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Tech giants need nuclear power, and these wealthy investors are using crypto to make sure they get it
Startup Uranium Digital, backed by wealthy investors, is set to become fully operational later this quarter on the Solana blockchain.

Crypto's eligibility for 401k retirement funds is under fire after brutal market rout wipes out $2 trillion
"401ks exist to help people save for a secure retirement, not gamble on speculative assets," said an industry observer.

Bitfarms shares surge after it ditches its 'bitcoin company' identity and doubles down on AI with U.S. move
The company said it will focus on building data centers for high-performance computing and artificial-intelligence workloads.

Bitcoin isn’t losing to gold. It is navigating a liquidity squeeze that the yellow metal never had: Asia Morning Briefing
QCP's Darius Sit says October's deleveraging event exposed the real divide: bitcoin trades like collateral, altcoins trade like a bet on exchange governance

JPMorgan says bitcoin's lower volatility relative to gold might make it 'more attractive' in long term
ETF redemptions and futures liquidations are pressuring crypto markets, the bank said, even as rising gold volatility quietly strengthens bitcoin’s longer-term investment case.

Bitcoin spirals toward $60,000, heading to worst one-day drawdown since FTX blowup
One analyst points to the 200-day moving average — currently around $58,000 to $60,000 — as a potential support level to watch.

Bitcoin's rising leveraged position points to continued dip buying, but may not yet signal price bottom
Bitfinex margin longs surge to a two-year high as bitcoin falls below $69k.

Ethereum's ENS identity system scraps planned rollup amid Vitalik's warning about layer-2 networks
Instead of launching its own rollup, ENS will now deploy its long-awaited ENSv2 upgrade exclusively on the Ethereum mainnet, citing dramatically lower gas costs and a broader change in Ethereum’s scaling philosophy.

Wall Street giant CME Group is eyeing its own 'CME Coin,' CEO says
The initiative is part of CME's push into tokenized collateral, and the firm is collaborating with Google on a “tokenized cash” solution set to launch later this year.

From 'Ethereum’s sidekick' to standalone stars: How Vitalik Buterin’s latest pivot is forcing Layer 2s to grow up
Leaders across the layer-2 space don't see this moment as an existential threat, but rather that Ethereum’s progress is forcing them to clarify their purpose.

