Aster rebranded to become a crypto perpetual futures decentralized exchange in 2025, as perp DEX trading volume surged by trillions of dollars.

The proposed laws are meant to create a mass-surveillance state and are not about protecting children, Pavel Durov warned on Wednesday.

The comments came during Bessent's congressional testimony on Wednesday in a tense exchange with California Representative Brad Sherman.

The Bitcoin network has an average block time of about 10 minutes, which creates a challenge for decentralized finance applications.