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            <title>Visa and TikTok Launch Creator Card for UK Content Creators</title>
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            <title>Chainlink: Bridging Smart Contracts and Real-World Data on Solana</title>
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            <title>Solana Prepares For The Quantum Era: Foundation Details Step-By-Step Transition</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Solana Foundation outlines its roadmap for post-quantum security, detailing research, validator client efforts, and wallet migration plans to address future quantum computing threats.]]></description>
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            <title>UK FCA Seeks Feedback on New Crypto Rules Ahead of 2027 Launch</title>
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            <title>Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs): Public Companies and Crypto Exposure</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) are public companies using crypto as their main savings asset. In 2025, over 200 firms adopted this model, but faced volatility and regulatory scrutiny as strategies evolved.]]></description>
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            <title>Gavin Wood Returns to Parity, Drives Polkadot’s Next Phase</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gavin Wood, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of Polkadot, returns as CEO of Parity Technologies in 2025 to lead Polkadot’s technical evolution, focusing on Polkadot 2.0 and JAM for multi-chain interoperability.]]></description>
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