Tom Lee's BitMine Adds $139 Million in Ethereum Ahead of Preferred Share Trading Start
BitMine Immersion Technologies expanded its leading Ethereum treasury to more than 5.6 million ETH valued at greater than $10 billion.
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Benchmark says SEC’s NMS proposal is the ‘most consequential’ US crypto rule this year
Benchmark said the SEC's proposal last week to rescind Rules 611 and 610(e) is the year's "most consequential" U.S. crypto rule.
Breaking: SEC Approves BlackRock Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, Eyes Thursday Launch
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has given its approval for BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF to be effective. The SEC’s greenlight has set the stage for an imminent rollout later this week. Ad Ad BlackRock Gets SEC Approval For Bitcoin Premium Income ETF The ‘Notice of Effec
Ark Invest bought more than $500 million worth of SpaceX shares on IPO day
Ark Invest acquired more than $500 million worth of SpaceX shares on the company's initial public offering day, marking one of the largest single-day investments by the innovation-focused fund manager. The purchase represents a significant bet on Elon Musk's space exploration company as it transitions to
CFTC sues New Mexico over prediction market jurisdiction
New Mexico is the eighth state sued by the CFTC over prediction markets, as Gary Gensler doubted the regulators' claim of authority over sports event contracts.
Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 10% in second-largest negative adjustment of 2026
The cut hands surviving miners roughly 11% more bitcoin per unit of active hashrate, but all-in production economics remain underwater at current prices.
Coinbase Derivatives To Launch 24/7 Gold And Silver Futures For US Traders
Coinbase Derivatives announced 24/7 gold and silver futures contracts for US traders.
Morpho Secures $175 Million Round Led By Paradigm, a16z And Ribbit
Morpho raised $175 million in a new financing round.
Wall Street and crypto are crashing into each other as tokenized treasury markets hit $14.6 billion
The tokenized U.S. Treasury market has reached a significant milestone, hitting $14.6 billion in total value as traditional Wall Street institutions increasingly embrace blockchain-based financial products. This convergence represents a growing trend where established financial markets are integrating with cryptocurrency infrastructure to create new investment vehicles. The surge
Humanity Protocol’s $36M hack tied to suspected North Korean hackers: Quantstamp
A fake Bithumb email used in the $36 million Humanity Protocol hack points to the involvement of North Korean threat actors, according to Quantstamp.
Bitcoin nears $65K as Trump says Hormuz will 'open to all' in Sunday Iran peace deal
Bitcoin stayed near local highs on a new US-Iran peace deal pledge as analysis saw conditions favoring a sustained BTC price rebound.
Philippines Bans Privacy Coins, Tightens Crypto Listing Rules
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippines’ central bank, has banned virtual asset service providers from listing privacy coins and ordered them to tighten how they screen, monitor, and remove the tokens offered to customers. Ad Ad No More Privacy Coins on Philippine Platforms In a memor
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SEC Approves New Crypto ETF With BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, SHIB Exposure
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has cleared the way for a new actively managed crypto ETF. It is a multi-asset ETF filed by T. Rowe Price. It will provide investors with a way to gain exposure to the top cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana and Shiba Inu. Ad Ad SEC Gr
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Breaking: Trump Taps Former CFTC Chief to Lead Crypto-Heavy SDNY
President Donald Trump said he intends to appoint James M. McDonald as the next U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, placing a former derivatives regulator with deep crypto experience atop the country’s most active venue for digital-asset prosecutions. Ad Ad Trump Names Former CFTC E
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Here's what SpaceX's IPO means for its $1.3 billion bitcoin reserve
SpaceX is preparing for a public offering that could significantly impact the cryptocurrency market due to the aerospace company's substantial bitcoin holdings worth $1.3 billion. The Elon Musk-led company has been building its digital asset reserves over recent years, making it one of the largest corporate bitcoin
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Kraken Prepares CFTC-Regulated Perpetual Futures Launch For US Traders
Kraken is preparing a regulated US perpetual futures launch through Bitnomial, potentially bringing one of crypto’s largest derivatives products onshore.
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Google Sues Chinese Crime Group for Allegedly Using Gemini AI for Mass Phishing Scams
Google alleges a Chinese network weaponized its Gemini AI to create phishing sites that stole millions of credit card numbers and targeted crypto investors.
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Anthropic Suspends Claude Fable 5, Mythos 5 Following Trump Administration Directive
AI firm Anthropic has suspended access to its latest AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos, after the Trump administration issued an export control directive. This has, interestingly, led to a surge in the Bittensor (TAO) price, as it makes a case for decentralized AI models. Ad Ad Anthropic Suspends
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Top cryptographers can't agree on Bitcoin's biggest quantum question
Leading cryptographers remain divided on a fundamental question surrounding Bitcoin's vulnerability to quantum computing threats, according to a new CoinDesk report. The ongoing debate centers on whether Bitcoin's current cryptographic infrastructure can withstand potential quantum attacks and when such upgrades might be necessary. The disagreement highlights
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Bybit, Binance, Bitget cancel tokenized SpaceX IPO allocations after share shortage
All three exchanges are issuing full refunds and additional compensation to affected users.
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Early Airbnb, DoorDash backer Y Combinator says Clarity Act could bring crypto to ‘every’ portfolio company
Also a backer of companies like Coinbase, OpenAI, Stripe, Reddit, OpenAI and Kalshi, Y Combinator wants to see Congress pass the CLARITY Act.
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Polish president vetoes crypto bill for third time ahead of MiCA deadline
Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill to implement MiCA for the third time, just weeks before the end of the EU crypto framework's transitional period.
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Appeals court rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid for new trial in FTX fraud case
Sam Bankman-Fried lost his appeal to overturn his 25-year sentence after accusing the original court of not giving him a fair chance.
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Metaplanet Acquires Japanese Securities Firm for $13M to Launch Bitcoin Yield Products
The Siiibo Securities deal positions Metaplanet to tap $7.4 trillion in household savings as the country shifts from deflation to inflation.