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Crypto legislation is now in place across major economies, and coming soon in the US, but tax and privacy questions remain unresolved. Digital asset regulation finally shifted into gear in 2025 as the US moved toward a more crypto-friendly legal framework and the EU began fully enforcing the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework across Europe. But crypto lawyers enter 2026 facing unresolved questions around prediction markets and super apps, tax, privacy and digital market structure. To understand how crypto law evolved in 2025 and preview what lies ahead, Magazine spoke with legal experts Catherine Smirnova and Yuriy Brisov of Digital & Analogue Partners in Europe, Joshua Chu of the Hong Kong Web3 Association and Charlyn Ho of Rikka in the US. Read more

Chris Simion-Mercurian a început să pună cărămidă peste cărămidă și, cu ajutorul a peste 14.000 de oameni, a ridicat de la 0 primul teatru construit de comunitate din istoria României, primul după 80 de ani construit din inițiativă privată.

XRP scored every major win in 2025 with the SEC case resolved and spot ETFs launched, yet the price crashed 50%, with the $5 target remaining elusive. In 2025, the XRP community celebrated the long-awaited resolution of the SEC lawsuit, the launch of multiple US-based spot ETFs, and a surge in Ripple partnerships. Yet, the coveted $5 price target remained elusive, with XRP (XRP) price peaking at $3.66 before falling as much as 50% to a low of $1.58 in October.  Key takeaways: Some of the most bullish events for XRP occurred in 2025, yet it fell by over 50%, underperforming the market. Read more

On January 1, Ukraine launched the National Development Institution (NDI), which will provide micro, small, and medium-sized businesses with access to preferential financing through partner banks.

Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) 2024–25 on Thursday revealed the surge of up to 57 per cent in the individual internet users in Pakistan as household internet access rate increased from 34pc to 70pc. HIES — a yearly survey — conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) is focused on social and economic conditions of the country to provide data for policy making at the national and provincial levels. The PBS released the results of HIES during a ceremony at the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Islamabad, today. “The PBS has successfully completed and released the results of the Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) 2024–25, marking a major milestone in Pakistan’s national data ecosystem,“ a statement from the Press Information Department (PID) said. It further said that “the survey provides comprehensive insights to review the social and economic conditions of the country and serves as a key tool for evidence-based planning and policymaking.” PID said that “H...

On the first day of the new year, the Punjab government announced a major administrative overhaul by dissolving nine departments and merging them into a newly created Food Safety and Consumer Protection Department.

У Златополі жінці повідомлено про підозру у вчиненні вбивства свого чоловіка. Як повідомили в ГУНП в Харківській області, подія сталася 27 грудня. Жінка прийшла до знайомої, у якої на той момент перебував її чоловік. Не пояснюючи причин, зловмисниця завдала потерпілому удару пляшкою в область голови, після чого продовжила завдавати ударів по голові та обличчю, а […]

Base’s push into creator coins is facing mounting criticism from traders and builders after Nick Shirley’s token on Zora spiked to about a $9 million valuation and then promptly slumped. Coinbase and its Ethereum layer-2 Base are drawing pushback from traders and builders who argue that its creator token experiment failed to turn a viral social media moment into sustained onchain activity. The backlash came after YouTuber Nick Shirley launched a token on creator platform Zora. Shirley’s token briefly rode his online fame to about a $9 million fully diluted value before sliding to $3 million. Most of the volume came from existing traders rather than new users. In a widely shared critique, trader and content creator notthreadguy argued that if Shirley couldn’t make the model work, nobody could.  Read more

Rusia a acuzat armata Ucrainei că a lansat în noaptea de Anul Nou un atac cu drone în regiunea Herson aflată sub control rusesc, soldat cu moartea a cel puțin 24 de persoane și rănirea altor zeci.

В первый день нового года российские оккупанты атаковали КАБом территорию "Фельдман Экопарка" под Харьковом. В результате ранена волонтер, погибли птицы, разбежались напуганные животные.

The pardons cemented crypto as both an economic force and a partisan issue in Washington.

Schotse distilleerderijen schroeven de productie van whisky terug nu de verkoop daalt. Als herstel uitblijft, kan de sector opnieuw in een ‘whiskyloch’ belanden. Dat biedt ook kansen, zeggen beleggers.

Crypto privacy is approaching an inflection point as relevant lawsuits near their conclusions and developers pivot toward designs that ensure privacy while appeasing regulators. Crypto privacy entered the spotlight in 2025 as new technology clashed with regulators, a trend that is set to intensify in 2026 with developers pushing the envelope and legal battles approaching a conclusion. In its early days, Bitcoin (BTC) was often viewed as an anonymous payment tool despite its transparency. Since then, the introduction of onchain analytics and surveillance has made it increasingly apparent that transparent blockchains are far from private. This led to an arms race between pro-privacy developers, onchain surveillance organizations and regulators, culminating in high-profile legal cases. The developers of the decentralized Ether (ETH) mixer Tornado Cash are fighting over whether software development constitutes a financial service, and those behind the Bitcoin non-custodial mixer Samourai Wallet were recently sent...

Autoritățile au emis un mesaj RO-ALERT, joi după-amiază, după ce un urs a fost văzut pe Poteca Regală din Sinaia, în apropierea Castelului Peleș.

Ученые обнаружили огромный диск, образующий планету, вокруг удаленной звездной системы, расположенной примерно в 1000 световых лет от Земли. Структура выделяется своим необычайным размером и формой, давая редкую возможность увидеть, как могут развиваться планетные системы в нестабильных условиях.

Noaptea de Revelion din Viena s-a transformat într-un coșmar din cauza petardelor și artificiilor.

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday expressed his profound sorrow over a devastating explosion and fire at the Crans-Montana resort in Switzerland, which caused multiple casualties.

У ніч на 1 січня російські війська атакували дронами портову та залізничну інфраструктуру України. Пошкодження зафіксували в Одеській, Волинській та Сумській областях. Про це повідомив міністр розвитку громад та територій…

Sources familiar with the details told Haaretz that a special conference on artificial intelligence in education, planned by the Ministry for February, was barely publicized due to fears of international criticism, and that that even educators in Israel, who are the main target audience, are completely unaware of its existence

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has stated that the commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC), Denys Kapustin, is alive and that the Russian special services' operation to kill him has failed.