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And then Bitcoin (BTC) fails to surpass $73,000 for the third time since the ceasefire

Bitcoin returned to $71,843 on Friday after a third attempt to break above $73,000 resulted in a sell-off on Thursday, a level that has now rejected the price in every rally since the Iranian conflict began in late February. The retirement is modest. Bitcoin is up 7.9% for the week, its strongest weekly performance of […]

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XRP Climbs to $1.35 on Breakout, What’s Next for Ripple-Linked Token

XRP is trying to stabilize after a strong rally, but the bigger question is whether this is real strength or just a short-term rebound. The breakout occurred on solid volume, but the lack of follow-through and weakness in the broader structure suggest buyers remain cautious. News context XRP ETFs saw $3.32 million in inflows, but

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Quantum-secure Bitcoin now possible without soft fork, but costs $200 apiece

A StarkWare researcher has published what he says is the first method today to make Bitcoin transactions quantum-secure on the live network, without any changes to the Bitcoin protocol. The system, however, costs up to $200 per transaction and is designed as an emergency measure rather than a permanent solution. In a paper published this

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OKX and HashKey invest in new Vietnamese exchange ahead of crypto licensing push

OKX Ventures and HashKey Capital are backing a new Vietnam-based crypto exchange as Hanoi accelerates its efforts to bring one of the world’s most active retail crypto markets under formal regulation. Vietnam Prosperity Crypto Asset Exchange (CAEX) said on Friday that the two companies have agreed to invest and become strategic partners alongside founding shareholders

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Mythos AI threat prompts Bessent, Powell to summon bank CEOs for urgent talks

Mythos’ AI fear is real – enough for US regulators to call an urgent meeting and assess what Anthropic’s advanced artificial intelligence model could mean for banks. The meeting took place Tuesday, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell speaking with CEOs of Wall Street banks to discuss possible cybersecurity risks related

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A $145 million FARTCOIN bet triggered $51 million in liquidations and a 50% crash in tokens.

An outsized bet on the meme coin “Fartcoin,” which sent it skyrocketing, ended in a 50% crash. A group of wallets attempted to drive up the price of Fartcoin by creating a token $145.24 million long position in Hyperliquid, the decentralized, perpetual futures exchange that has become the venue of choice for leveraged crypto bets

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Tokenized perpetual swaps reach $31 billion in weekly volume on commodity volatility

Trading in tokenized versions of traditional assets surged in the first quarter, with perpetual swaps linked to commodities and stocks attracting billions in weekly volume and bringing 24/7 activity to a wider range of markets. Weekly trading volume of these assets jumped to $30.7 billion, or 1.72% of the total crypto derivatives market, at the

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Meta doubles AI investment with $21 billion CoreWeave (CRWV) partnership

CoreWeave (CRWV) and Meta (META) have expanded their existing partnership, initially valued at $14.2 billion, with a new deal worth approximately $21 billion. Under the agreement, CoreWeave will provide dedicated cloud capacity to Meta through 2032, contributing to the development and deployment of its AI technologies. The infrastructure will span multiple locations and feature early

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Binance enters the prediction markets arena via Predict.fun integration

Binance has added a market prediction feature to its Binance Wallet, giving users a way to trade on the probability of real-world events without leaving the app. The rolloaut connects Binance Wallet to Predict.fun, a decentralized platform built on BNB Smart Chain and is not supported in all regions in which the exchange operates. The

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$5M Political Donation From BitMEX’s Delo Lands Amid UK Crypto Crackdown

Ben Delo, co-founder of crypto exchange BitMEX, said he donated 4 million pounds ($5.1 million) to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, in an opinion piece published in the Telegraph on Wednesday. Delo wrote that the contribution was made “since the start of this year” to help make Reform UK “a genuine alternative party of government”.

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