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Key Senate Democrat Wants US Crypto Bill to Pass, SEC Chief Reveals Risk of Defeat

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One way or another, the US crypto industry is likely to receive an official policy defining which digital assets receive what treatment from which federal agencies. The problem: it might not last. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins is working to reverse the “head in the sand” approach he accuses his predecessors of taking […]

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BTC Poised to Prosper with AI and Other Innovations, Says Cathie Wood

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New York — Bitcoin BTC$65,998.73 is not just a hedge against inflation, according to Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, but against something more disruptive: deflation driven by technological acceleration. In a conversation with Anthony Pompliano during Bitcoin Investor Week in New York, Wood argued that traditional financial systems are unprepared for an upcoming “productivity

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Digital Asset Exchange Traded Product Landscape: Past, Present and Future

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In today’s newsletter, Joshua De Vos, Head of Research at CoinDesk, summarizes his latest crypto ETF report covering U.S. adoption, the speed at which it is occurring, and the concentration of assets. In Continue Reading, we link to the US and Global ETF reports for those who want to dig deeper. -Sarah Morton Digital Asset

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Standard Chartered sees bitcoin (BTC) slipping to $50,000, ether (ETH) to $1,400 before recovery

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Investment bank Standard Chartered has lowered its near-term and full-year price forecasts for major cryptocurrencies, citing continued downside risk due to outflows from exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and a challenging macroeconomic backdrop that is pressuring the market. The bank is now waiting for Bitcoin BTC$67,549.09 fall to around $50,000 in the coming months, with ether ETH$1,963.18

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Pakistan’s Bilal Bin Saqib says crypto is a necessity, not a luxury

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Pakistan didn’t wake up one morning and decide it liked crypto, the chairman of the country’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has said. The country was in the unusual position of having one of the largest crypto markets on the planet, but no safeguards at all, PVARA Chairman Bilal Bin Saqib told Consensus Hong Kong

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Bitcoin L2 Builders Showcase BTCFi as the Next Institutional Unlock

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Hong Kong — Layer 2 Bitcoin builders argued Thursday that the next phase of crypto’s evolution will not be about replacing bitcoin with “digital gold” but about making it productive. Speaking at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, executives from Citrea, Rootstock Labs and investment firm BlockSpaceForce argued that Bitcoin’s scaling layers are less about raw throughput

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Michael Terpin, CEO of Transform Ventures, says Bitcoin could see ‘an additional pain point’

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The current state of the crypto market is playing out almost exactly as historical trends suggest, according to Michael Terpin, CEO of Transform Ventures. That’s why he was skeptical of recent overly optimistic fundraising appeals. “When people thought the bottom would be at $80,000 and it would just be a six-week bear market, that seems

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Espresso Network Launches ESP Token With 10% Airdrop Amid Ethereum Layer 2 Debate

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The Espresso Network has officially moved to a permissionless proof-of-stake blockchain with the launch of its ESP token, opening up participation in securing the network and distributing a community airdrop representing 10% of the total supply. The transition coincides with the deployment of the ESP token, which is used for staking, thereby securing participation in

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Hundreds of developers participated in the Consensus Hong Kong 2026 hackathon

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As the curtain falls on Hong Kong Consensus 2026, the focus has shifted from corporate boardrooms to the living room. While institutional debates dominated the main stages, nearly 1,000 developers spent the week in the trenches at the EasyA x Consensus Hackathon, signaling a definitive turning point in the industry: “the year of the application

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