Japanese messaging app giant Line plans to give its 196 million active users the ability to use decentralized apps (dapps) such as games and utilities. The social network, which is mainly used in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia, will debut with 30 dapps in its portal by the end of January and plans for a […]

Ripple Labs has kicked in another $25 million to the cryptocurrency industry’s Fairshake political action committee, one of the most aggressive and high-dollar campaign-finance operations in corporate history. The super PAC has made an unprecedented head start on the 2026 election cycle. Between Ripple, crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), […]

Crypto investing may have allowed lower-income Americans to buy their own homes at a higher rate than the rest of the population, according to a paper released Tuesday by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research. The rise in cryptocurrency investment in recent years came with a pronounced uptick in debt — most notably mortgages […]