Pirate Sites’ Domain Hopping Habit Undermines Belgium’s New Blocking Order
Belgium’s Department for Combating Online Infringement (BAPO) continues to build out the country’s site-blocking regime at a steady pace. Since the framework officially launched in 2025, a series of orders have targeted sports streaming sites, shadow libraries, movie piracy portals, and pirate IPTV services. The official blocklist has grown to more than 1,000 domain names and a new order, issued by the President of the French-speaking...
Solana Hits 300,000 RWA Holders as Ethereum’s $16.3 Billion Value Lead Starts to Slip
Solana’s real-world asset holder base has climbed to an all-time high above 300,000 wallets, ranking the network first among all blockchains even as Ethereum keeps a commanding lead in tokenized value. A Change of Guard The number of wallets holding tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on Solana topped 300,000 for the first time earlier this week, […] Powered by...
Saylor Hoards $3 Billion in Cash as Strategy’s $55 Billion Bitcoin Bet Sinks $9.9 Billion Underwater
Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) now pairs a $3 billion U.S. dollar reserve with 843,775 BTC worth roughly $55 billion, a barbell structure executive chairman Michael Saylor is pitching as the company’s path through the bear market. A New Strategy, No Pun Intended The world’s largest corporate bitcoin holder has stopped stacking and started hoarding dollars. […] Powered by...
Luno Pushes South Africa to Rewrite Crypto Rules Through Parliament, Not Proclamation
Luno has formally challenged South Africa’s proposed capital flow regulations, which aim to place digital assets under a modernized exchange control regime. Strict Enforcement and Steep Penalties Cryptocurrency exchange Luno has launched a formal challenge against a proposed overhaul of South Africa’s foreign exchange laws, arguing that the National Treasury’s plan to bring digital assets […] Powered by...
Emirates NBD Launches Real-Time USD Blockchain Payments, Cutting Cross-Border Delays
Emirates NBD has gone live on the blockchain-based Partior network, becoming the first financial institution in the region to offer blockchain-enabled cross-border U.S. dollar payments. Instant Settlement via JPMorgan Dubai-based Emirates NBD has become one of the first financial institutions in the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye (MENAT) region to launch real-time cross-border U.S. […] Powered by...
