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USDC is set to become Samsung Wallet’s default dollar stablecoin as Coinbase expands its partnership with the smartphone maker. The U.S. rollout will let eligible Galaxy owners hold digital dollars and send money internationally within the app....
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A crypto-only dark web marketplace has brought its co-founder decades in federal prison and an agreement to surrender digital assets and real estate. The case involved drug trafficking, concealed payments, and vendor ratings for hiding shipments. A $...
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Nearly 18 years after Satoshi Nakamoto left an unfinished poker interface buried inside Bitcoin’s original software, researcher Robin Linus has developed a cryptographic protocol that makes the game possible. His Bitcoin Poker design allows two...
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Securitize is launching 1:1-backed versions of major U.S. stocks on Solana, giving eligible investors access to equities including Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, and Microsoft through regulated onchain infrastructure. Securitize Adds Stock Tokens With Dividen...
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A new International Monetary Fund (IMF) report says tokenization could transform global capital markets, but warns that fragmented infrastructure, thin liquidity and financial stability risks continue to hinder widespread adoption. Small Scale, Niche...
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An international gaming regulators’ group, the NFL, and a coalition of 39 states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear New Jersey’s case against Kalshi, arguing that split appeals courts have left sports betting rules depending on whe...
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Standard Chartered is preparing to bring institutional crypto custody to Singapore, expanding its digital asset operations into another major financial center. Announced on Thursday, the proposed service would cover selected cryptocurrencies, stablec...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
Hunter Biden is firing back over the disastrous launch of his LAPTOP meme coin project, which briefly rocketed more than 600,000% before collapsing 98% within an hour. An independent forensic review points to two market makers that allegedly pocketed...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
The U.S. government’s cryptocurrency shuffle isn’t over. Following two days of bitcoin transfers totaling $770 million, federal wallets moved another 12,267.02 BTC worth approximately $1.01 billion on Thursday. The latest activity also in...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
Bitcoin broke below $81,000 to an intraday low near $80,500, wiping out billions from its market cap. Over $1.1 billion in total crypto positions were liquidated, led by ether with $333 million. Middle East Tensions and Oil Surge Pressure Crypto Bitc...
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Representative French Hill still hopes for approval of the CLARITY Act after the midterm elections. Hill, who championed the FIT21 Act—an earlier attempt to establish clear rules for the crypto market—believes that the current agency-led regulatory a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
Zcash dropped to $1,115 Thursday, wiping out all price gains accumulated since Sept. 16 and driving $38 million in leveraged long liquidations. Sharp Sell-Off Ends Weeks of Gains Privacy coin zcash (ZEC) dropped below $1,200 for the first time in wee...
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On Oct. 7, Galaxy Research disclosed that it had identified a batch of 100 bitcoin mined in July 2010 that had finally stirred after lying dormant for 16 years, 2 months, and 24 days. While it took a while to spend the 100 BTC from Satoshi’s era, thi...
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According to the country’s Bitcoin Office, the one-bitcoin-a-day accumulation strategy has continued, even after the IMF stressed that the country had not met the criteria for public-sector crypto holdings under a $1.4 billion ongoing credit fa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
Bitcoin ETFs posted $487.07 million in net outflows on Wednesday, their heaviest daily loss since June 25, while ether funds shed another $160.77 million. Together, the two largest crypto ETF categories lost $647.84 million as trading activity accele...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
On Thursday, DK Bank, Bhutan’s fully digital bank, announced it had secured preliminary regulatory approval to establish a financial services presence in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The development marks another step in the bank’s international...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
Ethereum’s latest selloff has prediction markets pulling in three different directions. Ether fell through $2,600 on Wednesday as U.S. spot ether ETFs logged a sixth straight day of outflows, yet Myriad traders still give ETH a 73.7% shot at hitting...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
XRP is backing protection for decentralized finance vaults as Firelight activates coverage on Flare. The deployment embeds risk management into investment products, connecting the token’s expanding financial uses with safeguards against specifi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
Coinbase Pro is scheduled to return at year-end as the exchange expands access to crypto options and combines trading tools across markets. The planned platform will bring direct asset purchases, price-linked contracts, and stocks together, with avai...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
XRP has gained another route into financial platforms after Paxos added the token to its crypto brokerage service. The regulated back end serves PayPal, Venmo, Interactive Brokers, Charles Schwab, and Mercado Libre, with partners now able to offer XR...
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Veteran trader Peter Brandt identifies a potential XRP move to $2.16 but warns that overhead selling pressure could obstruct its advance. He favors monero’s chart setup, viewing all of its comparable supply burden as already absorbed. Monero Ge...
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Robinhood is adding bitcoin to its corporate assets, extending its exposure beyond the cryptocurrency services it offers customers. The allocation reflects a diversification strategy as the brokerage expands its digital asset business and trading inf...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
XRP whale withdrawals from Binance have surged to a seven-month high, a new analysis shows, raising questions about available trading supply. Persistent transfers away from the platform could reduce tokens readily available for sale, depending on the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
Grayscale’s XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) has expanded how institutions exchange tokens for shares while adding another provider to safeguard its holdings. The changes could improve trading efficiency and broaden custody arrangements for the f...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 6 days ago
A former infrastructure engineer at a New Jersey-based industrial company has been sentenced to 32 months in federal prison after admitting that he sabotaged his employer’s computer systems—and demanded roughly $750,000 in bitcoin to stop the attack....
