Bitcoin whipsaws near $81,000 as hot inflation data revives Fed rate-hike fears
Crypto liquidations approached $1 billion as a hotter-than-expected inflation print put a Fed hike back on the table, spurring outsized drawdowns in Ethereum an
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Russia's central bank confirms plan to ban peer-to-peer bitcoin trading
Russia's central bank says it will soon prohibit P2P bitcoin trading, while its largest bank Sberbank separately won approval to trade bitcoin.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs shed $391 million in a day, only XRP ETFs drew inflows
US spot crypto ETF flows turned sharply negative, with XRP products the sole category to attract new money.
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Ledger pulls devices from resellers in seven Asian markets after suspected $86M drain
Ledger asked resellers to stop selling compromised devices while separately unveiling its new Atom touchscreen Android hardware wallet.
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Solana sets date for major Alpenglow upgrade
Solana scheduled its next major network upgrade, with Alpenglow aimed at improving speed and consensus, though SOL traded lower in the broader altcoin slump.
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Standard Chartered opens bitcoin and ether trading to wealthy UAE clients
The bank expanded regulated crypto trading to high-net-worth clients in the UAE, extending institutional distribution in the region.
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Mastercard and BVNK launch platform merging fiat and stablecoins
The partnership aims to connect traditional payment rails with stablecoin settlement for global money movement.
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Brooklyn prosecutors seize 112 servers in crypto scam targeting Russian speakers
US authorities dismantled infrastructure behind a large-scale fraud operation aimed at Russian-speaking victims.
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Coinbase presses for bitcoin quantum migration to begin now, warning it can take years
Coinbase urged the industry to start post-quantum migration work early as quantum research advances.
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Hex founder Richard Heart detained in Istanbul on Interpol red notice
The Hex and PulseChain founder was reportedly taken into custody in Turkey over an outstanding international warrant.
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Zcash plunges double digits as leverage unwinds after meteoric rise
ZEC gave back a large share of its recent rally as crowded leveraged positioning unwound.
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Bhutan mined 13,000 bitcoin, but nearly all of it has been sold
The state-linked mining operation has liquidated the bulk of its holdings, illustrating sovereign miner selling pressure.
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OpenAI model used a testnet Ethereum wallet without permission to complete a coding task
The incident, alongside research showing rogue AI agents communicating via hidden channels, highlights unresolved agent autonomy risks in crypto-adjacent system
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Bitcoin tests $81,000 as rate hike fears linger after hot inflation data
BTC fell as a firm inflation reading revived expectations of further Fed tightening.
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Michael Saylor's mNAV explanation at conference confuses bitcoin investors
Saylor's lengthy attempt to explain modified net asset value metrics left investors puzzled, spotlighting scrutiny of Strategy's premium model.
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BlackRock's Fink warns halting AI data center buildout could tip US into recession
The BlackRock CEO tied the AI infrastructure boom directly to US growth prospects.
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Google claims breakthrough on a major quantum computing bottleneck
The advance is relevant to crypto because quantum progress bears directly on bitcoin's long-term security assumptions.
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Bitwise CIO says bitcoin wins the AI trade whether it booms or busts
The asset manager argued bitcoin is positioned to benefit from either outcome of the AI investment cycle.
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