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Led by Thrive Capital and Greenoaks, the raise comes less than two months after Stripe unveiled its layer-1 blockchain for stablecoin and real-world payments. Stripe’s blockchain project, Tempo, raised $500 million in a Series A round led by Greenoaks and Thrive Capital, valuing the payments-focused network at $5 billion, according to Fortune.  Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital and Ron Conway’s SV Angel also joined the round, while Stripe and Paradigm did not contribute additional capital, a person familiar with the deal said. The news comes less than two months after Stripe, a global payments and fintech giant, unveiled plans for its new layer-1 blockchain in partnership with Paradigm, a venture capital firm that invests in crypto and Web3 startups.  Read more

The FSB has warned that privacy rules have complicated cross-border oversight and data sharing in crypto. Regulators have tightened KYC and Travel Rule enforcement, while Ethereum groups have proposed privacy tools. G20 Privacy Crypto debates have pressed for consistent cooperation. The post G20 Watchdog Sounds Alarm: Privacy Rules Are Handcuffing Global Crypto Oversight appeared first on Cryptonews.

De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft vrijdag tijdens een overleg met de Oekraïense president Volodymyr Zelensky aangedrongen op een deal om de oorlog in Oekraïne te beëindigen. De door Zelensky gewilde Tomahawk-raketten lijkt hij voorlopig niet te krijgen.

Lamine Yamal (18) is een van de beste en populairste voetballers van het moment, maar het toptalent van FC Barcelona deelt sinds kort geen handtekeningen meer uit aan fans. Hij nadert namelijk een akkoord met een bedrijf dat objecten met zijn handtekening wil vermarkten.

Amid a severe NFT market downturn, OpenSea has changed its business model to a crypto trading aggregator across 22 blockchains, although its trading volume reached a 3-year high in October. The post OpenSea Reinvents Itself as Crypto Aggregator Amid 90% NFT Volume Crash appeared first on Cryptonews.

The founder of the Chinese cryptocurrency exchange plans to announce the trust within a few weeks, with the backing of Ether supporters. Li Lin, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi and chair of investment company Avenir Capital, has reportedly raised about $1 billion as part of a strategy to invest in Ether. According to a Bloomberg report on Friday, Li has partnered with Fenbushi Capital co-founder Shen Bo, HashKey Group CEO Xiao Feng, and Meitu founder Cai Wensheng to launch an Ether accumulation strategy through a Nasdaq-listed shell company. The project raised $1 billion, which included $500 million from HongShan Capital Group and $200 million from Avenir. With the support of the Ether (ETH) backers, the group plans to announce the launch of the trust in two to three weeks. Read more

In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, Russian forces are intensifying filtration measures, searching for residents who do not have Russian passports.

De blijdschap is groot bij Vitesse nu de club er door de zege bij FC Eindhoven (0-4) in is geslaagd om uit de minpunten te komen in de Keuken Kampioen Divisie. Middenvelder Marco Schikora is trots op zijn teamgenoten.

Russia has received $376.3B in flows from July 2024 to June 2025; Crypto large transfers have risen 86%, and Adoption via DeFi and stablecoins has increased. A7A5 has reached $500M, and a 2026 digital ruble rollout has been scheduled, Chainalysis has reported. The post Russia Tops Europe in Crypto Adoption With $376.3B in Transfers – What’s Driving the Surge?   appeared first on Cryptonews.

Negocierile dintre SUA și Rusia ar putea să intre într-o nouă etapă, odată cu întâlnirea dintre Trump și Putin, de la Budapesta. Cum și în ce condiții am putea avea însă pace în Ucraina pare dificil de anticipat. Pentru acest lucru, „Adevărul” apelează la expertiza unor reputați specialiști.

Wave 4 pause hints at one final leg down before a major bullish reversal for XRP.

Het Internationaal Olympisch Comité (IOC) is er niet over te spreken dat Indonesië turners uit Israël niet mee laat doen aan het WK. Eerder deze week wees Indonesië de inreisvisa voor de Israëlische turnploeg af.

Feist, who is one of the Ethereum Foundation's key researchers, said that Tempo and Ethereum share similar values and "complement" each other. Dankrad Feist, a longtime Ethereum developer and researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, announced Friday that he’s joining Tempo, a layer-1 blockchain for payments and stablecoins built by Stripe and Paradigm. Feist said he will remain as a “research adviser” at the Ethereum Foundation to provide input on scaling the layer-1 network, improving user experience (UX), and blobs, a feature of the Ethereum network that frees up blockspace by temporarily storing data. He added: I am looking forward to staying involved with the community and continuing to push Ethereum forward,” he said. Cointelegraph reached out to Feist but was unable to receive a response by the time of publication. Read more

The Shofar Report, released this week by the liberal-leaning Jewish group Nexus Project, is a new guide to fighting antisemitism that curb the strategies of the Trump administration.

USR a depus la Senat un proiect de lege care contrazice decizia CCR privind secretizarea declarațiilor de avere. Inițiativa așteaptă avizul Consiliului Legislativ, iar ulterior ar putea fi discutată susținerea în coaliție. Reprezentanții USR spun că vor veni și cu alte variante legislative.

Patria Bank (PBK.RO) has received the approval of Romania’s central bank for the partial repurchase of 60.6 million shares from shareholders who exercised their withdrawal rights after the merger with Banca Comerciala Carpatica.

Pe 18 octombrie 2006, nemțeanul Ticu Lăcătușu a doborât un record mondial. Acesta a escaladat, în premiera, masivul himalayan Tsartse. Pe 18 octombrie s-au mai născut jucătoarea de tenis Martina Navratilova și artistul Ștefan Bănică Jr.

Doi copii, un băiat de patru ani și o fetiță de opt ani, au fost găsiți morți, vineri seară, într-o baltă din satul Docăneasa, comuna Vinderei, județul Vaslui.

Ukraine's Defense Forces have destroyed a Russian BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher system that for a long time had been shelling the Mykolaiv region.

Geert Wilders hervatte vrijdag zijn campagne na een pauze van een week. De PVV-leider kreeg bij SBS-talkshow Vandaag Inside complimenten maar ook veel kritiek: over de kwaliteit van PVV-ministers, het weglopen uit het kabinet, het opjutten van demonstranten én het ‘tactisch wegblijven’ uit de campagne. Wilders ontkende echter dat hij dook: hij voelde zich niet veilig genoeg.