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AI boom fuels inflation fears, complicating Fed’s next rate move
Ongoing strong demand for AI infrastructure “would likely sustain upward pressure on prices for technology products and electricity,” Federal Reserve policymakers said.
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Crypto VC Paradigm raises $1.2B to push into AI
Crypto venture firm Paradigm is widening its investment gaze toward AI and other frontier industries with its latest fund.
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Bitcoin, ether steady, gold slides as U.S.-Iran tensions escalate again
Bitcoin held above $62,000 on Thursday while the assets that are supposed to absorb a war premium moved in opposite directions.
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Mark Cuban-backed DeFi dashboard Zapper shutters after 7 years
Zapper provided crypto market data to over 2 million monthly active users and oversaw more than $13 billion in processed transactions during its peak.
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Crypto could benefit if Fed steps in to backstop US stock market: Analysts
The size and scope of the US stock market “gives policymakers a strong incentive to backstop major drawdowns,” said Bitget Wallet COO, Alvin Kan.
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Adam Back’s Bitcoin treasury company seeks new terms with Cantor for SPAC merger
The Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company and Cantor Equity Partners I announced that they were looking into amending the terms of a 2025 merger deal that “better reflected market conditions.”
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The New Grok 4.5 Is Out. Elon Musk Says It Competes With Last Year's Claude Opus
Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5 on Wednesday, its first public model since the SpaceX-xAI merger closed in February and SpaceX's pending $60 billion deal to acquire Cursor. It targets coders, engineers, and what …
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Bitcoin tumbles back to key $60K support level: What’s behind the sell pressure?
Bitcoin faces renewed sell pressure amid an oil price surge, Japan economic contagion risks and a fresh round of selling from Strategy.
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Bank of England governor denies Farage lobbying swayed CBDC policy: Report
Andrew Bailey reportedly said Bank of England policy remained independent after a meeting with Nigel Farage that included discussions on cryptocurrency.
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Malaysia Seizes Over 75,000 Crypto Mining Rigs in Power-Theft Crackdown
Malaysian authorities have seized more than 75,000 cryptocurrency mining machines in over 3,000 raids nationwide between 2022 and May 2026, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar told parliament on Wednesday, …
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Bitcoin ETFs 'Turning a Corner' After Record Bleed Hits $8 Billion
Wall Street’s favorite crypto vehicles have notched net inflows for three consecutive days, reversing a record slump as investors cautiously wade back into Bitcoin.
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Stablecoin-settled TradFi perpetual trading tops $1.1T: Binance Research
A new Binance Research report said stablecoins are fast becoming a preferred settlement layer for tokenized TradFi markets while gaining traction in payments and savings.
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Tokenized stock transfers surge 105% in a month to $8.4B
Industry data shows trading activity and market value accelerating as crypto companies and traditional financial institutions expand tokenized equity initiatives.
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Officials set to revise MiCA to cover non-EU stablecoin issuers: Report
EU officials reportedly plan to consider changes to the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, dubbed by some as “MiCA 2.0,” in response to a US stablecoin law and rules on tokenized payments and deposits.
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XRP Logo Lands on Kansas Jayhawks Jerseys as Ripple Inks Multi-Year Deal
Ripple, the payments company whose founders created the XRP cryptocurrency, has inked a multi-year sponsorship deal with the University of Kansas Athletics that will place the XRP logo on the jerseys of all Kansas athle…
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Bitcoin peels back to $62K as Fed-wary futures traders cut risk: Is the BTC rally over?
Bitcoin hovered around the $62,000 mark following a spike in oil prices, escalating hot war in Iran and traders’ move to cut risk ahead of a Federal Reserve policy statement.
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Lucky Trader Turns $85 Into $2 Million on Robinhood Chain Meme Coin
A patient meme coin investor turned less than $100 into a small fortune on a new meme coin on Robinhood Chain, the new Ethereum layer-2 network from the brokerage and crypto exchange Robinhood.
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Polymarket bets on U.S. marketing blitz to win back trust after 4-year ban: Report
Polymarket has started a campaign to persuade policymakers, regulators and potential users that it is trustworthy, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
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Bitcoin slides as Iran ceasefire collapse sees $75 oil on Hormuz blockade threats
Bitcoin price pressure took BTC toward the "crucial" $61,000 mark as oil prices soared on the collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire.
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Kraken Wins $22M From Auditor That Abandoned It During Operation Choke Point 2.0
Kraken's parent company, Payward, has won a $22 million arbitration award against its former auditor, Mazars USA, which walked away from a nearly finished audit, the crypto exchange said in a blog post on Tuesday.
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BNB Chain Plans New Layer-1 for AI Agents and Quantum Future
AI agents may be ready to trade crypto—but BNB Chain says today’s blockchains aren’t ready for them.
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Citadel abandons multi-year crypto lawsuit to focus on bankruptcy order against an ex-employee
Citadel abandoned its U.S. trade secrets lawsuit against crypto market maker Portofino Technologies, saying it no longer made financial sense to pursue another court victory while struggling to collect a nearly 6 millio…
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Dinari, tZERO join forces on turnkey platform for tokenized U.S. equities
Tokenization specialist Dinari and broker-dealer tZERO are working together to offer broker-dealers a turnkey platform for tokenized U.S. equities, as competition intensifies over how public stocks should move onto bloc…
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BTC speculators in focus as analysis says 'textbook Bitcoin bottom' is underway
Analysis flagged a Bitcoin moving average derivative that last triggered at the end of the 2022 bear market as BTC price action returned to its reversal zone.