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Bitcoin Falls Below $73,000 as US Strikes on Iran Trigger Billion-Dollar Liquidations

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Bitcoin fell below $73,000 for the first time in months as new US strikes on Iran sent risk assets lower and triggered one of the biggest sell-off events of the year. Bitcoin BTC$72,753.98 was trading at $72,978 during Asian hours on Thursday, down 3.4% over 24 hours and 6.3% over the past seven days, according […]

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Bitcoin on the ropes at $75,000 as AI token rally runs out of steam: Crypto Markets Today

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The crypto market is at a critical point on Wednesday, with bitcoin BTC$73,277.93 The price is close to the $75,000 support level after failing to breach the $78,000 level on Tuesday. The Ether (ETH) chart tells a similar story. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap was rejected at $2,150 on Tuesday and fell towards the

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Singapore charges former Hodlnaut CEO Zhu Juntao over Terra collapse allegations

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Singapore authorities have charged crypto lender Hodlnaut’s former CEO Zhu Juntao with fraud, almost four years after the company froze withdrawals during the collapse of the TerraUSD ecosystem. Singapore police said on Tuesday that Zhu faces six charges of fraud by false representation. Prosecutors allege that Zhu directed employees in 2022 to post false statements

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Bitcoin gauge tracking selling pressure moves into ‘high risk’ zone as BTC ETF demand collapses

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The institutional offer under Bitcoin BTC$74,067.20 works with steam. US spot Bitcoin ETFs have absorbed a net 4,500 BTC since the start of the year, an unusually low number given that the products were the structural buyer that fueled the 2025 rally, according to Swissblock data shared on Tuesday. March and April produced a steady

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The US CFTC files a request to cancel the Gemini settlement which it no longer considers fair

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants to end a long-standing dispute with cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, with the agency insisting that its own staff’s claims that Gemini made misleading statements were not handled properly. The CFTC filed a request alongside Gemini in federal court to overturn a settlement reached early last year, with the current

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BTC pulls back near $74,000 as investors look elsewhere for gains

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Just $70 billion ago, memory chip maker Micron Technology (MU) yesterday soared 21% and surpassed a $1 trillion valuation, alongside a massive hike in UBS’s price targets. South Korean company SK Hynix followed suit, rising 9.3% on Wednesday in Seoul to surpass $1 trillion in market value. Its shares are up more than 1,000% in

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Mastercard Secures New York BitLicense to Support Stablecoin and Digital Payments Infrastructure

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Mastercard has received a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), giving the payments giant permission to conduct digital asset business within one of the strictest crypto regulatory frameworks in the United States. The company announced on Wednesday that Mastercard Transaction Services (US) LLC had obtained the license as part of

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Top Crypto Exchanges Increase Scrutiny of Transfers With HTX Over UK Sanctions

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Several major cryptocurrency exchanges warned users this week that transfers involving HTX could be subject to additional compliance checks after the UK sanctioned the exchange over alleged links to Russian financial networks. The UK government added HTX to its Russia sanctions list as part of a wider program targeting entities accused of contributing to sanctions

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Search results negotiated by Google engineers on Polymarket, federal government claims

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A Google security engineer, Michele Spagnuolo, was arrested and charged with alleged insider trading by betting on Polymarket on what Google users were searching for, U.S. officials said Wednesday. According to a complaint unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Spagnuolo used “material nonpublic information” to bet on who

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