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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Over the past decade, the tokenized credit market has soared to new heights. The industry, which converts traditional credit products, such as loans, bonds, or other debt instruments, into digital tokens that exist on a blockchain, has helped to democratize the world of investment for more participants, with each token issued representing a fraction of the underlying credit asset. This fractionalisation allows the token to be easily traded, transferred, and managed on decentralised platforms.   To date, $10…

Binance has announced the launch of Balance (EPT) on Binance Alpha and $EPT/USDT on Perpetual Contracts.Listing DetailOn Perpetual Contracts:EPT listing date: 2025-04-21 13:00 (UTC)Maximum leverage: 20xCapped Funding Rate: +2.00% / -2.00%Besides, Balance will be available on Binance Alpha starting 2025-04-21 12:00 (UTC). To mark the launch, all eligible Binance users with a purchase history on Alpha will receive a 3,500 EPT token airdrop in their Alpha account before April 21, 2025, 12:10 (UTC).An eligible user is one who has traded on Binance Alpha using spot or funding accounts on Binance from 2025-04-11 00:00:00 (UTC) to 2025-04-17 23:59:59 (UTC).Read more: Binance…

Altcoins may see a resurgence in the second quarter of 2025 as regulations for digital assets continue to improve, according to Swiss bank Sygnum.In its Q2 2025 investment outlook, Sygnum said the space has seen “drastically improved” regulations for crypto use cases, creating the foundations for a strong alt-sector rally for the second quarter. However, it added that “none of the positive developments have been priced in.” In April, Bitcoin dominance reached a four-year high, signaling that crypto investors are rotating their funds into an asset perceived to be relatively safer. Still, Sygnum said regulatory developments in the US, such as President…

Locals in Yemen have turned to decentralized finance as a way to navigate sanctions imposed by the United States that have cut off access to traditional banking services. According to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs, some Yemenis are increasingly using DeFi protocols to send and receive funds, manage remittances, and bypass disruptions to local financial services. Over 63% of Yemen’s crypto-related web traffic is now tied to DeFi platforms, while global centralized exchanges account for just 18%, according to TRM’s data. The trend follows several rounds of US sanctions targeting the Houthis and Yemen’s financial infrastructure. Most recently, on April…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure On-chain data shows the Ethereum transaction fee has dropped to the lowest level in years recently. Here’s what this could mean for ETH’s price. Ethereum Average Fees Now Valued At Just $0.168 In a new Insight post, the on-chain analytics firm Santiment has discussed the latest trend in the Average Fees of Ethereum. The “Average Fees” is a metric that, as its name suggests, keeps track of the average amount of fees that senders on the ETH network are attaching with their transactions. This indicator’s value directly…

Privacy-focused cryptocurrency platform eXch has announced it will shut down on May 1 following heightened international scrutiny over alleged links to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. The decision comes after mounting pressure from what the platform describes as a coordinated transatlantic effort to dismantle the exchange and pursue legal action against its team.In a statement published on online forum Bitcointalk, eXch said its internal vote led to a decision to “cease and retreat” rather than resist regulatory and legal pressure. “None of us want to cause any harm to innocent people or this forum,” the team wrote. It added that the…

TAO rallied as much as 13% on April 18, reclaiming a key support level and pushing its market cap back above $2.2 billion following reports that Nvidia plans to maintain its presence in China despite new U.S. export restrictions. Bittensor (TAO) hit an intraday high of $259.2 during Asian trading hours, according to crypto.news, while daily trading volume jumped over 42% to more than $113 million, signaling renewed interest from traders. The gains followed news that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited Beijing this week and met with Chinese trade officials. During the visit, Huang reaffirmed the company’s commitment to the…

Homepage > News > Tech > Apple’s encryption backdoor: A wake-up call for innovation This post is a guest contribution by George Siosi Samuels, managing director at Faiā. See how Faiā is committed to staying at the forefront of technological advancements here. Enterprise professionals are no strangers to the delicate balance between innovation, privacy, and regulatory compliance. But Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) recent decision to disable end-to-end (e2e) encryption for iCloud backups at the request of the United Kingdom government—reported in February 2025 by TechCrunch—serves as a stark reminder of the risks extremely centralized systems pose to user data, and the potential…

As financial sanctions and conflict continue to destabilize Yemen’s economy, ordinary citizens are increasingly turning to decentralized finance (DeFi) as an alternative to traditional banking systems, according to a new report by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs.The report, published on April 17, highlights how U.S. sanctions targeting the Houthi group—designated a terrorist organization by Washington—are driving the shift toward crypto.Conflict Drives Yemenis Toward DeFI Amid Banking CollapseWhile Yemen has historically seen limited adoption of crypto due to weak internet infrastructure and low financial literacy, the ongoing conflict has pushed many to explore new ways of maintaining financial access.“There are signs…

There has been a 66% year-on-year decrease in the number of crypto rug pulls this year compared to 2024, but recent data shows the size of each rug pull has been increasing. Rug pulls have dropped in frequency year-over-year, with early 2024 recording 21 separate incidents, compared to only seven so far in 2025, according to an April 16 report from blockchain analytics platform DappRadar.However, since the beginning of 2025, the Web3 ecosystem has lost nearly $6 billion to rug pulls, according to DappRadar’s report. However, the report attributes 92% of that to Mantra’s OM token collapse, which the founders…