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Senate Dems should accept the victory they won on Trump's crypto limits: White House

U.S. Senate Democrats got President Donald Trump to accept potential limits on his lucrative crypto dealings, but they say the Clarity Act's restrictions aren't enough.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets (Consensus Miami 2026)

Finance

Sam Altman-backed World Network secures $52.5 million in fresh funding to fight online AI deepfakes

The project is moving away from basic network expansion to focus entirely on integrating its biometric screening devices across enterprise software suites.

The worldcoin orb. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Institutional crypto trading platform LMAX is exploring sale, IPO

LMAX is working with Morgan Stanley and investment bank KBW to assess its options, which could lead to a sale or a public offering.

Nasdaq sign on a building (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Saylor and team overhaul Strategy's bitcoin metrics as bear market persists

New framework gives common shareholders a clearer view of net bitcoin exposure after preferred stock and convertible debt obligations

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)
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Markets

Brazilian farmers tokenized dairy cows to get loans, bypassing bank lending limits

Smart collars monitor herd health in real time to prevent fraud, allowing local agricultural businesses to secure thousands in funding backed by livestock.

Dairy cows (Annie Spratt/Unsplash)

Policy

EU hits Russia with massive 21st sanctions package targeting $120B crypto network

The EU is considering a ban on third-country crypto services providers for the first time and is targeting 14 crypto companies, which it has not named yet.

European Union (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto market maker B2C2 held sale talks with multiple potential buyers

The SBI-owned crypto trading firm is said to have attracted takeover interest from a number of suitors over the past 18 months, but valuation has been a sticking point.

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Markets

A $5 billion cluster has formed in bitcoin options. It tells a bullish story

Bitcoin's $70,000 and $72,000 call strikes on Deribit have accumulated nearly $5 billion in open interest, with calls outnumbering puts by a significant margin.

BTC options open interest on Deribit. (Deribit Metrics)

Markets

Bitcoin settles near $65,000 as oil's march toward $100 fails to spook the market

BTC held just under $65,000 and crypto broadly rose on Friday even as Brent crude surged to $97.66, its highest since May, as the Iran conflict persists and traditional markets stay muted.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

Markets

Poolin was bitcoin's biggest mining pool and now it's filing for bankruptcy

The Singapore-based company once controlled nearly a fifth of Bitcoin's global hashrate. Now it owes $173 million and is selling off what's left.

BTC: Poolin Hash Rate (Glassnode)

Markets

Bitcoin treasury companies sell up, repay debt, pivot to AI as share prices collapse

Falling share prices, debt obligations and difficult market conditions are forcing former bitcoin accumulators to sell their holdings and restructure operations.

A bridge collapsed into a river. (Ammodramus/Wikimedia Commons)
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Tech

India orders takedown of Jack Dorsey’s bitcoin-linked messaging app Bitchat

The order targets Bitchat, an offline Bluetooth mesh app built to relay encrypted messages and bitcoin transactions, as 'Cockroach Janta Party' protesters in Delhi use mesh tools to communicate through internet shutdowns.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus (CoinDesk)

Finance

BitMEX faces proposed class-action suit for theft, insider trading as crypto exchange shuts down

The complaint claims BitMEX designed a system to retain customer collateral and alleges an internal desk accessed private user data during server freezes.

BitMEX logo in front of building (CoinDesk)

Tech

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Live updates: Bitcoin gives up gains, falls below $64,000 as stocks retreat

Michael Saylor's Strategy — under continued pressure in this crypto bear market — released a new set of metrics to judge company performance.

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Finance

Ripple’s RLUSD gets two boosts as transfer volume drops 25%

Ripple launched an institutional minting platform and added RLUSD to Notabene’s compliance network as holder growth rose but monthly transfer volume fell to $10.95 billion.

Brad Garlinghouse at DC Fintech Week (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
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