The U. S government’s demand for Japan to import more American rice is the latest wrench stalling plans for the drawn-out trade negotiations. According to a Saturday report by the Nikkei newspaper, the dispute was caused by a revised directive from President Donald Trump that included a commitment for Japan to boost imports of U. S. rice, […] source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/us-japan-trade-talks-stall-over-rice/

According to Cointelegraph, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are expected to withstand attempts by governments and corporations to enforce traditional financial regulations. Will Reeves, CEO and co-founder of Bitcoin rewards company Fold, expressed concerns about regulatory proposals that aim to integrate biometric identity checks within smart contracts. He likened these efforts to past attempts to control information dissemination on the internet, suggesting they will ultimately fail. Reeves highlighted policy proposals from the White House's Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology report, which advocate for identity checks in digital asset systems. He warned that governments and legacy financial institutions might use traditional financial incentives to steer people towards permissioned custody through investment vehicles like exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These vehicles offer benefits such as collateral for loans, potentially making them more attractive than holding crypto directly. Reeves believes this is a temporary phase, asserting that open networks will eventually prevail despite regulatory attempts to delay progress. The push for regulations by entrenched financial institutions is seen as a strategy to slow innovation while they prepare to enter the crypto sector over the next decade. Reeves emphasized the importance of protecting open-source software developers from legal liabilities to safeguard permissionless financial protocols from centralization and regulatory overreach. As legacy financial institutions increase their involvement in the crypto space and advocate for stricter government regulations, privacy and financial sovereignty advocates express concerns. They fear that heightened scrutiny could compromise the fundamental principles of crypto and DeFi, which aim to democratize finance and provide banking services to the unbanked. Critics argue that imposing government-issued credential checks or other know-your-customer (KYC) requirements on DeFi protocols undermines permissionless access and decentralization, while increasing financial surveillance risks. Such measures could render crypto and DeFi indistinguishable from the traditional financial systems they were designed to replace.

El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, has overhauled how it stores the nation’s Bitcoin (BTC). source: https://zycrypto.com/el-salvador-redistributes-bitcoin-holdings-across-multiple-wallets-to-fend-off-quantum-threats/

تُظهر أخبار العملات الرقمية تراجعًا حادًا في السوق من الذروة التي بلغتها في منتصف أغسطس. انخفض سعر البيتكوين من حوالي 124,000 دولار في 14 أغسطس إلى حوالي 108,500 دولار هذا الأسبوع. تراجع الإيثريوم من حوالي 5,000 دولار إلى 4,393 دولار. يأتي هذا التراجع في أعقاب موجة من الأخبار السيئة للأصول الخطرة source: https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/ar/2025/08/30/%d8%a3%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%82%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b0%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d9%86%d8%ae%d9%81%d8%b6-%d8%a3%d8%b3%d8%b9/

Permissionless financial protocols will survive government and corporate efforts to impose traditional financial controls on DeFi. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/defi-survive-government-effort-walled-garden?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

IREN Limited (formerly Iris Energy), a Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company, has finally resolved its multi-year legal dispute with NYDIG over $107. 8 million in defaulted loans linked to about 35,000 Antminer S19 Bitcoin mining equipment. According to IREN Limited’s annual report from Thursday, the company has agreed to pay $20 million to NYDIG to settle the […] source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/iren-nydig-agree-to-20m-settlement/

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Despite record exchange levels, stablecoin supply growth has slowed, with just $1. 1 billion added since November 2024 versus $4–$8 billion in earlier months. source: https://cryptopotato.com/stablecoin-reserves-on-exchanges-hit-68b-while-supply-growth-slows/

A multi-billionaire OG Bitcoin holder is selling a bulk of their long-held BTC gains while increasing their stake in Ethereum (ETH). source: https://zycrypto.com/5-billion-bitcoin-whale-bets-big-on-ether-upside-selling-another-1-1-billion-of-btc-to-buy-eth/

Formerly known as Binance Smart Chain, BNB has become a go-to blockchain network for many. It offers a DeFi infrastructure that offers multiple advantages to users. While executing low-fee transactions, it delivers competitive computing power, robust security, and rugged hardware. Also, it’s supported by reliable validators who make staking quite efficient. The rewards are decent […] source: https://droomdroom.com/best-bnb-staking-pools/

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