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Bitcoin stalls below $83K while altcoins flash bullish rotation: Crypto Markets Today
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1d 18h ago

Bitcoin stalls below $83K while altcoins flash bullish rotation: Crypto Markets Today

Altcoins outperformed bitcoin and ether on Thursday as traders rotated into higher-risk assets amid improving market sentiment.

Safety first: Why Adam Back says Bitcoin is winning the 'DeFi security war'
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1d 18h ago

Safety first: Why Adam Back says Bitcoin is winning the 'DeFi security war'

Blockstream CEO Adam Back said at Consensus Miami 2026 that sovereigns and pension funds will drive the next bitcoin adoption wave.

Core Scientific sold $208 million of bitcoin in Q1 as AI pivot continues
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1d 18h ago

Core Scientific sold $208 million of bitcoin in Q1 as AI pivot continues

The firm's AI pivot relies on a 590 MW contract expansion with CoreWeave, projected for $10.2B in revenue over 12 years.

The metaverse isn't a place: Why Animoca’s Yat Siu says the future is 100 billion AI agents
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1d 19h ago

The metaverse isn't a place: Why Animoca’s Yat Siu says the future is 100 billion AI agents

Yat Siu said the metaverse is evolving beyond immersive digital worlds, with AI agents increasingly handling commerce, payments and coordination through blockchain infrastructure in the background.

BTC lenders say institutions want crypto credit to look more like TradFi
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1d 22h ago

BTC lenders say institutions want crypto credit to look more like TradFi

At Consensus 2026 in Miami, executives from Two Prime, Ledn and Lygos Finance said institutional borrowers increasingly prioritize custody, transparency and standardized lending structures over complex DeFi products after the crypto credit collapses of 2022.

Trump family-backed American Bitcoin's costs dropped 23% in Q1 as mining industry pivots to AI
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1d 22h ago

Trump family-backed American Bitcoin's costs dropped 23% in Q1 as mining industry pivots to AI

The Trump family-linked miner cut its cost per Bitcoin to roughly $36,200 from $46,900 in Q4 2025, putting it among the lowest-cost public mining operations at a moment when most of its peers are toning down business.

Bitcoin (BTC) price prediction: Three signals pointing to a possible jump to $85,000
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1d 23h ago

Bitcoin (BTC) price prediction: Three signals pointing to a possible jump to $85,000

Bitcoin has broken key cost basis levels, funding rates have flipped neutral, and options positioning is turning supportive. The three signals that suggest further gains may be ahead.

Wall Street's BNY expands crypto custody in Abu Dhabi, starting with bitcoin, ether
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1d 23h ago

Wall Street's BNY expands crypto custody in Abu Dhabi, starting with bitcoin, ether

The Wall Street giant, which oversees $59 trillion in client assets, teamed up with Finstreet and ADI Foundation for digital asset infrastructure.

Ripple, JPMorgan settle first cross-border tokenized Treasury redemption on XRP Ledger
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1d 23h ago

Ripple, JPMorgan settle first cross-border tokenized Treasury redemption on XRP Ledger

The pilot, run with Ondo Finance and Mastercard, processed the redemption of Ondo's OUSG tokenized Treasury fund in under five seconds.

Dogecoin slides 4%, bitcoin rally pauses as Iran ceasefire optimism lifts equities
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2d 0h ago

Dogecoin slides 4%, bitcoin rally pauses as Iran ceasefire optimism lifts equities

Crypto majors took a breather Thursday after a strong run, with bitcoin holding around $81,000 and ether slipping below $2,330 as global equities pushed to fresh records on hopes of a US-Iran deal.

AI agents becoming more relevant than humans by 2035 has Big Tech 'terrified', says Hoskinson
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2d 6h ago

AI agents becoming more relevant than humans by 2035 has Big Tech 'terrified', says Hoskinson

The founder and CEO of Cardano’s Input Output said Google, Amazon and Facebook are terrified because AI agents will not behave like humans when confronted with ads.

Nasdaq's president says the SEC’s new crypto stance is letting markets 'build' again
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2d 6h ago

Nasdaq's president says the SEC’s new crypto stance is letting markets 'build' again

Nasdaq’s Tal Cohen said a friendlier SEC is giving crypto firms and exchanges room to experiment with tokenization and digital market infrastructure.

DTCC, Wall Street's clearinghouse, works with blockchains to tokenize corporate actions
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2d 6h ago

DTCC, Wall Street's clearinghouse, works with blockchains to tokenize corporate actions

DTCC CEO Frank La Salla said the clearing giant is working with layer-1 blockchains to bring millions in corporate actions like dividend payments onchain, but challenges remain.

Crypto’s mainstream moment has arrived, industry leaders say
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2d 6h ago

Crypto’s mainstream moment has arrived, industry leaders say

Executives from Binance, Revolut and Circle say crypto is evolving beyond speculation into the financial infrastructure powering payments, remittances and broader global access.

Bitcoin’s post-quantum migration will be harder than Taproot and needs to start now, Project Eleven CEO says
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2d 6h ago

Bitcoin’s post-quantum migration will be harder than Taproot and needs to start now, Project Eleven CEO says

Alex Pruden said the asymmetry between acting on a post-quantum signature scheme today and waiting for certainty about quantum-computing hardware timelines means Bitcoin developers should move from research into production.

Reid Hoffman says NFTs may make a comeback as AI agents strain online identity
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2d 6h ago

Reid Hoffman says NFTs may make a comeback as AI agents strain online identity

The Greylock partner and LinkedIn co-founder said autonomous agents will need crypto-based trust systems to transact across the open internet.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs solved access, but custody, advisors and plumbing still lag, panelists say
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2d 6h ago

Spot Bitcoin ETFs solved access, but custody, advisors and plumbing still lag, panelists say

Senior figures from CoinShares, Calamos, ProShares and Flow Traders flagged Coinbase-heavy custody concentration, modest advisor uptake and creation-flow inefficiency as being among the next set of problems to solve.

U.S. Bitcoin Reserve update coming in 'next few weeks," White House adviser says
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2d 6h ago

U.S. Bitcoin Reserve update coming in 'next few weeks," White House adviser says

White House digital-assets adviser Patrick Witt cited a recent exploit involving assets held by the U.S. Marshals as proof federal crypto holdings need safeguarding.

White House targets July 4 for Clarity Act passage, says crypto adviser Patrick Witt
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2d 7h ago

White House targets July 4 for Clarity Act passage, says crypto adviser Patrick Witt

The executive director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets said the Senate Banking Committee hearing will happen this month on market structure. bill.

Dominance of Tether and Circle is a net bad for stablecoins, says Bridge executive
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2d 7h ago

Dominance of Tether and Circle is a net bad for stablecoins, says Bridge executive

Circle and Tether are going to make it harder for stablecoins to feel like money, said Ben O'Neill, head of money movement at Bridge.

Anthropic signs Elon Musk's SpaceX for Colossus 1 compute ahead of June IPO
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2d 10h ago

Anthropic signs Elon Musk's SpaceX for Colossus 1 compute ahead of June IPO

The Claude maker said Wednesday it would use all the compute capacity at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, the latest partnership stitched onto its AI infrastructure buildout.

Eric Trump takes shot at JPMorgan rethinking bitcoin after 'crapping' on asset
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2d 10h ago

Eric Trump takes shot at JPMorgan rethinking bitcoin after 'crapping' on asset

The U.S. president's son, who co-founded American Bitcoin, said there's been a turnaround from traditional institutional firms now embracing bitcoin.

The time is now: the Senate must act on crypto market structure legislation
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2d 11h ago

The time is now: the Senate must act on crypto market structure legislation

The United States needs to finally establish the clear framework that the market needs.