Bitcoin surges toward $70K in sharpest rally in five months, wiping out $1.14B in crypto shorts
Bitcoin's steepest daily gain since March flipped market sentiment from bearish to even odds, driven by a White House crypto meeting and softer Fed signals, whi
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SEC proposes crypto fundraising exemptions in abrupt policy reversal
The proposed rules would let crypto projects raise capital through token sales without full securities registration, potentially sparking an ICO boom in the U.S
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Trump calls on Congress to pass 'fair version' of Clarity Act at White House crypto meeting
Trump touted his administration's crypto policies and said regulators are working to bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. under a compliant framework.
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Maya Protocol halts network after six-bug exploit steals $1.4M in Bitcoin
The cross-chain protocol's attacker exploited six software flaws to drain Bitcoin and other assets, sending its CACAO token plunging.
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Citi to launch Bitcoin custody for institutional clients
The banking giant plans to let institutional clients hold Bitcoin and traditional assets through the same custody framework, marking deeper Wall Street adoption
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Chinese InsurTech firm Zhibao adds 2,380 Bitcoin in $154.7M treasury pivot
The Shanghai-based firm closed a private placement funded entirely in crypto, with investors contributing Bitcoin directly rather than cash.
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Japan's Metaplanet plants US flag with $132M Bitcoin treasury deal
The Tokyo-listed firm will seed gaming media company Super League, to be renamed Superplanet, with 2,100 BTC.
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Alleged $165M crypto Ponzi mastermind deported from Fiji to US
Edward Zimbardi allegedly lured thousands of investors into 'The Crypto Program' with promises of 25% monthly returns before fleeing to Fiji.
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Coinbase's Base launches $1M startup accelerator for AI agents
Base is narrowing its accelerator to 10 startups as it looks for teams building AI agents, payments, trading, and financing products.
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Coinbase adds 50x crypto perps to Base App through Hyperliquid integration
The Hyperliquid integration gives eligible Base App users access to more than 290 perpetual futures markets.
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OCC races to finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules ahead of January deadline
Comptroller Jonathan Gould said the agency is moving rapidly to beat a statutory deadline after already missing an earlier July target.
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Bitcoin wallet untouched for 15 years suddenly springs to life
An address that received 8.54 BTC in June 2011 when the coin traded around $14 moved roughly $538,000 in a single transaction.
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Winklevoss-backed Cypherpunk launches 'world's largest' Zcash mining fleet
The Nasdaq-listed privacy firm added roughly 18% of the Zcash network's hashrate through a $33.33M equity deal with Winklevoss Capital.
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Chainalysis sues US government over $94.6M ICE contract handed to rival TRM Labs
The bid protest challenges ICE's sole-source award for blockchain forensic tools, pitting the two biggest crypto tracing firms against each other.
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BitBox says AI found severe flaws in Bitcoin wallet firmware
The Swiss hardware-wallet maker found two severe bugs with the help of frontier AI models and warns older firmware leaves users exposed.
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Kalshi pushes beyond prediction markets with copper perpetual futures
The prediction market operator is seeking CFTC approval for a copper perpetual as it moves further into traditional derivatives.
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Trump says AI could be 'bigger than the internet' as he pushes light-touch regulation
The president said the U.S. is far ahead of China in AI and defended rapid construction of data centers and power plants.
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Pennsylvania cracks down on AI data centers as backlash grows
Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered new restrictions aimed at shielding residents from higher electricity costs and giving communities more control over projects.
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