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Democrats urge warning federal officials against insider bets in predictive markets

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More than 40 Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have sent a letter to a federal regulator and ethics officials asking them to warn government officials that insider trading in derivatives is illegal and that the bets they make on prediction markets, like Polymarket and Kalshi, fall into that category. Top Democrats […]

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Charles Hoskinson says crypto hasn’t seen mass adoption, his $200 million midnight bet aims to fix that

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Midnight, a blockchain backed by Charles Hoskinson, went live on Monday, designed to fix what the Cardano founder described as crypto’s key design flaws by making it private, simple and safer to use. Crypto has spent more than a decade solving the wrong problems and failing to penetrate the real-world economy, Hoskinson said in an

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Zcash (ZEC) Advantage Depends on a Reassessment of Financial Privacy in an AI-Driven World, Grayscale Says

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Zcash (ZEC) is a bet that the rise of AI surveillance will make financial privacy more valuable, and the crypto market is undervaluing that possibility, according to asset manager Grayscale. “Zcash is almost 10 years old but could be entering a new chapter. Use of its protection technology is increasing and new capital is entering

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Bitcoin payments go mainstream as Square automatically enables BTC for small businesses

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Jack Dorsey’s Square announced Monday that it is starting to automatically allow bitcoin payments for millions of eligible U.S. small businesses, marking one of the most aggressive efforts ever to integrate crypto into mainstream commerce. Subsidiary Block (XYZ) said businesses can now accept bitcoin without any additional setup and with transactions instantly converted to US

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Trump family BTC company builds 7,000 BTC treasury in less than seven months

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American Bitcoin (ABTC), the company backed by the Donald Trump family, reached 7,000 BTC in its bitcoin BTC$66,887.66 reserve, representing approximately a tripling of these assets since its debut on Nasdaq in September 2025, according to the company. The company also reported that its satoshis per share more than doubled, a metric that reflects the

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Cryptocurrencies like COIN and HOOD have bottomed before hitting profits and are trading at a ‘big’ discount, says Bernstein

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Crypto-related stocks are near a bottom heading into first-quarter earnings, according to Wall Street broker Bernstein, who said the sector’s roughly 60% decline from 2025 highs has created “great companies at deep discounts.” “The combination of geopolitics and temporary crypto weakness sentiment offers significant discounts to crypto stocks,” analysts led by Gautam Chhugani said in

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Latest SEC Crypto Guidance Still Leaves Too Much Unsaid

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On Tuesday, March 19, the SEC issued joint guidance with the CFTC to “finally” clarify how securities laws apply to digital assets. On many issues, including staking and meme coins, the SEC’s new guidance is a welcome development and a marked improvement from Gensler’s time. He also rightly acknowledges that the agency’s “regulation by enforcement”

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Bitcoin (BTC) Hashrate Falls as Miners Shift Capital to AI Infrastructure

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For the first time in six years, bitcoin BTC$67,755.60 Hashrate, the total computing power securing the network, fell during the first quarter. It is currently down about 4% year to date, hovering around 1 zettahash per second (ZH/s). Over the past five years, the rate has increased from around 100 exahashes per second (EH/s), a

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