Bank of Korea Scales Up CBDC Pilot With Half a Million Users
South Korea's Bank of Korea ran a central bank digital currency, or CBDC, pilot for three months last year. Eighty-one thousand people opened wallets, but only 42% actually spent anything.
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SEC sues Mining Automatic and founder over alleged $22M crypto mining scheme
The SEC alleges Mining Automatic and its founder raised $22 million from investors by promising guaranteed crypto mining returns while spending only a fraction of the funds on mining operations.
Solana Eyes $93 Rally: Why Current Consolidation Signals Next Big Buy
Solana has printed a general upward trend characterized by consolidation, with current lower resistance at $76.
Russia's First Comprehensive Crypto Law Is Two Votes Away From Passing
Russia's State Duma, the lower house of its legislative body, takes its final two votes on the country's first comprehensive cryptocurrency law on Tuesday.
Exodus to cut 25% of staff in company reorganization
The wallet company said it expected the layoffs to generate between $10 million and $13 million in savings as part of its strategy to build a full-stack card issuance and payments platform.
Cardano Triggers Hard Fork With First Community-Voted Upgrade
Cardano has hard forked, implementing the Van Rossem upgrade over the weekend and transitioning the network to protocol version 11.
BONK Recovers After Sell-Off While PEPE Tests Key Resistance—Here’s What’s Next for These Popular Memecoins
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Chainlink Exchange Supply Drops 12% as Institutional Adoption Accelerates
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Bitcoin ETFs Are Green Again—Here’s Why Investors Should Zoom Out
Bitcoin ETFs have posted back-to-back positive weeks for the first time since early May.
Hut 8, IREN deals lift AI-focused Bitcoin mining stocks
Bitcoin miners rallied as investors cheered multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure contracts, underscoring the sector’s accelerating shift toward data centers and cloud computing.
INJ Price Eyes $15 as Coinbase Migration and Robinhood Listing Boost Injective Ecosystem
INJ gained multiple ecosystem catalysts, including Robinhood listing and Coinbase mainnet migration.
Nigerian president signs order on approach to crypto regulation, taxes
The West African country’s executive order established a virtual asset council and addressed the fragmentation of crypto regulation for oversight and enforcement.
Bernstein raises Robinhood price target, cites tokenization and prediction markets
The brokerage’s blockchain strategy, including tokenized equities and its Arbitrum-based Robinhood Chain, could reduce its reliance on traditional crypto trading, analysts said.
Tom Lee's Bitmine Taps the Brakes on ETH Buys, Pivots $86M Into Stock Buyback
Ethereum treasury company Bitmine barely moved the needle on its ETH stack last week, adding just 7,430 ETH—about $14 million—as it steered capital toward buying back its own shares instead.
Strategy Pads Cash Reserve By $225M With MSTR Sale, Bitcoin Stash Remains Untouched
Strategy added $225 million to its cash reserves last week—without selling a single Bitcoin.
Bitcoin price hits $65K wall as stocks battle ‘record’ institutional tech sell-off
Bitcoin faced troublesome resistance at $65,000 while traders still saw a potential BTC price breakout into a “bullish market structure.”
AI Crypto Tokens at Risk? Hedge Funds DUMP Tech Stocks at Fastest Pace in a Decade
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IREN jumps 16% after raising AI cloud revenue target above $4B
The Bitcoin miner raised its year-end AI cloud revenue target to more than $4 billion after signing $2.8 billion in new contracts with AI developers.
Bernstein Predicts 60% Robinhood Rally, Lifts HOOD Target to $160
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Inside Cardano's 'Van Rossum' hard fork, and what it means for users
Cardano activated its Van Rossem hard fork on Saturday, moving the mainnet to protocol version 11. The technical changes lower smart contract costs and lay groundwork for an upcoming scalability overhaul.
Exodus to cut 25% of global workforce in payments shift
Crypto wallet firm Exodus Movement (EXOD) will cut about 25% of its global workforce as it reshapes its business around stablecoin payments and card infrastructure.
Allbridge Pauses Cross-Chain Protocol After $1.65M Flash Loan Attack
Cross-chain bridge Allbridge has paused its protocol after an attacker drained roughly $1.65 million from its Solana liquidity pools in a flash loan attack, according to blockchain security firms and the project itself.
Can Stablecoin Market Cap Reach $1 Trillion? What the Data Reveals
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Peter Brandt predicts the exact day Bitcoin’s bear market will be over
Renowned trading analyst Peter Brandt says investing in Bitcoin today, will pay off much better in two to three years than buying AI stocks at current prices.