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UK retreats from mandatory digital ID for workers as privacy‑first tech gains momentum The United Kingdom has quietly dismantled one of its most controversial digital policy ideas, abandoning plans to force every worker to use a centralized government digital ID to prove their right to work. Instead, when the national digital identity system finally appears…

Stablecoin fears are being blown out of proportion, and much of the banking industry’s narrative is built on shaky assumptions rather than data, argues Columbia Business School adjunct professor Omid Malekan. As US lawmakers rush to finalize a sweeping crypto market structure bill, he warns that political momentum is being stalled by misunderstandings about how…

Thailand Tightens the Net on ‘Gray Money’ With Unified Rules for Gold and Crypto Thailand is rolling out a sweeping crackdown on so‑called “gray money,” bringing physical gold trading and digital assets like cryptocurrencies under a single, coordinated anti–money laundering (AML) framework. The initiative marks a decisive step toward real-time monitoring of financial flows across…

Venezuelan Stocks Soar 44x – But Crypto Still Moves Faster As 2026 opens at full speed, risk appetite is back. One of the clearest signals comes from Venezuela: the Caracas Stock Exchange has gone vertical. Since 2024, several Venezuelan stocks have delivered gains of up to 44x, fueled by political upheaval, a radical reassessment of…

Fed rate policy, legal drama around the central bank and rising geopolitical tension are converging into one of the most uncertain weeks for Bitcoin in months. BTC entered the new weekly candle with a sharp move higher, briefly tagging above 92,000 dollars, but traders are already positioning for the possibility that this rally will be…