🇵🇭 Philippines to Propose Blockchain-Based National Budget! 🔗💰
Philippine Senator Bam Aquino plans to introduce a bill to store the country’s national budget on blockchain, aiming to:
Enhance transparency in government spending 💡
Make every peso visible & accountable 📊
Strengthen governance accountability ✅
📍 Discussed at Manila Tech Summit 2025, this initiative follows the Philippines’ earlier blockchain adoption, including document validation on Polygon.
💬 Aquino emphasizes: “Technology like blockchain can improve governance and ensure financial transparency.”
🚀 EdgeX Joins Hyperliquid in Redefining Perps Trading!
EdgeX, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange, has broken the $40B monthly trading volume mark, becoming the world’s 2nd largest perps exchange after Hyperliquid. 🌐💎
📊 Key Highlights:
EdgeX now competes at the top tier of global perps trading
Liquidity depth, low fees, and robust infrastructure drive growth
Supports retail & institutional traders with analytics and execution speed
⚡ Market Impact:
Two-titan race emerges in perps trading
Forces other exchanges to innovate, cut costs, and improve liquidity
Retail and institutional traders benefit from enhanced competition and options
EdgeX’s meteoric rise signals a new era in perpetual futures trading, challenging Hyperliquid and reshaping the crypto derivatives landscape.
🎮 Sony’s Soneium Launches On-Chain Reward System “Soneium Score”! 🚀
Sony’s Layer-2 blockchain Soneium (built on Optimism OP Stack) introduces Soneium Score, a gamified on-chain points system that rewards real user activity:
Trading & staking assets 💰
Minting NFTs 🎨
Engaging in ecosystem projects 🌐
🏅 Users who accumulate 80+ points can earn SBT badges — unique, non-transferable tokens reflecting reputation and identity in the blockchain.
✅ Goals:
Encourage sustained participation
Reduce bots & wash trading
Build trust & reputation systems for Web3
Sony aims to lead in creator-friendly, enterprise-oriented blockchain tech, turning daily activity into permanent on-chain identity & rewards.
⚠️ China’s Zhou Xiaochuan Warns of Stablecoin Risks!
Former People’s Bank of China Chief Zhou Xiaochuan cautioned that large-scale stablecoin deployment could:
Threaten financial stability 💥
Increase fraud and speculation 💰
Undermine efficient domestic payments like Alipay, WeChat Pay & the digital yuan 💳
Zhou emphasized that China’s current payment system is already fast and cheap, and excessive hype around stablecoins may weaken monetary control and create systemic risks.
💡 Takeaway: Policymakers must balance real utility with risk, ensuring stability over chasing global trends.
🚨 Kanye West’s YZY Token Crash Wipes Out Millions! 🎤💸
The much-hyped YZY token, launched on Solana, skyrocketed +1,400% to $3 in its first hour — but reality hit hard. Within a day, it crashed -74%, leaving most retail investors rekt.
📊 Bubblemaps data:
~70,000 wallets joined 🚀
74% (≈51,800 wallets) lost funds ❌
Total losses: $74.8M 💔
Meanwhile, 13 wallets cashed out $24M+ — 11 of them with $1M+ each 💰
😱 Kanye later claimed his Instagram was hacked, adding more chaos as a fake YZY token briefly surged before crashing again.
💡 Takeaway: Celebrity-backed meme coins = high risk, high hype, low fundamentals. The YZY saga shows how quickly fortunes can flip — insiders win, retail bleeds.
👉 Do you think celebrity tokens should be regulated, or should investors know better before aping in?
According to BlockBeats, President Donald Trump recently tried to dismiss Fed Governor Cook, fueling speculation over whether the government may attempt to reshape the Federal Reserve’s leadership and push for rate cuts.
💬 IMF’s Gita Gopinath weighed in:
> “Markets remain calm because they trust the Fed’s independence… but the situation may be more concerning than it currently reflects.”
⚖️ While markets still believe in Fed autonomy, analysts warn that political interference could test the institution’s credibility and stability in the months ahead.
👉 Do you think Trump’s move could undermine Fed independence or is it just political noise?
🌍 Blockchain to Prevent 400M+ Tons of CO₂ Emissions! ♻️
According to Cointelegraph, Arx Veritas + Blubird have tokenized $32B worth of Emission Reduction Assets (ERAs) on Blubird’s Redbelly Network — marking the largest ESG-aligned tokenization initiative to date. 🚀
💡 Impact Highlights:
🌱 Over 394M tons of CO₂ emissions prevented
🏭 Assets include capped oil wells & coal mines
💰 $500M+ in ESG tokenization deals under negotiation
📈 $18B active deals, +$18B planned by 2026
🌍 Total impact expected: 600M tons CO₂ prevented
Blubird CEO Corey Billington predicts trillions of dollars in assets will move on-chain soon, driven by liquidity, efficiency & global access. 🌐
👉 Tokenization isn’t just finance — it’s a climate game-changer.