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Opinion: Jing Kwon, co-founder and chief strategy officer of SagaCrypto has come a long way to improve transaction throughput. The new Layer 1 (L1) and side networks offer faster and cheaper transactions than ever before. But the core challenges are focused. Fragmentation of Liquidity – scattering of capital and users in a constantly growing maze of blockchain.In a recent blog post, Vitalik Buterin highlighted how expanding success has led to unexpected adjustment challenges. With so many chains and so many value split within them, participants face entanglements in daily bridging, exchanges, and wallet switching. These issues affect Ethereum, but they…

Damascus, Syria – Two Republicans in the US Congress were in the Syrian capital on an informal visit hosted by a Syrian-American nonprofit.Also on Friday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the Syrian president on his first visit since the fall of Assad and his first visit since the start of the civil war that turned into the 2011 Syrian uprising.Rep. Merlin Statzman of Indiana and Corey Mills of Florida visited the outskirts of Damascus in Jowar, the site of a historic synagogue that was heavily damaged and looted in the civil war, and the Christian neighborhood of Babu Tuma,…

US President Donald Trump and US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.Wins McNamee | Annabelle Gordon | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Friday robbed his latest criticism with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as his frustration with White House economic policy leaders hit a hot pitch.During a question-and-answer session with reporters on Friday afternoon, Trump pointed to examples of prices falling. “If there’s a Fed chairman who understands what he’s doing, interest rates will also fall,” Trump said. “He should beat them.”Trump has long argued that the Fed, which has set monetary policy in the US, should cut interest rates. His latest…

Opinions: Axel Schon and Dr. Duc AuTraditional stocks, bonds and commodity markets have long benefited from established standards that govern information and data flows. These standards underpin the seamless capabilities of transaction, settlement and regulatory compliance, allowing all participants to rely on the same consistent framework.The lack of such standards poses an increasing challenge as the financial industry moves to decentralized finance (DEFI) with the introduction of digital assets such as crypto assets and tokenized securities. While digital assets promise potential for change, their fragmented information environment risks eroding adoption and integration into the broader financial ecosystem.Independent platforms such as…

Harvey Weinstein has a legitimate victory in a retrial of rape and sexual assault in Manhattan.The former Hollywood powerbroker will be transferred from the infamous New York City Lockup to Bellevue Hospital. Weinstein will be allowed to stay at Kip Bay Hospital until the end of the trial.”If you don’t, it could lead to even worse medical conditions and even more serious medical conditions, and perhaps death,” state Supreme Court Judge Paul Getz said in his decision.The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Meanwhile, dozens of people were screened as potential…

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. Over the past decade, the tokenized credit market has skyrocketed to new heights. The industry that converts traditional credit products, such as loans, bonds and other debt instruments, into digital tokens that reside on the blockchain, helped democratize the investment world for more participants, with each token being issued representing a portion of the underlying credit assets. This fragmentation makes it easy to trade, transfer and manage tokens on a decentralized platform. To date, $10 billion…

Actor Haley Joel Osment has been charged with being charged with misdemeanor charges of being influenced by alcohol in public after being arrested in California this month, the Mono County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.Osment, 37, who played a boy who can see ghosts in other roles in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense and other roles in his lifetime, was arrested on April 8th in Mammoth Mountain.He is scheduled for court on July 7th, the District Attorney’s Office said. Online Criminal Court records are not available in Mono County. It was not clear whether OSMENT had an attorney in…

Nissan Motor’s new American leader said the automaker is aiming to “maximum” production at America’s largest production plant, with President Donald Trump’s 25% car rates.Christian Moonier, who chaired Nissan America in January, said the tariffs are accelerating the plans already needed for carmakers to increase domestic production and support the turnaround of their battle US operations.”We have big facilities, great capacity, we don’t have the maximum capacity today. There’s still more room for improvements,” Meunier told CNBC in a virtual interview Wednesday. “We are looking to sell more US products and coordinate vehicles coming from Mexico and Japan along the…

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. According to the company’s internal statistics, in 2024, MENA accounted for 5.7% of tokenization transactions driven by STOBox. It represents a marked increase at the end of 2023, when its share was just 2.7%, so it is clear that MENA has gained momentum to embrace blockchain-powered financial solutions. Based on the potential for regional growth, we expect it to be adopted more quickly as infrastructure and market maturity continues to develop in 2025. To date, it…

Dilara Irem Sancar |Anadoru | Getty ImagesChina announced last week that retaliation against President Donald Trump’s tariffs and that further increases by the US were “joking” and that Beijing would “ignor” them.However, instead of continuing to focus on customs duties on goods, China has opted to resort to other measures, including a step to target the US services sector.Trump has jacked taxation on certain goods from China by up to 245% after several tat measures with Beijing in recent weeks. Before calling it a “meaningless number game,” China imposed an additional obligation last week on imports from the US up…