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On May 4, decentralized finance protocol Aave filed an emergency motion to lift a restraining notice that has frozen $71 million in recovered ethereum. Key Takeaways: Aave filed a May 4 motion to vacate a court order freezing $71 million in ETH recov...
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A group of banking associations has recently addressed the public draft of the Clarity Act, which “falls short” of prohibiting the payment of yield and interest on stablecoins. The issue has created a divide among banks, with some supporting and othe...
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Bullish agreed to buy Equiniti for $4.2 billion, aiming to connect digital assets with shareholder recordkeeping. The deal would create a global transfer agent for tokenized securities and includes $1.85 billion of assumed debt. Key Takeaways: Bullis...
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Bitcoin’s upside remains tied to macro stability as BTC trades near $81,000. Wintermute said strengthening on-chain data and ETF inflows have not yet confirmed an independent breakout. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin approached $82,000 resistance but still la...
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Coinbase will cut about 700 employees as it restructures around weaker crypto market conditions and artificial intelligence-driven productivity gains. The company said the 14% workforce reduction is meant to manage expenses, streamline operations, an...
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Kraken and Moneygram are linking crypto balances to cash withdrawals through a global pickup network. The partnership supports local-currency payouts across hundreds of fiat currencies and more than 100 countries. Key Takeaways: Kraken partnered with...
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Online gambling operator Stake officially launched in Mexico on Monday, going live through stake.mx under a permit-based structure overseen by SEGOB, the Ministry of the Interior. The company is operating as an agent under a license agreement with in...
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Strategy reported a $12.54 billion net loss in the first quarter of 2026 as bitcoin valuation losses overwhelmed revenue growth and active financing. The quarter showed how its bitcoin treasury model can scale quickly while exposing investors to shar...
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The solution, which uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify every transfer, will allow companies moving large volumes to maintain the secrecy of these movements, improving transaction confidentiality. The system implementation encompasses KYT screening...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 week ago
Bitcoin surged past the $81,000 milestone for the first time in months, reaching an intraday peak of $81,714. Despite brief periods of volatility, the cryptocurrency maintained strong support above $81,500, marking a 7% weekly gain. Key Takeaways: Bi...
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The funds will focus on supporting founders who build solutions around crypto, including payments, financial services, creator platforms, and decentralized infrastructure, which produce lasting value by turning solutions into usable products. Key Tak...
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Bitcoin and ether are recovering on fundamentally different supply and demand structures in 2026, according to a new Cryptoquant analysis. The divergence is now a key signal for whether a broader altcoin rally will follow. Key Takeaways: Cryptoquant...
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U.S. bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $532 million in net inflows on May 4, marking the third consecutive day of positive flows, while U.S. ether spot ETFs added $61.29 million on the same day. Key Takeaways: U.S. bitcoin spot ETFs...
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Circle shares surged nearly 20% on May 4, closing at $119.53, after U.S. Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks reached a bipartisan compromise on the CLARITY Act’s stablecoin rewards language. Key Takeaways Tillis and Alsobrooks reached a May 4...
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A newly created Hyperliquid wallet deployed $1.31 million into a 6x leveraged long on toncoin (TON) on Tuesday, setting a liquidation floor at $1.4213 and drawing immediate attention from onchain tracking firms. Key Takeaways: A new Hyperliquid walle...
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A trader closed a 700 bitcoin short position on Tuesday at a $1.94 million loss, erasing all $1.71 million in profits from 11 consecutive winning trades in a single position gone wrong. Key Takeaways: Wallet 0x004e closed a 700 BTC short on May 5, bo...
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Russia’s Moscow Exchange (Moex) will begin publishing four new cryptocurrency indexes for solana ( SOL), XRP, tron ( TRX), and BNB starting May 13, expanding its regulated crypto benchmark suite beyond bitcoin and ether for the first time. Key Takeaw...
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Hut 8 Corp. has entered into a $200 million, 364-day bitcoin-backed credit facility with Falconx, replacing its previous arrangement with Coinbase Credit. Key Takeaways: Hut 8 secured a $200 million credit facility with Falconx at 7.0%, replacing its...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 week ago
Bitcoin climbed above $81,000 on Tuesday for the first time since January, powered by $2.44 billion in April ETF inflows, geopolitical relief following the U.S.-Iran de-escalation, and a short squeeze that sent leveraged bears scrambling for the exit...
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Spencer Bogart, general partner at Blockchain Capital, noted that while years ago fintech companies aimed to be bank-like but not banks, this trend has now reversed, with over 20 companies pursuing Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) char...
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Innovation City, an AI-powered free zone in Ras Al Khaimah, has launched a blockchain-based digital business identity system to replace traditional and static business licenses with “living,” cryptographically verifiable assets on the OPN chain. Key...
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The prediction market sector posted $8.6 billion in taker volume during April 2026, with Kalshi overtaking Polymarket to claim the top spot, according to onchain data tracked by Dune Analytics. Key Takeaways: Kalshi posted $5.42B in April 2026 taker...
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The new fund will focus on supporting initiatives targeting innovation in three key areas: services for the new financial infrastructure, including crypto and other technologies; new assets and markets, including tokenization and on-chain digitizatio...
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Uphold rejected New York’s CredEarn settlement claims, saying the regulator misrepresented its role in Cred LLC’s collapse. The company agreed to more than $5 million in customer repayment while denying knowledge of alleged fraud or any intent to mis...
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According to Certik’s Stefan Muehlbauer, the recent indictment of an Army sergeant for using nonpublic information to bet on Polymarket establishes a precedent: misappropriating government or corporate data now carries the same legal weight as Wall S...
