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Americans traded $571 million on Polymarket politic bets despite U.S. ban
Americans are not supposed to be on Polymarket, but they were its biggest national political crowd over the last year anyway.
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Barstool's Portnoy plans to hold bitcoin down to zero after timing it wrong every time
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said this week that he will hold his bitcoin
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Tokenization's next use case is personalized portfolios, NYLIM executive says
Tokenization advocates often point to faster settlement, around-the-clock trading and using the tokens in decentralized finance (DeFi) as the biggest advantages of bringing traditional assets onto blockchain rails.
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Bitcoin experts split over plan to freeze Satoshi's 1.1 million bitcoin as quantum threat grows
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao's suggestion that the estimated 1.1 million tokens belonging to Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto should be frozen to prevent them from being stolen should quantum computers break the block…
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Bitcoin jumps above $63,000, reversing end-June losses
Bitcoin climbed above $63,000 in U.S. morning hours Saturday, up 1.4% over 24 hours and 3.6% on the week, per CoinDesk data, its highest in two weeks and a full reversal of the losses that closed out June.
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Why bitcoin's disconnect from record-high stocks won't last
Despite record highs in equities, the world's largest cryptocurrency has struggled to regain momentum while U.S. technology stocks have surged on enthusiasm surrounding AI as it currently trades just below the $62,000 m…
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Trump's crypto token buyers are down $3.8 billion, blockchain data shows
Investors holding the TRUMP memecoin are down $3.81 billion combined, while the U.S. President made more than $1.4 billion from his crypto ties, according to data from analytics firm Nansen shared with CoinDesk.
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How ethical hackers with just a $3,000 server found a flaw that could've put $70 billion in crypto at risk
A $3,000 server was enough for a blockchain security researcher to simulate an attack path they say could have put as much as $70 billion in crypto infrastructure at risk.
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EU moves to block retail investors from explosive boom of multibillion-dollar prediction markets
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said some prediction-market contracts may be covered by the European Union’s binary options ban, warning firms that yes-or-no event contracts cannot be marketed, dist…
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Europe led on crypto regulation. Now implementation must match ambition
Europe has done something important. With MiCA, the EU created the world’s first comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto-assets. That is a significant achievement, not only for the digital asset industry, but for …
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UK's bold new crypto rules promise to unlock global trading, but huge compliance hurdles still threaten the rollout
The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) unveiled its cryptocurrency regulatory framework this week, winning early praise for taking an internationally connected approach, but industry participants said significant …
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Bitcoin’s next parabolic run may need $1 trillion in fresh capital
Bitcoin returns far less for every dollar of new money entering it than it did in its early years, a decline in capital efficiency that has grown sharper as the asset has scaled.
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XRP climbs 8% as record holder losses signal better risk-reward for buyers
XRP holders are underwater by more, on average, than they have ever been, according to onchain data that some traders treat as a contrarian floor signal.
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Revolut to Delist USDT, Ends Support by August 31
Revolut, Europe’s largest fintech company, will end support for USDT, with the delisting process beginning this month. Users can buy USDT until July 6, deposit USDT until July 30, and sell or withdraw their holdings to …
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Bitcoin whales bought $16.7 billion of bitcoin in 2 weeks even as ETFs bled a record $4 billion
U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) shed $4.06 billion in June, their worst month since listing, past the previous record of $3.56 billion set in February 2025.
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Bitcoin, ether traders aren't fully buying the bounce, options markets show
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Live updates: More bitcoin is now held at a loss than at a profit
Roughly 10.83 million BTC are currently held at a loss, meaning their holders paid more than today's price, against 9.22 million still in profit, according to Glassnode data. It is the first time loss-making supply has …
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Trump says there is ‘nothing wrong’ with family’s crypto windfall
President Donald Trump said there is 'nothing wrong' with the money his family has made in crypto, responding to financial disclosures that showed he earned at least $1.4 billion from the industry last year.
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Tokenization could make finance faster, but also more susceptible to shocks, IMF says
Tokenization, the process of moving financial assets into a blockchain environment, could make markets faster and cheaper. It could also make them more vulnerable to shocks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned …
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EToro invests in onchain derivatives platform Extended as brokers race into DeFi
Digital broker eToro (ETOR) is doubling down on decentralized finance (DeFi) as online brokerages race to bring blockchain-based trading to mainstream investors.
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US Treasury sanctions over 100 ISIS-K crypto addresses that moved over $1.4 million
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added 134 crypto wallet addresses to its ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) sanctions entry on Wednesday, including 131 Tron addresses and 3 Monero addresses.
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Ondo Finance debuts SEC-aligned tokenized stock model with BlackRock ETF, Micron shares
The company said Thursday the tokenized securities are issued on Ethereum through Oasis Pro TA, an SEC-registered transfer agent Ondo acquired last year. Financial infrastructure provider Broadridge (BR) will handle pro…
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SBI Crypto to shut down mining pool that holds roughly 2% of Bitcoin's hashrate
SBI Crypto has announced it will shut down its mining pool on July 31, ending a service tied to one of Japan’s largest financial groups and giving miners less than a month to redirect their hashrate.
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Bitwise says STRC selloff signals crypto cycle nearing a bottom, not Strategy’s breaking point
Asset manager Bitwise said the sharp decline in Strategy’s (MSTR) perpetual preferred stock, STRC, is a hallmark of a maturing crypto cycle rather than evidence of a looming crisis at the company.