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For anyone tracking the twists and turns of crypto policy in Washington, it was a long and bruising week. It also marked a shift in the center of gravity from Congress to the regulators.
Kalshi’s proposal would bring perpetual futures tied to individual stocks to US traders, as Coinbase and Bitnomial pursue similar products.
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OK, the Clarity Act is dead (at least for now). Most crypto enthusiasts had a sense that this was a big bummer for the sector. But how many knew what the legislation actually did?
VanEck said Metaplanet’s executive equity exposure remains well above its digital asset treasury peers, even after the company cut its potential share pool by 41%.
Marc van der Chijs, an entrepreneur who co-founded then bitcoin miner Hut 8 (HUT), has become increasingly concerned about the technology to which the company has pivoted: artificial intelligence.
Grayscale's Zcash ETF is so hot right now, they are making shares 300% more accessible to retailers.
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Bitcoin's most violent rally of its two-year drawdown wasn't powered by fresh bullish bets. It was powered by bears getting crushed, according to a new report from analytics firm Glassnode and crypto exchange Bybit.
Solana's internal clock just ticked faster. Earlier Friday, the network's target slot time dropped from 300 milliseconds to 250, a nearly 17% speedup in how often the chain produces blocks.
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The memecoin rush that made Robinhood Chain one of the most expensive networks has cooled, taking 97% of the network's fee income with it, even as transaction counts held near their highs.
“The dead cat continues to bounce,” wrote investor Jason Calacanis as bitcoin returned to the $80,000 level on Friday.
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Former banking official gets four years in prison over false letters of credit and accepting $470,000 in cryptocurrency bribes.
Bitcoin price jumps over 5% as BTC recovers from the mid-$77,000 range to now at $81K..
Binance is joining a growing number of crypto exchanges offering around-the-clock exposure to foreign exchange markets through perpetual futures.
The filing seeks CFTC approval for contracts giving US traders 24/5 leveraged exposure to individual stocks without ownership.
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Coinbase, Strategy and other crypto-linked stocks rallied Friday as the CFTC and SEC moved ahead with crypto-related actions under existing authority.
Crypto traders are breathing a little easier today. After a rough stretch defined by a Federal Reserve rate hike, the Senate's 49-50 vote against advancing the Clarity Act, and a surprise rate hike from the Bank of Japa…
The US commodities regulator submitted a new crypto market regulatory action for White House review days after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act.
Zcash developers are targeting Nov. 5 to switch on NU7, the network's next major upgrade. The biggest improvement is set to be block time, the gap between each confirmed batch of transactions, drops from 75 seconds to 2…
We’re back in ultra bullish mode again, and "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary just put a number on Bitcoin’s endgame: $1 million. Then he laid out exactly what has to happen first.