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TON Off Script: TON’s President Max Crown on Bringing Real Conversation Back to Crypto

Crypto interviews have become predictable. Tight talking points, familiar buzzwords, and guests who sound like they’re speaking to an investor deck instead of another human being. Over time, that format has flattened some of the most interesting voices in the space into versions of the same conversation. TON Off Script is positioning itself as a response to that pattern.

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MoonPay Recruits Former CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham to Lead Legal & Policy Strategy

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MoonPay is making a decisive move at the intersection of crypto, regulation, and global payments. This week, they announced that Caroline D. Pham, former Acting Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will join MoonPay as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer following the conclusion of her government service.

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Tokenizing Real World Assets (The SEC Shift Behind It)

Real World Assets (RWAs), are traditional financial instruments like bonds, equities, real estate, and credit products that are brought onto a blockchain and issued as digital securities.

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Ostium Raises $24M to Bring Global Markets Fully OnChain

Ostium, one of the earliest platforms to offer onchain perpetual exposure to traditional markets, just announced $24 million in new funding — including a $20M Series A co-led by General Catalyst and Jump Crypto — following a previously unannounced $4 million strategic round. (Cover: Co-founder Kaledora)

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Mercuryo’s Petr Kozyakov Breaks Down the Four Forces Driving Crypto Into 2026

After a turbulent few years, 2025 became the clearest indicator yet that Web3 is maturing — not through hype cycles, but through capital discipline, regulatory alignment, and products that actually generate revenue. And according to Petr Kozyakov, Co-Founder and CEO of Mercuryo, the year ahead will push those trends even further.

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