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An FDIC report on three failed banks stated that depositors tied to the digital asset sector and active escrow accounts were more likely to move funds during the fastest bank runs in U.S. history. The study said Signature Bank’s active escrow d...
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Bitcoin retreated Friday evening, falling to $75,120 per coin and marking a 2.8% decline over the course of the day. The daily decline added another bruise to what has already been a fairly miserable seven-day stretch, pushing weekly losses to roughl...
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Ghana has introduced a new legal framework via the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act of 2025 to regulate its rapidly growing cryptocurrency market. Rising Crypto Adoption and Systemic Risks Ghana has rolled out a legal framework to regulate virtual...
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Kevin Warsh took the Federal Reserve oath after Senate confirmation, succeeding Jerome Powell as chair. The FOMC also selected Warsh to lead the Fed’s monetary policy committee. Warsh Takes Fed Oath After Powell Transition Kevin Warsh took the oath o...
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A Hyperliquid trader known as ‘Evaded’ has booked over $7.5 million in profit from two positions in less than four days, most recently rolling back into the market with a $38.63 million ether long carrying 25x leverage. ZEC and HYPE Gains Turn Into a...
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As the XRP ecosystem rapidly expands into real-world asset ( RWA) tokenization, one project is beginning to attract growing attention across XRPL communities: SurgeXRP. The XRPL-native platform, focused on bringing rental real estate on-chain, has se...
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Bitcoin was on course to close the five-day workweek on the losing side after it slipped below $77,000 just before midday Friday. Crypto Market Cap Shrinks as Monthly Losses Loom Bitcoin was on course to close the five-day workweek on the losing side...
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Crypto ETF markets remained under sustained pressure on Thursday as bitcoin funds extended their losing streak to five straight sessions and ether ETFs marked a ninth consecutive day of outflows. XRP and solana products, however, continued to attract...
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Rep. James Comer, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to Polymarket and Kalshi to ascertain the measures these platforms are taking to curb these practices. Comer referred to the prediction markets ecosyst...
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Blockchain investigator ZachXBT first pointed to a possible hack, indicating that $520K were drained so far. Polymarket acknowledged the security event and stressed that it was taking action after the compromise of an alleged private key, explaining...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 week ago
The NEAR token jumped 30% to an intraday high of $2.25, marking a 70% increase since the start of May and briefly pushing its market capitalization past $2.9 billion. NEAR Token Surges Past $2 NEAR, the token of the artificial intelligence-native pro...
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On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz completed one of the first BTC commercial transactions ever, exchanging 10,000 BTC for two Papa John’s pizzas, a milestone that still keeps being celebrated even in an age of institutional dominance over the cryptocurr...
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Whale trader Loracle deposited and rapidly sold 616,675 Hyperliquid tokens worth $36.76 million, using the proceeds to defend a short position carrying over $103 million in notional exposure as the token trades near its all-time high. Loracle Offload...
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With digital entertainment platforms evolving constantly, security is now one of the main foundations of user trust. In the case of online gaming, where players’ personal data and financial transactions are involved, games are using advanced technolo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 week ago
A wallet linked to Trump Media & Technology Group has moved 2,650 bitcoin to crypto exchange Crypto.com, a transfer worth approximately $204.93 million that has prompted fresh questions about the company’s bitcoin treasury management. Trump’s Tr...
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A bipartisan group of more than a dozen U.S. representatives has introduced legislation to enshrine a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve in federal law, mandate a minimum 20-year holding period, and direct the Treasury Department to acquire up to 1 million bi...
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Decentralized prediction market platform Polymarket has set its sights on Japan, appointing a local representative and launching a formal lobbying effort aimed at securing government authorization by 2030. Japanese Market Entry With a Strong Lobby Pu...
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Onchain investigator ZachXBT has publicly accused Kucoin of allowing stolen cryptocurrency to flow freely through its platform while refusing to cooperate with German law enforcement. ZachXBT Says Kucoin Is ‘Complicit’ The pseudonymous blockchain sle...
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The European Commission has launched a broad review of the EU’s landmark crypto regulation, MiCA, signaling potential changes to rules governing stablecoins, decentralized finance ( DeFi), staking, and tokenized assets. The consultation reflects how...
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Kucoin has unveiled a product allowing users to unlock liquidity by borrowing against high- liquidity crypto assets while their pledged collateral simultaneously continues to earn passive yield. The Shift to Capital Hubs Reflecting a broader industry...
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PRESS RELEASE. Victoria, Seychelles, May 21, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), announced today the start of its second-year partnership in support of the UNICEF Game Changers Coalition (GCC). The coalition, which has reache...
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Foundation, the Boston-based bitcoin hardware wallet company, has closed a $6.4 million funding round led by Fulgur Ventures to expand its security platform beyond self-custody into identity, multi-factor authentication, and artificial intelligence (...
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Coinbase Derivatives is bringing perpetual-style equity index futures to U.S. regulated markets on June 8, giving traders direct exposure to artificial intelligence (AI), Chinese equities, defense, and broad tech through four new thematic contracts....
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Ripple Prime added EDX liquidity to give institutional clients unified access to digital asset spot and perpetual futures markets. The integration combines trading, credit, net settlement, and collateral tools within Ripple Prime’s brokerage platform...
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XRP and RLUSD were described as serving separate XRP Ledger roles, with XRP routing trades and RLUSD supporting dollar-based transactions. Evernorth’s Sagar Shah described XRP as an intermediary asset that routes trades in the background, while stabl...
