Decentralized exchange (DEX) PancakeSwap has launched one-click crosschain swaps using Across Protocol, aiming to address one of the most pressing user experience (UX) issues in decentralized finance (DeFi). The integration allows users to swap assets without using complex blockchain bridges or other external third-party infrastructure that complicate the user experience and incur additional fees. Across’s…
Ukrainian lawmakers have introduced a draft bill that would allow the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to include cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in the country’s reserves. Submitted to Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on Tuesday, bill number 13356 proposes amendments to the law “On the National Bank of Ukraine” regarding the inclusion of crypto assets alongside…
British heritage knitwear brand John Smedley and the Great British Wool Revival (GBWR) are teaming up “to champion British wool”. John Smedley The partnership will see a number of marketing, educational, community and industry initiatives involving John Smedley and will be visible in its campaigns, as well as it making yarns and patterns available for…
Republican Representative William Timmons has asked US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins to turn over documents on the agency’s historical treatment of Ether under its Biden-era chair, Gary Gensler. Timmons asked Atkins in a letter on Tuesday for “specific documents” on the SEC’s “historical views on the status” of Ether (ETH), which he…
H&M Group’s London-based COS brand has launched a collaboration with another London-based business, interior design specialist Studio Ashby under founder and creative director Sophie Ashby, to unveil a curated selection of artworks by mainly British women artists. The London installation Displayed in “reimagined store environments” on the city’s Regent Street, as well as Rue Tronchet…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission could start to approve some crypto-tied exchange-traded funds as soon as next month, kicking off an “altcoin ETF summer,” analysts say. Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted to X on Tuesday a note from fellow analyst James Seyffart that said, “ETFs that track broad crypto indexes may be…
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s top enforcement official has reportedly resigned, accusing the Trump administration of undermining the agency’s mission in a fierce farewell email. The agency’s acting enforcement director, Cara Petersen, said in the email seen by Reuters on Tuesday that the Trump administration’s overhaul of the CFPB — including attempts to cut…
In Ovid’s “Pygmalion” an artist creates an ivory sculpture of a woman so beautiful that he falls in love with it. He kisses his statue, adorns it with jewels and finery, and prays to Venus for a bride just like her. Venus answers his prayer. She grants the statue life, turning ivory to flesh. Pygmalion…
John L. Young, who used his experience as a computer-savvy architect to help build Cryptome, a vast library of sensitive documents that both preceded WikiLeaks and in some ways outdid it in its no-holds-barred approach to exposing government secrets, died on March 28 at a rehabilitation facility in Manhattan. He was 89. His death, which…
Interest in using stablecoins has tripled year-over-year from 2024 among company executives at Fortune 500 companies, according to a report by crypto exchange Coinbase. Nearly 29% of 100 executives surveyed from the largest 500 US companies by revenue said their company has plans for, or is interested in stablecoins, compared to just 8% who said…