According to Bitcoin News, France has advanced Amendment 1649 AC, requiring citizens to declare the exact market value of their self-custodial cryptocurrencies, even if no taxable transactions have taken place. Critics warned that the measure was an undue intrusion into private life and would create a dangerous "data honeypot" of names, addresses and precise crypto balances.
Hester Peirce, commissioner of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and head of the SEC's cryptocurrency working group, reaffirmed the right to self-custody of cryptocurrencies and the privacy of financial transactions. Peirce added that online financial privacy should become the standard. Meanwhile, according to Senator Tim Scott, the Digital Asset Market Structure Clarity Act has been delayed until 2026. The bill is a cryptocurrency market structure bill with provisions such as self-custod...
According to CryptoQuant's on-chain data, counterfeit products now account for 60% of Binance's total trading volume, the highest level since early 2025. Both Bitcoin and Ethereum have a transaction share of only 20%, far below previous levels. This reflects a large concentration of actual trading activity outside of mainstream currencies. Historical data shows that the increase in the share of counterfeit products transactions often coincides with the increase in market speculation. The current...
On November 17, according to Bloomberg, LevelField Financial Inc. said it has received approval from the Illinois Department of Financial and Occupational Regulation to acquire Chicago-based Burling Bank and transform it into a fully functional bank providing cryptocurrency services. The deal still needs to be approved by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. According to CEO Gene Grant II, LevelField aims to obtain regulatory approval and...
11月17日消息,据彭博社报道,LevelField Financial Inc.表示,已获得伊利诺伊州金融与职业监管部批准,可收购总部位于芝加哥的Burling Bank,并将其转型为一家提供加密货币服务的全功能银行。这笔交易仍需获得美联储理事会的批准。据首席执行官Gene Grant II称,LevelField的目标是在获得监管批准并...
Self, a zero-knowledge identity and human proof protocol, announced the completion of a $9 million seed round from investors including Greenfield Capital, SoftBank funds, and several industry-renowned angel investors. Self also launched a points-based rewards program to promote widespread adoption of on-chain authentication.
零知识身份和人类证明协议Self宣布完成900万美元种子轮融资,投资方包括Greenfield Capital、SoftBank旗下基金及多位行业知名天使投资人。Self同时推出基于积分的奖励计划,旨在促进链上身份验证的广泛采用。

Anthropic’s Claude models showed early signs of self-awareness, detecting “injected thoughts" and both thrilling and unnerving researchers.