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Kimi K3 Just Triggered DeepSeek Flashbacks for the Stock Market
China did it again. Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3 in the dead of night and markets woke up today doing what they always do when a Chinese lab closes the gap: They panicked.
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Galaxy Puts Its Name on Texas Tech's Stadium in a 15-Year, Crypto-Native Deal
Starting with the 2026 season, Texas Tech's football stadium—currently Jones AT&T Stadium—will be rebranded Galaxy Stadium. Galaxy Digital, the Nasdaq-listed (GLXY) trading, asset-management and data-center company, ann…
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Stripe and Swift race to control the next generation of global payments infrastructure
Two of the world's biggest payment networks made major blockchain moves this week, highlighting what some have described as a growing competition between the two to control the infrastructure behind tokenized payments.
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Three Men Jailed for Posing as Police in $5.3M UK Crypto Fraud
Three men have been jailed in the UK for a £4 million ($5.3 million) cryptocurrency fraud in which they posed as police officers to convince victims to hand over their coins—then spent the proceeds on Rolexes, designer …
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Stablecoin growth will erode bank deposits, says ECB’s Cipollone
ECB’s Piero Cipollone said stablecoin adoption could erode bank deposits, but the digital euro will keep banks at the center of payments.
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Live markets: Bitcoin slips to $63,000 as the chip rout goes global
Futures tied to WTI crude oil are on track for their best week since mid-April, surging nearly 12%.
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Dutch court declares crypto platform Knaken bankrupt over missing funds
The Rotterdam court said bankruptcy was necessary to ensure an orderly settlement because the company lacked enough assets to fully repay users.
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UK sentences 2 hackers tied to $115M crypto ransom scheme
The United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) and City of London Police said two men associated with the “Scattered Spider” hacking group were sentenced to five years and six months in prison.
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The British Virgin Islands are a top crypto hub no one ever talks about: Here’s why
Kraken, Bitstamp, 1inch and Bitfinex have all set up shop in the British Virgin Islands — but you might find it tricky to book an on-site meeting with one of their executives.
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Morning Minute: Citadel Securities Invests $400M in Crypto.com
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt
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AI frenzy losing steam leaves bitcoin less volatile than South Korean stocks
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Bitcoin Tests $63K as Long-Term Holders Keep Selling at a Loss
Bitcoin is testing the $63,000 level, weighed down by a broad retreat from risky assets and persistent selling from long-term holders cashing out at a loss.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum Option Expiry Today
About 19,000 Bitcoin options worth $1.2 billion and 123,000 Ethereum options worth $230 million expired on July 17, according to Greeks.live. Bitcoin options had a 0.9 put-call ratio and a $63,000 maximum pain level, wh…
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US indicts crypto investor over alleged $20M fraud scheme
Federal prosecutors allege the South Dakota investor used false promises to raise money, repaid earlier investors with new funds and laundered proceeds through crypto exchanges.
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Bitcoin’s anti-spam fight gets a 'DOG Mode' reply
Five days after CoinDesk reported that a proposal to purge non-financial data from Bitcoin was approaching deadline with effectively zero miner backing, some developers in the community have a different plan that skips …
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Airbnb CEO says X account was hacked, attacker posted AI-slop on tokenization
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said his X account was hacked, and the attacker posted a thread promoting tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) that was criticized as being heavily AI-assisted.
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Bitcoin ETFs add $368M in three-day buying streak
US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $79.2 million on Thursday, lifting their three-day inflow total to about $368 million as Bitcoin attempted a price recovery.
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MacOS malware hijacks Telegram sessions, targets crypto wallets: SlowMist
A macOS malware steals credentials to hijack Telegram sessions, decrypt cryptocurrency wallets or trick users into entering their wallet recovery phrases through fake applications.
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Ordinals advocate Leonidas proposes new Bitcoin client: ‘$DOG Mode’
“Over time the economic incentives will drive $DOG Mode’s adoption and force Bitcoin Core to stop gatekeeping and allow these completely valid transactions,” said Leonidas.
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Balaji seeks Malaysia deal, threatens exit after Network School probe
“If we are not welcome, there are many other countries that would welcome us,” said Network School founder Balaji Srinivasan in a message to the Malaysian prime minister.
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Bitcoin liquidity clusters determine BTC’s price direction as futures flow fuels price
Bitcoin futures traders are propping up the current market move, while liquidation heatmap data provides hints on where BTC price may go next.
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Trump Media sells Wall Street low-latency access to Trump posts
The paid Truth API is aimed at high-frequency trading firms seeking “the fastest” access to market-moving Truth Social posts, including those from US President Donald Trump.
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Polygon CEO announces job cuts amid Coinme acquisition
The round of layoffs was part of Polygon transitioning operations to payments following a $250 million deal to acquire Coinme and Sequence in January.
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Trump teleprompter operator made $100K betting on Kalshi markets tied to speeches: ABC
According to ABC News, federal regulators are investigating whether the longtime White House staffer used nonpublic information to profit from event contracts tied to President Donald Trump’s speeches.