The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's nomination of Paul Atkins as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by a vote of 52 to 44. Atkins stated that establishing a regulatory framework for digital assets will be a “top priority.” His advisory firm has previously served clients including cryptocurrency exchanges and DeFi platforms. — link : Wu Blockchain News
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US Senate votes to confirm Paul Atkins to lead the SEC as it enters crypto friendly era
The Senate voted to confirm President Trump's pick for SEC Chair, Paul Atkins, who is expected to embark on creating a regulatory framework for crypto.
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US Senate votes to confirm Paul Atkins to lead the SEC as it enters crypto friendly era
The Senate voted to confirm President Trump's pick for SEC Chair, Paul Atkins, who is expected to embark on creating a regulatory framework for crypto.
According to Reuters, Bilal Bin Saqib, head of Pakistan's Crypto Council and adviser to the Finance Minister, said on Wednesday that the country plans to allocate part of its surplus electricity to Bitcoin mining and AI data centers. He added that Pakistan has held discussions with several Bitcoin mining firms. The location of the mining centers will be determined based on regions with excess power supply. — link : Wu Blockchain News
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Pakistan turns to bitcoin miners, AI data centers to use surplus power
Pakistan plans to allocate part of its surplus electricity to Bitcoin mining and AI data centres, the head of Pakistan's Crypto Council and adviser to the finance minister said on Wednesday, adding it had held talks with several mining firms.
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The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has granted a payment service provider license to BPay Global, a subsidiary of Binance, to operate in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The PSP license will allow the company to provide fiat services to Binance customers worldwide, including fiat deposits and withdrawals, custody, and other payment services. This is also the first payment service provider license obtained by a Binance-owned company. — link : Wu Blockchain News
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sUSD continues to depeg, with its price dropping as low as $0.869 and currently trading at $0.908. Previously, Synthetix founder Kain stated that the sUSD peg restoration mechanism is undergoing a transition. He also revealed that he has sold 90% of his ETH holdings and increased his position in SNX. — link : Wu Blockchain News
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Binance's second round of community voting for new token listings concluded today at 7:59 (UTC+8), with the final vote distribution as follows: UXLINK (26.3%), ATH (17.1%), BIGTIME (15.2%), IP (11.5%), PLUME (9.5%), SAFE (6.9%), GRASS (3.2%), ONDO (2.8%), VIRTUAL (2.7%), WAL (1.7%), ZETA (1.6%), and MORPHO(1.6%). — link : Wu Blockchain News
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Binance Introduces the 2nd Batch of Vote to Delist on 2025-04-10. The voting period last for seven days from 2025-04-10 04:00 (UTC) to 2025-04-16 23:59 (UTC) . — link : Wu Blockchain News
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Binance Introduces the 2nd Batch of Vote to Delist on 2025-04-10 | Binance announcement,Binance news
We now invite users to participate and vote on the second batch of Vote to Delist projects under the official post on Binance Square Official.
According to NPR, after having dinner with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump decided to pause the planned restrictions on the export of NVIDIA’s H20 chips to China. Sources indicated that the policy shift is linked to NVIDIA’s commitment to increase investment in AI data centers in the United States. The H20 is the most advanced AI chip that U.S. companies are legally allowed to export to China. — link : Wu Blockchain News
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Trump administration backs off Nvidia's 'H20' chip crackdown after Mar-a-Lago dinner
The White House was expected to ban sales of the high-performance AI chip to China. Chinese companies had been stockpiling the chip but now the Trump administration is backing off.
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