Bitcoin is heading for one of its biggest downward mining difficulty adjustments in years on Saturday, a sign that miners have been getting squeezed hard and the network is doing what it was built to do: adapt without asking anyone for permission. 11th-largest downward difficulty adjustment expected on Saturday Miners under pressure from weaker profitability […]
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BlackRock is getting ready to launch another bitcoin ETF, and this one is aimed at investors who want income more than raw upside. The world’s largest asset manager has filed the final paperwork for its iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, expected to trade on Nasdaq as BITA within days if the SEC gives the final […]
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Pi Network’s $100M Ventures Fund: Where Did the Money Go? Pi Network launched a $100 million ecosystem fund to back startups and create real utility for PI, but the public trail is painfully thin: one disclosed investment, a collapsing token price, and almost no transparency around where the capital actually went. $100 million fund announced […]
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The SEC is trying to unwind two of the old guard’s favorite stock market rules, and that could make tokenized U.S. equities far easier to trade on DeFi rails — but only if regulators can stop tripping over their own legal spaghetti. SEC rollback: Rule 611 and Rule 610(e) may be scrapped DeFi angle: AMMs […]
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Bitcoin miners are getting squeezed again, and the Puell Multiple has slipped to 0.74 — a level that signals real stress on miner revenue, but not yet the kind of washed-out panic that usually screams “bottom.” Puell Multiple: 0.74 Miner income: Below the 365-day average BTC price: Around $62,800 Takeaway: Miner stress is rising, but […]
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Solana Tests a Familiar Support Zone as Bulls Chase a Massive Rebound and Bears Warn of More Pain Solana is back in a historically important price range that once came before a huge rally, but the chart is also flashing warning signs that could drag SOL much lower if buyers stay timid. SOL is trading […]
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US lawmakers propose federal crypto crime task force to fight fraud and theft Bipartisan lawmakers are trying to build a more serious federal response to crypto crime without turning the whole industry into a permanent suspect lineup. New task force: A bipartisan bill would create a federal crypto crime unit. Main targets: Cryptocurrency theft, fraud, […]
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Quantum computing is still more lab-coat than street-level threat, but Coinbase says the crypto industry needs to start preparing now before today’s wallet security assumptions get left in the dust. Post-quantum security: the next major upgrade path for Bitcoin and crypto wallets Private keys at risk: digital signatures are the weak point, not the blockchain […]
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Fortune has launched its inaugural Crypto 100 rankings, and BlackRock landed at the top of the ETFs category — a result that surprises roughly no one who has been watching traditional finance slurp up Bitcoin exposure with both hands. Fortune debuts its Crypto 100 rankings BlackRock leads the ETF category Bitcoin is being packaged for […]
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The U.S. Treasury is widening its squeeze on Iran’s sanctions-busting machine, targeting not just crypto-linked money movement but the procurement network that keeps military-linked supply chains humming, according to U.S. Treasury extends Irans crypto finance crackdown to procurement networks. Nine individuals and entities sanctioned China and Hong Kong intermediaries targeted IRGC and defense-linked procurement networks […]
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