Pro-crypto advocate Ammon Simon appointed chief counsel to Senate Banking Committee

Key Takeaways Ammon Simon has been appointed Chief Counsel for the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Simon’s appointment is expected to influence crypto regulation, promoting innovation with investor protection. Share this article Ammon Simon has been appointed Chief Counsel for the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Simon previously served as counsel to SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, where he focused on regulatory policies for crypto assets and emerging financial technologies. During his tenure at the SEC, he…

Meta urged to consider Bitcoin Treasury shareholder proposal

Key Takeaways A proposal urges Meta to add Bitcoin to its corporate treasury, similar to proposals made to Microsoft and Amazon. The advocacy points to successful Bitcoin adoption by companies like MicroStrategy and its potential as a hedge against inflation. Share this article Ethan Peck, an employee at the National Center for Public Policy Research, has submitted a Bitcoin Treasury Shareholder Proposal to Meta on behalf of his family’s shares. National Center Bitcoin proposal As shared by Tim Jotzman, a consulting businessman and Bitcoin advocate, the initiative was highlighted in…

Why You May Want To Redeem Your Bitcoin From THORChain's Lending Service

Follow Frank on X. Two days ago, the atebites X account pointed out that THORChain’s lending service currently has nowhere near enough bitcoin to repay its creditors. As of the time of the post, the total amount of bitcoin to be repaid to depositors was 1,604, while the lending pool only had 592 bitcoin in it. We need to be raising awareness on just how bad of a shape Thorchain lending is right now, posing a potential risk to the protocol itself. As it stands, at current mark to market…

Privacy Shouldn't Be A Product, Stop Treating It Like One

Privacy is a very important issue. It can be how you manage keeping parts of your life separate. It can be how you maintain your sense of dignity. It can be how you respect someone else’s trust. It can be a matter of your safety, even your life. At the center of all these things, it is the control over your own information. Specifically, control over who is made aware of what. Understanding who you have to trust to keep your privacy, who you don’t have to trust, how difficult…

What is DeFAI? How AI is driving the next wave of DeFi innovation

Key Takeaways DeFAI bridges AI and DeFi, introducing a new era of on-chain automation. Autonomous agents in DeFAI handle complex activities like staking and liquidity management within secure frameworks. Share this article DeFAI, the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and decentralized finance (DeFi), is rapidly transforming the crypto industry. This emerging term, though inclusive of AI agents and AI-driven tokens, prominently focuses on the automation of on-chain activities through autonomous trading agents, abstraction layers, and AI-powered decentralized applications (dApps). The trend initially gained momentum with the AI agent meta, starting…