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ECB chooses 36 companies, including Deutsche Bank and Revolut, for CBDC pilot project

The European Central Bank (ECB) has selected 36 banks and payments companies to join a digital euro pilot from the second half of next year, as it prepares the central bank digital currency (CBDC) for potential issuance in 2029. The group, selected from 50 applicants, includes Adyen, Deutsche Bank, Revolut, SumUp, UniCredit and Worldline, the

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Benchmark Nearly Doubles Hut 8 Price Target to $165 on Beacon Point AI Data Center Deal

Companies such as Hut 8, Core Scientific (CORZ), Hive Digital (HIVE), and Bit Digital (BTBT) have repositioned some of their power and infrastructure assets to serve AI workloads, betting that long-term contracts with hyperscale clients will generate more stable, higher-margin revenue than cryptocurrency mining alone. Hut 8 signed two 15-year triple net leases covering 597

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US-Iranian escalation weighs on Bitcoin (BTC) price and stocks as oil climbs: Crypto Daily

Bitcoin BTC$62,805.01 fell over the past 24 hours to $62,600 as traders abandoned riskier investments amid growing inflation concerns linked to rising oil prices. Brent crude is up almost 4% over the period, reflecting the resumption of open conflict between the United States and Iran. This revives the so-called Nacho (No Chance of Opening Hormuz)

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Bitcoin’s BIP-110 has sparked a fight over who will decide the future of Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s consensus rules have historically treated valid transactions the same, regardless of their purpose. BIP-110 raised concerns that rules aimed at discouraging one category of transactions risked opening the door to future restrictions on others. BIP-110 rejected The manner in which the proposal was approved was also controversial. Bitcoin upgrades typically only happen after massive

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Retail traders promote XRP and ether during a dip, but history says a crash could be next

Retail traders pile into XRP and ether as both tokens slide, the kind of crowd behavior that more often precedes a bigger drop than a rebound. XRP attracted 3.02 bullish comments on social media for every bearish comment on Monday, its most positive reading in five weeks, according to Santiment. Ether settled at 2.31 and

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