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Bitmine purchased another $69 million of ETH, with Tom DeMark expecting price uptrend to soon resume

At the latest purchase pace, Tom Lee's Ethereum treasury firm could reach its crypto accumulation goal in another seven weeks.
Bitcoin rally has more room as volatility shorts unwind, Two Prime CEO says

Alexander Blume said subdued funding rates and continued call selling suggest the rebound is not yet being driven by excessive speculation.
Bitcoin’s complexity paradox: How layer-2 scalers became AI's main target

A string of incidents involving Coldcard, Lightning and Liquid highlights how AI is changing the economics of finding bugs in bitcoin infrastructure.
Visa combines VisaNet data with onchain lending to power stablecoin card working capital

Visa's stablecoin settlement volume surpassed a $20 billion annualized run rate, up 15x year over year. Now it wants blockchain lenders to use that data to extend credit to the issuers driving the growth.
Strive’s SATA nears $1 billion market cap as Strategy’s STRC continues to underperform

SATA’s 13% annualised dividend and resilience around par are helping Strive raise capital and outperform Strategy.
Circle agrees to buy cross-border payments firm Tazapay for $400 million

The deal could grant Circle vital, regulated "last-mile" infrastructure, bridging the gap between stablecoins and traditional local banking systems.
Copper CEO Amar Kuchinad departs as search for a buyer enters a fourth month

Kuchinad, the CEO of cryptocurrency custody firm Copper since 2024, has left the company, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Bitcoin recovers toward $79,000 as Zcash records a $500 million ETF haul

Bitcoin fell to nearly $77,600 on Tuesday before clawing most of it back, leaving it little changed on the day while zcash gained roughly 43% on the week and Grayscale's new fund crossed half a billion dollars.
Moonshot’s Kimi rattled markets. U.S. agencies now say it was trained on American models

Moonshot, whose Kimi model rattled markets earlier this year, is among six Chinese AI firms accused of systematically extracting capabilities from U.S. models.
Hunter Biden defends LAPTOP ahead of Wednesday launch, calls TRUMP a ‘grift’

Biden says the token is about “resilience, redemption and recovery” and will give coins to nearly one million wallets that lost money on TRUMP.
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Live updates: XRP funds stand out among U.S. ETFs as bitcoin, ether, solana funds see outflows

XRP ETFs took nearly $2 million on Tuesday while bitcoin, ether, solana and hyperliquid funds all lost money. Grayscale's products account for the entire outflow in both bitcoin and ether.
India’s financial intelligence unit flags 15 crypto platforms for AML lapses

The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) issued non-compliance notices to what it calls virtual digital asset service providers.
Singaporean 22-year old pleads guilty to being the ringleader in $245 million crypto fraud case

Malone Lam, a Miami resident charged with stealing 4,100 bitcoin, led a ring of fraudsters who stole crypto via online scams and home invasions.
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Iran eases currency controls to let traders bring earnings home in crypto: FT

Exporters can use overseas earnings to fund imports directly, bypassing the official foreign-exchange system, the FT reported.
Bitcoin climbs as oil tops $100, equities drop after Iran strikes

Bitcoin advanced to as high as $79,700 while Brent crude topped $100 and European shares fell, leaving crypto tracking gold rather than equities.
Crypto lobbying orgs ask court to suspend Illinois tax as legal case continues

The motion for a preliminary injunction comes a few weeks after the Crypto Council for Innovation and Blockchain Association sued to block the law.
Germany moves to tax bitcoin like stocks as new draft bill targets tax-free gains

Existing holdings would keep the current tax treatment, which can allow tax-free sales after a 12-month holding period.
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Algorand names former Chainlink executive William Herkelrath as CEO

The former Chainlink and Curv executive will lead the blockchain organization’s push into institutional finance and quantum-resistant security.
Hunter Biden's new LAPTOP token lost 98% of its value in under an hour after $1.6 billion debut

LAPTOP swung from $190 to under $4 within minutes of opening on Base. Onchain records show tokens had been distributed to market makers for a week before trading began.
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