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Crypto PAC's $12 million Senate candidate, Barry Moore, wins Alabama GOP primary
More than any other congressional race this year, the crypto sector's campaign-funding operations dumped massive cash into Barry Moore's Alabama Senate bid, with the leading political action committee alone spending mor…
XRP gives back breakout gains, slipping below $1.23 on heavy selling
XRP's push above $1.25 lasted only a few hours. Sellers showed up near the highs and drove the token back through $1.23 on some of the session's heaviest volume, turning what looked like a breakout into a reminder that …
BitGo offers Europe’s crypto firms a MiCA-compliance lifeline as license deadline looms
As the deadline looms for crypto companies to obtain licenses in Europe, BitGo (BTGO) is offering firms an easier transition to Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) compliance, the listed technology firm said on Wednesday.
Live markets: A bitcoin bottom signal flashed as holders absorbed 125,000 BTC in June
Bitcoin's risk-adjusted return has fallen to a level that has marked every bear-market bottom of the past decade, the latest on-chain reading to point toward accumulation rather than more downside.
Uniswap jumps 22% and altcoins rip while bitcoin stalls before the Fed
Bitcoin is trading flat while the rest of the crypto market showing signs of a capital rotation.
Hyperliquid, Uniswap and Worldcoin buck crypto slump as traders chase AI, DeFi trends
Hyperliquid's HYPE, Uniswap's UNI and Worldcoin's WLD all posted double-digit gains, extending rallies that have made them some of this week's standout performers.
Here is why Strategy's dividend-paying crypto stock is crashing to near-historic lows
Strategy's (MSTR) dividend-paying preferred stock, STRC, closed at $91.79 on Tuesday, its third-lowest since trading began in July 2025, amid lower bitcoin prices and debt concerns.
U.S. senators urge Treasury not to leave states out of GENIUS Act stablecoin process
State regulators got sidelined in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's effort to implement the new U.S. stablecoin law, according to several senators from both parties who insist that the states need to be given an exp…
Ethereum’s biggest protocol overhaul in years moves into its final development stage
Ethereum developers are entering the final stretch of work on Glamsterdam, the network's next major upgrade, as teams begin testing a version of the fork that includes the planned protocol changes.
State Street targets stablecoin reserve boom with new money market fund
Wall Street's largest asset managers are increasingly competing to manage the assets backing stablecoins, a market that could swell into the trillions of dollars as digital dollars become a larger part of the financial …
Coinbase to join tokenized stock race with onchain shares, dividend payments
Coinbase (COIN) said it plans to introduce tokenized stocks backed one-for-one by underlying U.S. equities, joining the growing competition among crypto firms and traditional financial companies to bring stocks onto blo…
Bitcoin rallies after Japan rate increase with XLM, INJ, UNI advancing
Bitcoin climbed above $66,500 after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates, lifting the token about 1.5% in 24 hours.
Y Combinator reveals a new AI agent that can build and run an entire business just from a text message
That's what the Silicon Valley startup incubator Y Combinator's AI agent, Locus Founder, launched Monday. All a user has to do is send a business idea via iMessage, SMS, or Telegram, and the AI takes care of the rest, i…
Ripple invests in Flutterwave, pushing its stablecoin and XRP Ledger into payments across Africa
Ripple, the blockchain firm closely associated with the XRP Ledger (XRP) network, invested in African payments company Flutterwave as part of its Series E funding round, a deal centered on expanding the use of stablecoi…
Binance says its European regulatory application is compliant despite report of Greek rejection
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, may be unable to serve customers in Europe if its regulatory license application in Greece is turned down, as Reuters reported on Tuesday.
BlackRock's new bitcoin ETF lets institutions earn from volatility. There's a catch.
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Mystery Polymarket trader turned $4 million into $9 million after Spain's shocking World Cup draw
FIFA World Cup debutants Cabo Verde held favourites Spain to a goalless draw on Monday, creating an outsized win for punters in a match that started with 1:10 betting odds against the minnows.
XRP gives back gains after 10% rally as traders take profit near $1.25
XRP finally broke through the $1.20 level that had capped rallies for weeks, but buyers couldn't keep control of the move.
Tether Gold now has a dedicated options market on Bybit
Bybit, one of the world’s top cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, has launched options trading on Tether Gold (XAUT), a token that provides you ownership of real physical gold.
Profit-taking across bitcoin, ether, solana as traders wait on the Iran signing
The token changed hands at $65,845 on Tuesday, up 0.3% over 24 hours and 4.8% on the week, per CoinDesk data. It touched a 24-hour high of $67,217 before fading. Ether held up better, rising 2.8% on the day to $1,764 an…
Live markets: Bitcoin ETFs bled cash Monday while every other crypto ETF gained
US spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $64 million on Monday, even as spot ETFs for ether, XRP, Solana and Hyperliquid all pulled in fresh cash. On the surface, that looks like a clean rotation out of bitcoin and into everythi…
Bitcoin rises after Bank of Japan hikes interest rates to a 31-year high
The decision hit the wires around 3:19 UTC on June 16. The BOJ lifted its policy rate by 25 basis points to 1% from 0.75%, the highest level since 1995. The move aligned with market expectations but included hawkish hin…
Hyperliquid loses Anthropic, OpenAI markets as creator shuts down project
A key player on the fast-growing derivatives exchange Hyperliquid's private-company trading is shutting down, pointing to consolidation in one of the industry's hottest new markets.