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Franklin Templeton, an investment management giant with about $1.4 trillion in assets under management, has expanded its OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund to the Polygon blockchain. Launched in 2021, the fund was first available on the Stellar blockchain. Polygon is the second blockchain the fund...

The creators of Lens Protocol have introduced a beta version of Bonsai, a blockchain scaling solution, as the blockchain-based social media project gears up to handle an increased volume of transactions for users of Lens-based decentralized apps. Aave Companies (CRYPTO: AAVE), the development firm...

Two former congressmen are heading back to Washington to spearhead a non-partisan effort to talk up the benefits of bitcoin.  Former representatives Tim Ryan of Ohio and David McIntosh of Indiana will chair BPI Action, an effort tied to the Bitcoin Policy Institute that aims to "educate...

I found myself in Argentina this April for the first time in over 10 years, stepping into a mess that felt very familiar — high inflation, capital controls and nearly worthless cash that was weirdly hard to find. The country has all the right ingredients to become the crypto paradise that...

Crypto News: Even as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) price dropped for three consecutive days last week, dormant whales re-activated their addresses containing massive amounts of cryptocurrency. Generally, this trend is associated with a corresponding price surge for the asset. However, this could also...

Visa (NYSE: V) is hiring software engineers for its crypto division as it develops new products aimed at the space. "We have an ambitious crypto product roadmap at Visa and just opened a few reqs for senior software engineers to help us drive mainstream adoption of public blockchain networks...

Crypto exchange Bybit will require know-your-customer checks on all its services starting next month. "Starting from 8 May, 2023, Identity Verification of at least Lv.1 will be mandatory for all Bybit products and services," the company said in a Monday announcement. "Existing users...

In the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver talked about cryptocurrencies for the second time. The British-American comedian is known for digging deep into obscure topics that mainstream media avoids. John Oliver detailed the collapses of FTX, Celsius and Terra that occurred last...

BitBoy is due in court tomorrow. He probably won't show up.  Things are so nasty between "BitBoy Crypto" YouTuber Ben Armstrong and the class action lawyer suing him that Armstrong is due in court on Thursday to answer for his alleged bad behavior.  But Armstrong is on a...

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler continued to hint that ether, among other crypto tokens, may face increased scrutiny as an unregistered security. And with securities laws time-tested, the industry better get in line. "If the public is anticipating profits based upon the...

The UK government will use Brexit to carve a different regulatory program for crypto that could come into law in the next 12 months, according to Andrew Griffith, economic secretary to the Treasury. "We've got control back of our rulebook, not something the UK has had for decades,"...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against crypto exchange Bittrex and one of its co-founders alleging it was operating as an "unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency." Bittrex co-founder and former CEO William Shihara was named in...

Binance recently rolled out a newsfeed on their platform featuring stories from the top crypto publications, now including Benzinga.  Benzinga will also be moderating the first Binance Talk event on Thursday, April 20th. Binance Talk will focus on "Charity & Blockchain for Good"...

Jeremy Gardner and Brock Pierce, managing partners at Mystic Ventures stopped by Benzinga Cannabis Insider where hosts Javier Hasse and Elliot Lane, asked them about their trajectory, from crypto to psychedelics, investment prospects in the sector, and the next key catalyzers for their legalization...

Cryptocurrency strategist and pseudonymous analyst Pentoshi is issuing a warning about Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and the wider crypto market. Sharing his thoughts with his Twitter followers, Pentoshi said that Bitcoin would likely fall to around the $21,000 price level if it...