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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...
AI Agents and Robots Will Power the Next Wave of Blockchain Adoption, Says Chainlink Chief
Sergey Karapelyan, chief executive of Chainlink, is painting a picture of a crypto future dominated by autonomous AI agents and robots conducting bloc...
Scammers Weaponize Fake AML Tools to Drain Crypto Wallets
Criminals are running a sophisticated social engineering campaign impersonating legitimate crypto compliance services—and it's working. By posing as ...
Europe's Regulatory Squeeze on USDT: A Cautionary Tale That's Not Moving Markets
Tether's USDT is quietly vanishing from regulated European crypto platforms—a direct result of MiCA's stablecoin enforcement mechanisms. But here's w...
Bitdeer Locks $400M Malaysia Deal to Become Major AI Infrastructure Player
Bitdeer is making a serious bet on AI infrastructure. The crypto mining company just inked a $400 million agreement that fundamentally reshapes its b...
Massive Crypto Phishing Blitz Hits Nearly 1 Million Targets in Coordinated Wallet Theft Campaign
Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 has uncovered a sprawling cryptocurrency phishing operation that's casting an alarmingly wide net—885,000 phone numbers targ...
AI Agents Need Wallets: Why Agentic Payments Could Be Crypto's Breakthrough Moment
OpenLedger core contributor Ram Kumar is positioning agentic payments as crypto's first genuinely transformative AI application—and he's onto somethin...
XRP Ledger's Native Lending Push Opens New Revenue Streams for Treasury Managers
Evernorth is positioning itself at the intersection of traditional finance and decentralized crypto markets. The XRP-focused digital asset treasury f...
AI-Powered Surveillance: How Flock's New Tool Transforms Dashcam Data Into Suspect Tracking
We're watching a significant shift in how law enforcement uses video intelligence. Flock Safety just unveiled "OS Investigate," a system that fundame...
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Surge to $517M in Single Day—Biggest Move Since Spring
Spot Bitcoin ETFs are getting fresh capital. Investors dumped north of $1 billion into US-listed Bitcoin ETFs this week, with a single day seeing $51...
Crypto Trading Remains a Rounding Error in Webull's Record Q2 Haul
Webull just dropped its Q2 earnings, and the headline numbers look impressive on the surface: $198 million in total revenue, marking a new company rec...
Tokenized Fixed Income Could Be the Institutional Collateral Game-Changer, Says GSR Leader
Andy Baehr, managing director of asset management at GSR, believes tokenized fixed income represents a significant opportunity for institutional playe...
SEC Stalled Crypto Trading Exemption Over Political Pressure, Securitize Claims
Securitize's leadership is pointing fingers at the SEC, alleging the regulator deliberately postponed a much-needed crypto trading exemption to sidest...
Bitcoin's $3B Short Squeeze: The Setup for a Push Toward $100K
The crypto market just flushed out over $3 billion in short positions as Bitcoin approached the $72,000 level, signaling intensifying bullish momentum...
OCC Sprints to Complete Stablecoin Framework Before January Deadline Looms
The banking regulator's push to finalize stablecoin rules is heating up. OCC Comptroller Jonathan Gould made it clear at the Wyoming Blockchain Sympo...
Gnosis Chain Gets the Green Light to Join Ethereum's Economic Zone
Gnosis Chain just secured community approval to make a major architectural shift. GnosisDAO voted to transition the network into an Ethereum Economic...
BitGo Korea Officially Clears Regulatory Hurdle, Secures VASP Registration Ahead of Stricter Compliance Rules
BitGo Korea has officially secured its VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider) registration with South Korean regulators, marking a significant win for ...
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Hit 3.5-Month High as Crypto Market Catches Fire
Spot bitcoin ETFs posted $517 million in net inflows yesterday—the largest single day in 3. 5 months.
Trump's CFTC Signal Sends HYPE Soaring 20% on Regulatory Tailwinds
HYPE tokens jumped 20% to hit $72 this week after Trump signaled that the CFTC is actively working on a compliant pathway for Hyperliquid to operate l...