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By the guest writer Published: July 9, 2025, 08:08 (EAT) The diagram, taken on October 24, 2023, shows representations of Bitcoin cryptocurrency and price lists. Kenya is again setting the pace of Africa’s digital finance innovation. Based on M-PESA’s runaway success, the country’s updated 2025 Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) bill is poised to reshape the future of cryptocurrency regulation and use. By providing a principled regulatory framework, buildings bridge compliance innovation and unlock key opportunities for fintech players, small businesses and diaspora communities. Below are five important ways the VASP bill will transform crypto payments in Kenya. 1. Create…

The US Treasury has approved two people and four entities involved in saying it is a North Korean-run IT worker ring that infiltrates crypto companies.The Treasury Department’s Bureau of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on Tuesday that North Korea-based Kum Hyok had authorized it for stealing information from US citizens to be used as an alias and giving it to hire foreign IT workers seeking employment in US companies.OFAC also approved Russian citizen Gake Asatrian, who allegedly used his company to employ North Korean IT workers under a long-term agreement signed with North Korean trading companies in 2024.Source: Ministry of…

Floki Inu’s Metaverse game has been hit with over 100,000 Veras Minted since its launch on June 30th. Valhalla has announced a $10,000 prize for early players. Floki’s weekly chart shows the explosive rally after a long decline. Memecoin is stealing the show as the Bitcoin Test is trading for $109,000 and at $108,955. Meanwhile, Floki appears poised to lead a potential Bull run as metaverse game Valhalla has seen explosive growth after the launch of the mainnet. The game has cast over 100,000 Veras since the launch of the mainnet on June 30th, marking a massive entry into 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. The crypto industry continues to pursue the next great Layer 1, modular Marvel, or interoperability breakthrough, but the true bottleneck for large-scale adoption is not technical. It’s more psychological, especially for technophobia. Ease of use, not scalability, keeps billions of people on the sidelines. The average person doesn’t need a faster payment layer. They need a better entry point, or rather something that they think isn’t that difficult to navigate. The most overlooked drivers of mainstream…

Opinion: Dominique Schventer, Chief Operating Officer of RiskThe United States is in the middle of the crypto boom. The approval of funds traded on exchanges opens the door to institutional adoption, increasing liquidity, and regulatory clarity is beginning to take shape under more encrypted administration. Applications from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which referencing blockchain, reached an all-time high in February 2025, changing the wider range of how serious technology is taking it at its highest level.This momentum is good for the industry. The US-based crypto company has spent nearly a decade buildings through regulatory uncertainty and deserves the attention…

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. Crypto was more than ever in a cultural era than 2025. Since Donald Trump took the White House, Wall Street has been interested in Bitcoin (BTC) prices just like the Tesla, Nvidia, or S&P 500. The free world could not separate fringe technology from the mainstream. Eventually it turned out to be the same and now we see this happen in code. To be at the forefront of a transition was once the strength of a…

Over 70% of Crypto investors approved President Donald Trump A recent study conducted by research firm Harrisx shows a management approach to crypto policy. Harrisx voted 1,096 adults online from June 18th to June 19th, including 230 self-identified crypto investors. Of that cohort, 81% followed the administration’s cryptographic measures, 73% approved policy tracks, and 71% determined measures that would be beneficial for digital asset investment cases. Meanwhile, around 49% of all retail investors described the impact as positive, while 19% were unknown, with 17% viewing the policy mix as negative.Poll errors were measured at positive or negative 6.5% for a…

Opinion: Timothy Chen, Head of Global Strategy, Mantle Crypto adoption accelerates in Southeast Asia and Latin America, but deeper structural issues persist. The premise of financial sovereignty through blockchain remains appetizingly incomplete. Millions of people hold digital assets, but they cannot seamlessly integrate them into their daily lives. This paradoxical cutting – digital wealth without practical utility – represents the critical infrastructure gaps that emerging markets suffer most. The world’s non-banked ones may now hold tokens, but they still lack essential access to simple financial tools, from cross-border payments to sustainable yield options. At the same time, emerging markets foresee…

As the age of quantum computing approaches, the foundations of digital security are under threat. With the presence of quantum computers associated with encryption, modern cryptographic systems that maintain the confidentiality, reliability, and integrity of data and digital signatures are no longer secure. This presents a critical challenge for sectors such as finance and banking, where record security supports global trust and stability. Quantum-enabled attackers can decrypt sensitive communications, forge digital signatures, and violate important legal documents. Fortunately, organizations don’t need to deal with abstract risk scenarios or uncertain timelines, given that there are specific milestones to guide them on…

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. A few weeks ago, Jeffy Yu, founder of the Memecoin project called Zerebro (Zerebro), aims to take his life with camera. Then his wallet began to move. Thankfully, Jeffy never really passed away. It was a stunt and the backlash was obvious, but the motivation behind it – going to escape the harassment and horror email – was nervous. I don’t tolerate that. But I recognize the urge to disappear. The code is confusing. It was…