Disclosure: The author of this story owns stock in Strategy (MSTR). Strategy (MSTR), the largest Bitcoin holding company in the world BTC$77,166.67repurchased $1.5 billion of its 0% senior convertible bonds due 2029 for $1.38 billion last week, choosing to reduce its debt rather than increase its bitcoin cash, according to a filing Tuesday. The company […]
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European stablecoin issuer StablR has suspended minting and redemption services for its USDR and EURR tokens after a cyberattack left the assets undercollateralized, according to a company statement. Onchain investigator ZachXBT publicly reported the exploit over the weekend, posting that two contracts linked to StablR’s USDR and EURR stablecoins appeared compromised. The Malta-based company said
Bitcoin BTC$77,368.07 was trading at $76,600 on Tuesday, down 0.8% since midnight UTC, as Monday’s brief rebound to $77,800 fades. The move leaves the largest cryptocurrency potentially forming another lower high in a bearish structure in place since October and down 7% over the past two weeks. This weakness is not reflected in the broader
XRP Ledger, the layer 1 blockchain that uses the XRP token to facilitate multi-currency transactions, is expected to implement a major maintenance and bug fix upgrade on Wednesday. If you are running a node, a computer that helps verify transactions on the network, you must update to the latest version before the deadline or you
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The price of Bitcoin BTC$76,856.32 closely follows the price realized in 2026, currently around $76,200, according to Checkonchain, since the beginning of April. The realized price is the average on-chain acquisition cost of all bitcoins that were last moved in a specific year. In other words, it reflects the overall cost base of market participants
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Ondo Finance founder Nathan Allman has died, the company announced in an article on X on Tuesday, without revealing the cause. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Nathan Allman, the founder of Ondo. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones,” the company said. “Nate’s genius, humility and
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The decentralized Hyperliquid platform now competes with established betting platforms such as Polymarket, but with a differentiated bet resolution mechanism. The leading decentralized exchange has expanded its HIP-4 results contracts beyond crypto price milestones to real-world events. This native prediction market infrastructure allows users to trade macro contracts, such as inflation data and interest rate
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The combined market value of all stablecoins has reached an all-time high of $322 billion, eclipsing the foreign exchange reserves of 95 countries, including several developed countries. Currently, their combined market capitalization is greater than the foreign exchange reserves of Poland, Thailand, Mexico and developed economies like the United Kingdom, Canada and even the oil
XRP spent weeks tightening in a tight range, but the market finally began to decline after another failure above resistance near $1.36. The move is important because repeated tests of support tend to weaken buyers over time, and XRP is now heading back toward the same $1.30 area that traders have treated as the dividing
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Privacy tokens have returned the largest share of gains that crypto markets were holding on to. Zcash (ZEC) fell 5.2% over 24 hours to $619, the biggest decline among the top 20 by market cap, although the token is still up 8.2% over the past seven days, according to CoinDesk data. Monero (XMR) fell 4%
