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The legal battle over sports prediction markets is quickly becoming one of the most consequential gambling and crypto regulatory fights in the United States. Prediction Markets: “Bets” or “Event Contracts”? At the center of th...
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State treasurers across the U.S. are holding roughly $70 billion in unclaimed property, and NAUPA estimates about 1 in 7 Americans have money waiting for them. The funds often come from uncashed paychecks, dormant bank accounts, or abandoned safe dep...
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Qualified homebuyers can cover their cash down payment by borrowing against bitcoin instead of selling it, keeping the main mortgage a standard Fannie Mae loan. Coinbase One members can also receive up to $10,000 in closing-cost credits. Token-Backed...
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Michael Saylor is calling for Bitcoin to move beyond founder worship, mandatory self-custody, and hostility toward institutions. His “Bitcoin Reformation” envisions the asset operating across banks, corporations, securities, governments,...
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Federal authorities shut down two online tools that Chinese government-backed hackers allegedly used to attack major U.S. agencies. The platforms helped the hackers find vulnerable devices and make their attacks appear to come from other locations. F...
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On Wednesday, Core Lightning maintainers said that several vulnerabilities were found in Core Lightning (CLN), Blockstream’s Lightning implementation. Reports further say artificial intelligence (AI)-based CVE reports disclosed the issues, and mainta...
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Prediction market traders are throwing millions of dollars behind bitcoin price targets stretching from $50,000 to $150,000, and the money on the board shows just how divided the crowd remains over what comes next. At the same time, the equity, macro...
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On Wednesday, the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Defillama and the Web3 investment bank Forgd announced the launch of Universal Token Ratings, a rating system for digital assets similar to the evaluation framework used by the credit rating age...
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Over the last year, people have been urging the financial sector to prepare quantum readiness and this week, the U.S. Treasury published an announcement revealing a task force dedicated to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Secretary of the Treasury Sc...
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Bitcoin’s struggle to maintain momentum, which has seen its price climb by more than 20% since Aug. 17, continued Wednesday as the cryptocurrency fluctuated between $77,000 and $79,000. Market data showed bitcoin appeared to lose momentum close to th...
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The UK’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) says unlicensed operators could take up to $1.09 billion in Premier League wagers this season, rising to about $1.36 billion once a betting tax increase lands in April 2027. The trade body published no...
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As market sentiment improves, Bitcoin’s hashprice has risen significantly, bringing renewed activity to mining communities after a prolonged slowdown. Although higher cryptocurrency prices benefit the industry as a whole, experienced miners know that...
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Revolut is rolling out EURR, its first euro-backed stablecoin, to customers in Denmark, Poland and Portugal before a wider European expansion. With more than 80 million customers globally, the fintech could give euro stablecoins one of their largest...
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The Coldcard crisis has also tested hardware wallet manufacturers’ abilities to deal with sharply increased sales, as instead of giving up on self-custody, many Bitcoiners rushed to new devices while wallet teams prepared for the new AI-powered...
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Altcoins captured as much as 65% of Binance trading volume during the latest crypto rally, the highest share in two years. Their combined market capitalization rose by about $135 billion as activity shifted away from bitcoin and ether. Altcoins Captu...
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The U.S. Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge, known as the personal consumption expenditures price index, rose a hair higher in July, showing inflation remains sticky. Equity valuations held steady while bitcoin’s price and gold recorded...
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Bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their inflow streaks to seven sessions on Tuesday, drawing $314.37 million and $179.80 million, respectively. Solana, XRP and HYPE funds also posted solid gains as capital continued to spread ac...
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Large crypto holders are increasingly exchanging bitcoin directly for exchange-traded fund (ETF) shares instead of selling into cash first. Falling minimums at Blackrock and Bitwise, along with growing use at Grayscale and 21shares, are making the pr...
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The world’s money supply has reached a record milestone this week and at the same time, bitcoin’s price spiked 21% higher over the last seven days. Some believe bitcoin might be playing catch-up and moving toward the massive liquidity parked inside t...
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Bitcoin’s Bull Score, a Cryptoquant gauge of market health, jumped from 30 to 80 in a single week as bitcoin rallied to $81,000, though the firm says a weekly close above $83,000 is still needed to confirm a new bull market. The Fastest Bull Sc...
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Hyperliquid officially activated “AQAv2” today. The mechanism is designed to route yield from billions in USDC reserves into automatic buybacks and burns of its HYPE token, with Circle and Coinbase running the plumbing behind it. What AQA...
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Circle minted roughly 5 billion USDC over the past week, according to onchain trackers, in one of its largest weekly issuance pushes yet. A Record Week for Fresh Supply Onchain analytics platform Solscan revealed the roughly 5 billion USDC mint earli...
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Iran’s rial collapsed to a record low this week just as President Trump’s new sanctions package named digital assets as a target for the first time, threatening the IRGC’s billion-dollar bitcoin mining workaround. A Record-Low Rial...
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Tron’s account count crossed 400 million this week, doubling in under three years and cementing the network’s role as the backbone of global USDT settlement. A Six-Year Climb to 400 Million As a quick refresher, Tron’s genesis block...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 week ago
Tron’s account count crossed 400 million this week, doubling in under three years and cementing the network’s role as the backbone of global USDT settlement. A Six-Year Climb to 400 Million As a quick refresher, Tron’s genesis block...