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tDonald Trump took away his business career and looked for a new way to make easy money using his name. He ran airlines, universities and wineries. Thanks to the apprentice show that made him a reality TV star, the US president slapped his name on real estate projects around the world built by other companies, along with Trump-branded steaks, vodka, deodorizers and bottled water. Many of these companies ultimately failed, but Trump rarely invested his own funds and he still walked away with a large licensing fee.Today, as the most powerful figure in the world, Trump has found a cryptocurrency,…

Dego Finance is a decentralized ecosystem that integrates inappropriate tokens (NFTs) and decentralized finance (DEFI) tools. It aims to provide cross-chain infrastructure for blockchain projects and enable users to mint, trade and manage NFTs across multiple blockchains, including Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Polkadot. The platform also offers Defi services such as liquidity mining and yield aggregation with degos, native tokens used to acquire governance and revenue. Dego Finance is described as a standalone, open NFT ecosystem where users can mint, launch mining, auction and trade NFTs, and cover the entire lifecycle of NFTs. It also provides Defi tools such…

Opinion: Gillian Friedman, Chief Operating Officer of SymbioticsSince the federal election of Canada, little has been clear as to where the country is heading towards digital assets innovation. Cryptocurrency and policies did not appear on any of the parties’ campaign platforms. It’s an opportunity to miss out on a time when Canada needs quick action on whether it wants to be a competitor in this space or simply be a bystander.Early stage investments already show signs of tension.A recent Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) report shows Canadian seed trades fell to pandemic-era lows in the first quarter…

President Trump signs an executive order designed to support us. On January 23, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order that sets out an executive order “to support the responsible growth and use of digital assets, blockchain technology and related technologies across all sectors of the economy.” The executive order focuses on several important priorities, including: We will establish a working group for presidents on digital asset markets (working groups) within the National Economic Council. Restricts institutions from engaged in action in order to establish, issue or promote central bank digital currency. Promoting the growth of US dollar-backed stubcoin. Protect…

Humanitarian organization World Vision Korea is the first nonprofit organization to sell crypto after the country has directed its new rules on institutional crypto transactions.According to a June 1 statement from Dunamu, parent company of Crypto Exchange, World Vision Korea sold 0.55 Ether (ETH) and sold at Upbit for around 1.98 million wins ($1,436).Ether, held by Chair Myung-Hwan, was donated as a result of the March campaign, asking Upbit users to support underprivileged young people who can’t afford school items such as uniforms and bags.At a May 20 meeting, the South Korean Financial Services Commission updated its rules to enable…

This could be an eye-opening view of the Crypto-Take Michael Valentino Theophlastro Carturan as he is said to be hanging over a five-story stairs while being tortured for a Bitcoin password. A real estate photo of an eight-bedroom $21 million townhouse on Prince Street in Soho says that 28-year-old Cartalan was abused and captured for 17 days. The Italian native, worth $30 million, was seriously injured in a horrifying episode. Meanwhile, Manhattan prosecutors alleged he was tied to a chair with an electric wire, tarsed in the water, broken leg and arm, urinated and forced to take medication. This is…

As the crypto industry matures and public perception becomes more important to adoption and regulation, some of the opinions have often been dismissed as hot take and emerged as a powerful tool that shapes the web3 narrative.In our latest episode of decentralization with Cointelegraph, we sit with three insider voices and explore the evolving role of opinions in crypto media. Cath Jenkin, opinion editor of Caintelegraph. Nikki Brown, Chief Strategy Officer at Melrose PR. Amal Ibraymi, lawyer for Aztec Network.Disassemble Op-EdsThis discussion highlights the growing strategic value of OP-ED in crypto media. This is emphasized not only as a means…

As the crypto industry matures and public perception becomes more important to adoption and regulation, some of the opinions have often been dismissed as hot take and emerged as a powerful tool that shapes the web3 narrative.In the latest episode of Decentralize with Cointelegraphwe sit with three insider voices and explore the evolving role of opinions in crypto media. Cath Jenkin, Opinion Editor at CointeLegraph. Nikki Brown, Chief Strategy Officer at Melrose PR. Amal Ibraymi, lawyer for Aztec Network.Disassemble Op-EdsThis discussion highlights the growing strategic value of OP-ED in crypto media. This is emphasized not only as a means of…

Since Donald Trump became the 47th president on January 20th, the White House has sold to the highest bidder. And like most metropolitan real estate these days, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. has an astronomical price tag.You may have seen a few weeks ago report that Trump’s net worth increased by a whopping $2.9 billion in 2025. It’s a shocking number, but it doesn’t capture the full scope of the worst presidential corruption in US history.The only thing more spectacular than the magnitude of Trump’s corruption scandal is the relative silence it created.The $400 million jumbo jet from Qatar is hoping to…

This is a segment of the drop newsletter. Subscribe to read the full edition. Apparently, seeking single-player games (and fewer multiplayer games) is a controversial take on Crypto. Multiplayer games seem like an obvious choice when juicing the in-game economy with encrypted elements. Players can bending their purchasing power to others in the game. They are able to crush others with a $1,000 NFT, showing other players that they are willing to use it on a single game item, in fact. But is that use case worth the cost? Also, most Crypto game studios (technically “indie” game developers) can even…