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CFTC Ready to Act Unilaterally on Crypto Rules if Congress Stalls on CLARITY
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission isn't waiting around. CFTC Chair Michael Selig made it clear at an Innovation Advisory Committee meeting tha...
Payward Eyes Full Banking Empire Beyond US Borders
Kraken's parent company Payward is making a calculated move to transcend its crypto exchange roots and evolve into a comprehensive financial instituti...
Bitcoin Eyes $75K as Short Squeeze Fades—What Really Matters Now
Bitcoin's explosive breach above $72,000 torched roughly $2 billion in short positions, marking one of the sharpest liquidations we've seen in months....
Binance Unleashes AI Trading Bots: Here's How User Controls Work
Binance is making a calculated move into autonomous crypto trading by launching Agent OS, a framework that lets AI agents operate directly on the exch...
Bitcoin's Rally Masks Deeper Skepticism Among Futures Traders
Bitcoin just posted its sharpest rally in five months, enough to flip prediction market odds from outright bearish territory into something resembling...
CFTC Poised to Fill Regulatory Vacuum If Congress Stalls on Crypto Legislation
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission isn't waiting around. If Congress can't get its act together on crypto regulation, the CFTC chair made clear...
Alibaba's AI Cloud Boom Masks Deepening Profit Crisis as Earnings Tank 75%
Alibaba delivered mixed signals in its latest earnings report, with cloud and AI momentum masking a troubling profit collapse that's now stretched int...
Tokenization's Road Map Mirrors ETF's Early Adoption Playbook, Says Ondo Leader
Ondo Finance is betting that U. S.
XRP's Best Week Since Election Day Ride on Bitcoin's Liquidation Tsunami
XRP just posted its strongest weekly performance since the 2024 election pump, but here's what traders need to know: this rally is running on borrowed...
Trump Signals Strong Support for Clarity Act During Exclusive CEO Meeting at White House
President Trump sat down with a group of crypto and finance executives in the Oval Office, and the takeaway was unmistakable: he's behind the Clarity ...
$40 Trillion US Debt Reignites Bitcoin's Inflation Hedge Narrative
The US federal debt breaching $40 trillion has crypto analysts dusting off their macro playbooks. While near-term price action hinges on Treasury yie...
Iranian Cyber Ring Behind $6M Bitcoin Extortion Scheme Faces US Charges
Seventeen individuals affiliated with Iran's Mabna Institute have been indicted by US authorities for orchestrating a sprawling hacking and extortion ...
Bitcoin Breaks $72K as Real Demand Takes Over From Short-Squeeze Mechanics
Bitcoin's push through $72,000 is looking less like a classic squeeze setup and more like genuine demand kicking in. Here's what we're tracking.
Hackers Weaponized 2,000 WordPress Sites as Crypto-Targeting Malware Distribution Network
Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated campaign leveraging nearly 2,000 compromised WordPress websites as a coordinated malware distribut...
Bitcoin Miners Are Betting Billions on AI—But the Math Doesn't Add Up Yet
Nine publicly traded bitcoin miners collectively deployed over $5 billion in capital expenditure during the first half of 2026, yet their AI and high-...
Bitcoin Breaks $72K as Record Short Squeeze Decimates Bearish Bets
Bitcoin just smashed through $72,000—its highest level since June—and the carnage behind that move tells you everything about the current market dynam...
Most Americans Question Trump Family's Crypto Moves, Poll Reveals Deep Political Divide
A fresh survey just dropped revealing significant skepticism about the Trump family's crypto investments—but the numbers tell a story split straight d...
Optimism Redirects Half-Billion Tokens Away from Airdrops to Fund Ecosystem Expansion
Optimism just made a major strategic pivot. The Ethereum Layer 2 platform voted to reallocate 546.
Bitcoin Surges Past $72.5K as US-Iran Tensions Trigger Safe-Haven Demand
Bitcoin just crushed through $72,500, posting fresh multimonth highs while traditional markets stumbled. The catalyst?
Trump's Crypto Push Could Bring Hyperliquid to US Markets—And Traders Are Betting on It
The possibility of Hyperliquid launching stateside just moved from speculation to plausibility. With Trump back in the White House and signals from t...