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Yemen's DeFi Lifeline US Sanctions Spark a Socially Responsible Revolution?

04/19/2025

Yemen's DeFi Lifeline US Sanctions Spark a Socially Responsible Revolution?

Imagine this: Fatima, a mother in Sana'a, Yemen, struggles to feed her children. US sanctions, originally designed to destroy the Houthi rebel group, have instead asphyxiated the country’s already precarious banking sector. With her brother working in Saudi Arabia and sending remittances—their family’s lifeline—to her family. Unfortunately, these funds are...

US Sanctions Drive Yemenis to Decentralized Finance

04/19/2025

US Sanctions Drive Yemenis to Decentralized Finance

As TRM Labs explains, Yemeni citizens are turning to decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols more than ever. They are using these tools to help them get by as US sanctions squeeze the Houthi authorities. The US government has recently designated the Houthi movement as a terrorist organization. Unfortunately, this designation led...

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Ethereum's dominance is being challenged. So the question isn’t whether a serious challenger will come, but when and who. But Sonic Labs (formerly Fantom) is getting ready to throw its hat – or rather, its Sonic Gem – into the Layer-1 ring. Their wager? A new architecture built on DAG...

Okay, fam, let's be real. Bitcoin DeFi has been kinda...meh. Like that one overconfident amigo who insists on putting you on their five besties’ wedding list and then ghost. Promises, promises, but where's the FIRE? Where's the actual disruption we were promised?That’s when Hemi Network and SQD AI walk in,...

Are crypto presales the secret to early adoption and explosive profits? Or are they mainly digital snake oil, taking advantage of fear of missing out and fueled by hype? The truth, like most things in crypto, isn’t that simple.The landscape has shifted. Yet we have clearly moved on from the...

Wen Lambo? Ah, the rallying cry of a thousand failed crypto investors. It’s a question laced with, oh, all the faux hopeful idealism, mega unicorn capitalism, and meme magic that has exploded in the space. We’ve all been there, awash in data, lusting after that delectable, delectable Italian horsepower. Let’s...

As such, ETHA, BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF, reached $10 billion in AUM. Big deal, right? It’s the third-fastest ETF to ever reach that milestone, with the rate of growth from $5 billion to $10 billion being the fastest on record. Nobody should be uncorking the champagne just yet, so let’s hit...

Imagine walking into a board meeting and hearing, "Okay, team, let's review our Q3 earnings and… check on the status of CryptoPunk #6278." Sounds ridiculous, right? GameSquare, a global digital media and entertainment company, showed remarkable conviction when they committed $5.15 million in preferred share equity. Their goal became to...

Okay, let's just say it: Bitcoin is boomer coin. I said it. And as an NFT artist knee-deep in the vibrant, chaotic, and utterly meme-able world of Ethereum and Solana, I stand by that statement.Bitcoin: Digital Gold, or Just Gold?Look, I get it. Bitcoin was the OG. The digital equivalent...

Pantera Capital's billion-dollar wager on tokenized equity isn't just another headline. It's a flashing neon sign pointing towards a potentially revolutionary, but undeniably complex, future for finance. Are we witnessing DeFi’s coming-of-age party, or a regulatory black hole that will consume innovation in its grasp? I think it’s some combination...