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U.S. Treasury may boost T-Bill issuance as stablecoins eye $2 trillion market cap: StanChart
The bank said stablecoins may generate up to $1 trillion in fresh Treasury bill demand by 2028, allowing the government to ramp up issuance and suspend 30-year bond auctions.
Pantera leads $11.5M round in Based, a Hyperliquid-powered crypto app
The company said the fresh capital will be used to expand into new markets and build out its onchain financial infrastructure.
Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas remains bullish on bitcoin after plunge
Salinas has previously said he has 70% of his liquid assets in bitcoin.
Strategy logs 100th bitcoin purchase announcement, adding 592 coins last week for $39.8 million
Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the company now holds 717,722 bitcoin, purchased at an average price of $76,020 per coin, for a total of $54.56 billion.
Bitcoin slides 5%, tumbling below $65,000 as whale selling grows and recent buyers lock in losses
On-chain data from Glassnode and CryptoQuant shows large holders dominating exchange inflows while short-term investors continue to sell at a loss, pointing to a fragile base-building phase.
To freeze or not to freeze: Satoshi and the $440 billion in bitcoin threatened by quantum computing
As quantum computing inches closer to reality, nearly 7 million bitcoin, including Satoshi Nakamoto’s 1 million coins, are potentially at risk.
SportFi’s next act: onchain markets built around match-day results
An area of blockchain-based finance focused on increasing fans' engagement with sports teams, SportFi uses tokens to grant access to privileges such as limited voting rights and exclusive rewards.
How AI is helping retail traders exploit prediction market 'glitches' to make easy money
A fully automated bot quietly captured micro-arbitrage opportunities on short-term crypto prediction markets, netting nearly $150,000
Blue Owl liquidity crisis has investors bracing for 2008-style fallout — it could mean bitcoin's next bull run
Private-equity firm Blue Owl Capital (OWL) tumbled nearly 15% this week as it was forced to liquidate $1.4 billion in assets to pay investors looking to exit one of its private credit funds.
Bitcoin shrugs off Trump's new tariffs, nears $68,000 as altcoins lead modest bounce
Crypto prices edged higher on Friday despite a splash of tariff turbulence after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Trump's levies illegal.
