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Tiffany J. Smith, Partner and Co-Chair, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Working Group, will be a featured speaker at PLI’s Developments in Decentralized Finance 2025 on the panel “Introduction to Decentralized Finance for Lawyers.”  Panelists will explore key trends and foundational concepts, offering participants a deeper understanding of DeFi’s inner workings, including its technical infrastructure, community engagement, business and product development strategies, marketing approaches, and the legal frameworks that apply to DeFi projects.

BOISE, Idaho — Attorney General Raúl Labrador is warning Idahoans about a dangerous rise in cryptocurrency ATM scams that have defrauded victims out of tens of thousands of dollars.In just one week, an observant employee at a Stinker Store stopped two elderly individuals from collectively losing more than $30,000. The worker unplugged the cryptocurrency ATM and had to contact Boise police to convince the victims that they were being scammed.RELATED | Boise Police warn parents of phone scam that claims their child is hurtCryptocurrency ATMs, which resemble traditional bank machines, are commonly found in gas stations and convenience stores. While…

Data scientists consider business metrics more important than technical metrics – yet in practice they focus more on technical ones. This derails most projects. So, why?Eric Siegel Predictive AI offers tremendous potential – but it has a notoriously poor track record. Outside Big Tech and a handful of other leading companies, most initiatives fail to deploy, never realizing value. Why? Data professionals aren’t equipped to sell deployment to the business. The technical performance metrics they typically report on do not align with business goals – and mean nothing to decision makers. For stakeholders and data scientists alike to plan, sell…

Ford Motor Co.’s new “Ready Set Ford” global marketing campaign is designed to showcase its most exciting and distinctive products, such as the pictured Ford Bronco, to rebuild aspiration and excitement for the automaker. // Photo courtesy of FordFord Motor Co. in Dearborn is launching its first new global marketing campaign — called “Ready Set Ford” — in more than 15 years.New advertising, featuring a voice over by “Breaking Bad” actor Bryan Cranston, will debut Sept. 11 during “Thursday Night Football” on ESPN and Thursday’s “The Tonight Show” starring Jimmy Falon will be taped in Detroit at the Detroit Opera…

Crypto is superior to traditional finance. Unlike SWIFT, which can take days to process payments, newer blockchain networks achieve finality in mere seconds and have throughput sufficient for real-world mass adoption. U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent projects stablecoins alone will hit $3.7 trillion by 2030. That’s the equivalent of Germany’s GDP.Despite its technological edge, crypto has a major security problem. We’re on track to lose around 4% of total value locked to hacks in 2025. In H1 alone, the industry lost over $2 billion. When annualized, that points to over $4 billion flowing into hackers’ wallets this year.If these losses were…

The SwissBorg platform said about $41 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen during a cyber incident affecting a partner company this week.  The Switzerland-based company confirmed industry reports of an incident but said its platform was not hacked. CEO Cyrus Fazel explained that an external decentralized finance wallet held by a partner was breached on Monday.  The stolen funds represent 2% of SwissBorg’s total assets, according to Fazel, and about 1% of users had cryptocurrency stolen. In total, 192,600 Solana (SOL) coins were stolen — which is worth more than $41 million as of Tuesday afternoon.  In an update on Tuesday,…

AI is transforming marketing at breakneck speed. From generative tools that draft entire ad campaigns to chatbots handling customer queries, it’s natural to wonder whether human roles will even exist in a few years. A recent Stanford study found AI is already reducing job opportunities in certain sectors, particularly for younger workers. But while some repetitive tasks are being automated, many marketing roles remain firmly in demand, and are becoming even more valuable when combined with AI tools. If you’re planning your next career move, here are five marketing jobs that AI can’t replace – and why they’re built to…

Investors are questioning the whole premise of buying a stock for its crypto holdings.

A council in Surrey is expected to make less than half of its expected rental income this year.Spelthorne Borough Council is only likely to make £1.9m from its commercial property instead of the £4m originally planned, a report has found.Empty offices, stalled lease renewals and rent-free “sweeteners” to tenants have all cut into the council’s income, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.Council leader Joanne Sexton said it was a “very worrying financial position” to be in during the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year.The deficit has partly been offset by a £593k recycling grant, but once the extra…

Crypto exchange Kraken announced today (Tuesday) it has extended its xStocks tokenized equity service to European Union clients, following a phased global rollout that began in late June.The expansion allows eligible EU-based investors to trade digital representations of popular U.S. stocks like Tesla and Amazon and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) directly through Kraken’s mobile app, powered by Swiss firm Backed’s tokenization technology.Since launching internationally in June, xStocks has generated more than $3.5 billion in combined trading volume across centralized and decentralized exchanges, according to company data. The service initially made over 60 tokenized equities available to clients across 140 countries outside…