Author: Leslie Stewart

Disclosure: The opinions and opinions expressed here belong to the authors solely and do not represent the views or opinions of the crypto.news editorial. It’s 2025, and tokenization is no longer just a speculative bet. For nearly a decade, Crypto has been chasing innovation by asking one question repeatedly. “What should I tokenize next?” From stubcoins to gold, real estate, carbon credits, and even US Treasury bonds, blockchain technology is currently making use of a multi-billion dollar on-chain economy. Last year alone, Stablecoins handled a staggering $27.6 trillion incredible amount, surpassing global payment giants like Visa. The tokenized Treasury Department,…

20 people were injured when lightning struck a South Carolina beach Tuesday evening, officials said.Lexington County spokesperson Vanessa Diaz said 12 children and six adults were taken to a local hospital, and two left on their own after a strike on a beach near Lake Murray. The patient’s age was not immediately clear, nor was it the level of his injury, Diaz said. Injuries are thought to be life-threatening.Thunder hit what would otherwise have been a “super hot and sunny” day, but storm clouds passed the area, Diaz said.”There was no rain or anything like that. It was just a…

Predicting the future is a dangerous business. In 1899, Charles Duel, then Director of the U.S. Patent Office, confidently declared that “everything that can be invented has been invented.”Of course, history had other ideas.I don’t want to fall into the trap Charlie did. But I feel that within a few years, almost every Australian is in a reasonably solid land that suggests that almost every Australian, whether they were planning or not, will use cryptocurrency technology.Sign up for our evening newsletter.Take your first look at digital newspapers, curated daily stories, and headlines delivered to your inbox.By continuing, you agree to…

La Clippers star James Harden was charged with negligence in a lawsuit alleging that a woman was raped by his nephew after a big year day party at his Texas home last year.Harden’s nephew Judge Armani Blackburn is accused of sexually assaulting 40-year-old Marisa Watley in a civil complaint filed Monday in Texas by law firm Wigdoll and counsel Erwanger Henderson. The lawsuit alleges that Harden hired security guards may have prevented suspected rape, and that he is “generally responsible for the actions of his security guard and his corporate employer.” It is named Harden, Blackburn, and an unknown number…

R-La. Sen. Bill Cassidy on Monday criticised the pick of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s main federal vaccine advisory board, calling for delays in the group’s next meeting until more members with relevant expertise can be appointed. Kennedy suddenly fired all 17 members of the Center for the Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Vaccination Practices this month, replacing them with eight new members, including known vaccine skeptics. The group will meet for the first time on Wednesday and Thursday. Cassidy, the doctor who chairs the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, was a key…

Michelle Bowman, vice-chairman for oversight for the US Federal Reserve, will arrive at the Pasoros Center for Financial Markets and Policy Events at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., USA on Friday, June 6, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman said he would support interest rate cuts at his next policy meeting in July, as long as inflation pressures are kept down.In his speech in Prague, Bowman has recently become the second central banker, suggesting that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are likely to have a temporary and calm effect on prices, thus paving the way for…

However, Jeffrey Lewis, an American expert on nuclear non-proliferation and a professor at the California-based James Martin Research Center, said he was “not impressed” with both the US and Israel because both Iran and Israel “failed to target key elements of Iran’s nuclear material and production infrastructure.”Iran’s highly enriched uranium was “largely stored in underground tunnels” near the Isfahan site, he said. But despite the massive US and Israel attacks on the facility, he “apparently no effort was made to destroy these tunnels or the materials within them,” he said. He added, “There was no effort to hit a huge…

Disclosure: The opinions and opinions expressed here belong to the authors solely and do not represent the views or opinions of the crypto.news editorial. Artificial intelligence goes beyond financial crime, and the financial industry is behind the defenses. Criminals are now using AI to create compelling deepfakes, tuned phishing attacks, and synthetic identities at scale. These tactics move faster than traditional compliance systems can track, exposing fatal flaws with current approaches. Despite the scale of this threat, many organizations are rushing to deploy their own AI systems without ensuring that these tools are explained, transparent, and even fully understood. Unless…

Polls reveal that five-fifths of high-net and sub-HNW individuals are likely to work with financial advisors providing crypto-related guidance, but are wary of the red flag of experience. A new investor survey from digital asset manager Coinshare suggests that while most wealthy investors want crypto-related guidance from advisors, many are not convinced by the advisor’s expertise or risk literacy in that space. The study, released in June, saw 500 US-based investors look at at least $500,000 worth of investmentable assets. It is based on previous votes by Coinshare. This found an advisor who valued difficult decisions when it came to…

Mahmoud Khalil, who was recently released from immigration custody, explained the conditions for his detention on Sunday, denounced the “hypocrisy” at Columbia University, a graduate student. “Who is Mahmoud Khalil?” he asked when he spoke to the media and supporters about the steps of St. John’s Cathedral in New York City, just a few blocks from Columbia. “Mahmoud Khalil is a human rights advocate. Mahmoud Khalil is a freedom fighter. Mahmoud Khalil is a refugee. Mahmoud Khalil is a father and husband. And above all, Mahmoud Khalil is a Palestinian.” Khalil returned to the New York area on Saturday after…