A Nevada state judge on Friday extended a temporary ban on sports-related contracts from prediction market provider Kalshi in the Silver State. First Judicial District Court Judge Jason Woodbury told attorneys during a hearing at the Carson City courthouse that he also would grant the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s request to impose a preliminary injunction […]
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Google’s Quantum AI team said earlier this week that a future quantum computer could derive a Bitcoin private key from a public key in about nine minutes. This figure ricocheted across social media and scared markets. But in concrete terms, what does this mean? Let’s start with how Bitcoin transactions work. When you send bitcoins,
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Brokerage services giant Charles Schwab plans to roll out cryptocurrency spot trading in the first half of 2026, pushing it deeper into digital assets. “We remain on track to launch our spot crypto offering in the first half of 2026, starting with bitcoin. BTC$66,839.45 and ether (ETH),” a company spokesperson told CoinDesk on Friday. The
After the $285 million Drift hack, the focus is now on Circle (CRCL) and whether the company could have done more to stop the money. The attacker siphoned off approximately $71 million in USDC as part of the exploit on Wednesday, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield. After converting most of the rest of the
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XRP climbs higher, but does not break out. The token is hovering around $1.33 after a slight rise, with higher volume – but the price still does not escape its range. This generally means that the positioning is built and not the conviction. News context XRP rose just over 1% to $1.33 with volume about
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Our chief economics correspondent, Ben Casselman, describes how a “low-hiring, low-firing” job market has left American job seekers in a bind.
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NEAR Protocol (NEAR) gained 5.8% and Avalanche (AVAX) climbed 3.6%.
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The U.S. job market has rebounded significantly after February’s steep losses. According to a release released Friday morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the country created 178,000 jobs in March, after losing 133,000 positions the previous month. Economists predicted the creation of 60,000 jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 4.3% compared to 4.4% in
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The Ethereum Foundation staked approximately $93 million in ether (ETH) on Thursday in multiple batches, bringing its total position to approximately $143 million and nearly meeting the 70,000 ETH stake target announced in February, according to Arkham data. The total deposit of 45,034 ETH was divided into uniform chunks of 2,047 ETH, each worth approximately
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless otherwise noted) Bitcoin BTC$66,856.12 is stuck in a tight range near $66,600 ahead of the Good Friday holiday, as geopolitical tensions and changing macroeconomic expectations keep prices contained. Although the cryptocurrency saw an uptick over the past 24 hours, it failed to break above $67,000. The country is
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