket, 1,5 milioane de dolari într-un tur pre-seed

Criza de mijloc a criptomonedelor: Tokenii au nevoie de piețe secundare de tip Nasdaq | Opinie#USGDPUpdate

Criptomonedele au platforme de lansare de clasă mondială și unele dintre cele mai lichide piețe spot din lume. Noile tokenuri pot fi create, listate și tranzacționate aproape instantaneu. Odată ce contractele de deblocare sau de vestire sunt clare, există suficientă lichiditate pentru a se mișca.

În mijlocul ciclului de viață al tokenului, există totuși un vid. Miliarde în alocări deținute și blocate stau în suspensie fără locuri structurate și transparente pentru a se mișca, a fi evaluate sau a gestiona cum intră în circulație.

Când am intrat prima dată în tranzacționarea criptomonedelor în jurul anului 2018, lucrând la biroul uneia dintre cele mai vechi burse de Bitcoin din Hong Kong, am văzut cum ineficiența și opacitatea creează oportunități enorme pentru câțiva și confuzie pentru toți ceilalți. Am urmărit oameni venind din Coreea cu valize pline de numerar doar pentru a captura. Acest tip de diferență există pentru că piețele nu sunt interconectate și informațiile nu sunt distribuite uniform.

Această patteră continuă să se repete în diferite forme pe parcursul vieții unui token. Acordurile opace OTC și descoperirea prețurilor off-chain prosperă, alimentând discrepanțele de preț, modelând așteptările de retail și distorsionând durabilitatea economiilor tokenurilor. Deținătorii mari negociază în canale ascunse. Prețurile se stabilesc în chat-uri private. Volatilitatea se răspândește în piețele publice mai târziu. Până când piețele publice se ajustează, bursele pot arăta un preț, dar acordurile private au folosit altul; de obicei, retailul plătește pentru diferență.

Finanțele tradiționale au rezolvat o versiune a acestei probleme cu mult timp în urmă. Piețele publice necesită depuneri reglementare care dezvăluie termenii de strângere de fonduri și alocările discount pentru insideri și instituții. Platforme precum Nasdaq Private Markets oferă soluții structurate pentru companiile private pentru a gestiona tranzacționarea secundară și lichiditatea pentru acțiunile lor înainte de o ofertă publică. Lecția este clară: piețele sănătoase au nevoie de „piețe de mijloc” structurate și transparente care să mențină lichiditatea ordonată și responsabilă pe parcursul ciclului de viață al tokenului.