Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said the payments giant is adding support for four new stablecoins on four blockchains, and will allow banks to mint and burn.
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Elon Musk launches Grokipedia — an encyclopedia where AI gets the last word Elon Musk’s open-source AI-powered online encyclopedia, Grokipedia, presents itself as an alternative to Wikipedia.
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US lawmaker seeks to stop Trump, family from crypto, stock trading US Representative Ro Khanna is looking to introduce a bill to restrict all elected officials from trading stocks and crypto, citing conflicts of interest.
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Bitcoin finally escapes ‘fear’ as confidence tiptoes back into crypto The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has flipped to neutral, leaving “fear” behind for the first time since the mid-October market crash sparked by Trump’s China tariffs.
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Mt. Gox’s security flaws cost millions. Could AI have spotted them? Could AI have prevented the collapse of Mt. Gox if it had existed back then? An AI-powered post-mortem by the exchange’s former CEO raises an intriguing “what if.”
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Canadian province to ban new crypto mining connections British Columbia is moving to ban new crypto mining connections to protect its Hydro power grid. For years, analysts have argued this is the wrong approach.
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Dogecoin’s House of Doge bets on Italian soccer underdog Dogecoin Foundation’s commercial arm has acquired a majority stake in US Triestina 1918 in a push for broader DOGE adoption, starting with sports.
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Corporate creep could corrupt Ethereum’s ethos, dev warns Ethereum developer Federico Carrone warns venture capital firm Paradigm’s growing influence on the network could eventually lead to a misalignment in values.
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Mysterious Hyperliquid trader is doubling down on their Bitcoin short The Hyperliquid “insider whale” has now put down almost half a billion on a new Bitcoin short at 10x leverage, as the community continues to speculate who they are.
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TradFi giant JPMorgan is planning to offer crypto trading for clients JPMorgan executive Scott Lucas confirms crypto trading services are in development, but his firm is hesitant to handle crypto custody at the moment.
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Bitcoin Core v30 goes live with controversial OP_RETURN change Bitcoin Core launched its major v30 update on Saturday, with the community split over its drastic increase to the OP_RETURN data limit.
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AI Polkadot parachain Phala votes to fully switch to Ethereum L2 AI-focused Polkadot project Phala is set to fully migrate to its Ethereum L2, betting on its ecosystem for confidential AI and GPU compute growth.
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Monero releases ‘Flourine Fermi’ update to fight spy nodes Monero’s “Fluorine Fermi” update enhances privacy by fighting nodes that try to link user IP addresses to their transactions.
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UK lifts ban on crypto exchange-traded notes as ‘market has evolved’ The UK has lifted its four-year ban on crypto exchange-traded notes, with analysts predicting the move could grow the UK crypto market by 20%.
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Gemini expands in Australia with wait-and-see approach to pending crypto rules Crypto exchange Gemini is expanding its offering in Australia with a local entity and team, and plans to sit back and watch the country’s consultation on crypto laws.
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US Bitcoin reserve funding ‘can start anytime’ — Senator Lummis Crypto-friendly US Senator Cynthia Lummis said fundraising for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is mainly being held back by legislative “slog.”
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Elon Musk’s answer to ‘falsehoods’ —Grokipedia will be out in 2 weeks Elon Musk announced that the first beta for Grokipedia, xAI’s answer to platforms such as Wikipedia, will launch in two weeks.
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Warren Buffett loves the S&P 500, but it’s down 88% on Bitcoin While the Standard and Poor’s 500 is at record highs, data shows the stock index has “collapsed” when compared to Bitcoin. Is it a fair comparison?
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All currencies will be stablecoins by 2030: Tether co-founder Tether’s co-founder Reeve Collins said all forms of money, including dollars and euros, will probably be represented on the blockchain within the next five years.
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Etsy witches can apparently turn you into a crypto millionaire for $73 New snake oil? Etsy witches are hawking spells they claim can change the weather on your wedding day, help you with your love life or fatten your crypto portfolio.
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Trump admin withdraws Brian Quintenz as CFTC nominee Brian Quintenz told Cointelegraph he will return to the private sector after the White House pulled its nomination for him to chair the CFTC.
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Wisconsin bill to exempt crypto businesses from money licenses A new bill in Wisconsin could exempt local crypto users and businesses from money transmitter licenses, boosting mining, staking, and blockchain development.
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Early Hyperliquid user sells airdropped Hypurr NFT for $467K Early Hyperliquid users have been rewarded with a massive Hypurr NFT airdrop, with the free digital cats now worth over $64,000.
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CleanSpark gains 5% after securing $100M Bitcoin-backed loan After its best quarter to date, CleanSpark is scaling up operations with another $100 million worth of financing from Coinbase.
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Arthur Hayes says he sold all his HYPE... to buy a Ferrari BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes sold his entire HYPE stash, netting over $800,000 in profit. The move comes just weeks after his wildly bullish 126x prediction.
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Demand for Bitcoin could grow by up to 10x within 12 months: Michael Saylor The MicroStrategy co-founder emphasized that demand for Bitcoin will significantly ramp up following the halving next year.
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BlackRock argues SEC has no grounds to treat crypto futures and spot ETFs differently BlackRock questioned the SEC's preference for the 1940 Act that oversees futures ETFs, and argued that it lacks relevancy to both crypto-spot and crypto-futures ETFs.
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Crypto-friendly Rep. Tom Emmer pursues nomination for House speaker Tom Emmer has been “making calls” to secure a nomination for the speaker role, and it could be a boon for the crypto sector if he were to be voted in.
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‘Every customer solution’ will be integrated with AI: Microsoft CEO In an annual letter, Satya Nadella outlined Microsoft’s plans for AI, which includes integrating AI and its Copilot across the firm’s “most used products.”
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Coinbase continues push to compel SEC to act on crypto rulemaking petition Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal has once again called for a mandamus to compel the SEC to respond to the firm’s crypto rulemaking petition.