July 21, 2026

An illustration featuring Vietnam's flag, cryptocurrency symbols, regulatory documents, and a compliance warning, representing the country's new fines for crypto platform violations.

Vietnam introduces fines for crypto platform violations

Vietnam is taking another step to regulate its cryptocurrency market by introducing new penalties for investors and crypto platforms that fail to comply with the country’s digital asset rules. The...
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An illustration featuring the Anthropic logo, AI-powered medical research visuals, DNA strands, and laboratory scientists collaborating on rare disease research.

Anthropic launches grants to accelerate rare disease research

Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly important tool in scientific research, helping scientists analyse complex datasets, generate new hypotheses and speed up discoveries that would otherwise take years. Anthropic is...
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An illustration featuring the Accrue logo, interconnected African countries, digital payment networks, and stablecoin icons, symbolizing borderless financial services across Africa.

Accrue: Building a borderless financial platform for Africa

Introduction Money moves faster than ever, yet moving it across borders is still far more complicated than it should be. A freelancer in Lagos can finish a project for a...
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A Bitcoin logo protected by a digital security shield with a quantum computer and cryptographic network in the background, symbolizing efforts to defend Bitcoin against quantum threats.

Bitcoin developers propose plan to counter quantum threats

For years, developers have warned that advances in quantum computing could eventually threaten the cryptography that protects Bitcoin. Although that threat is not yet a reality, a new proposal suggests...
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