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U.S. government moving bitcoin tied to Bitfinex hack
The U.S. government just transferred about $606,000 of bitcoin to Coinbase Prime, with on-chain data tying the coins to the 2016 Bitfinex hack. The government currently holds roughly $24.5 billion in bitcoin as part of its strategic digital asset reserve. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Are AI giants coming for bitcoin miners' power?
Anthropic's multi-gigawatt compute deal with Google and Broadcom highlights how AI companies are now directly competing with bitcoin miners for the same energy infrastructure. Several major miners have already started converting capacity to AI hosting, but does this mean that bitcoin mining is dying? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Patrick McHenry says crypto market structure bill could pass before Memorial Day
Ondo Finance Vice Chairman and former Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry joins Jennifer Sanasie and Andy Baehr on CoinDesk Live from the Ondo Summit to discuss the rapid shift in U.S. crypto policy and why he believes long-awaited market structure legislation is closer than many expect. McHenry reflects on how tokenized real-world assets are reshaping global markets, the growing push to harmonize the SEC and CFTC, and why decentralized finance is essential to unlocking crypto’s full potential. He also weighs in on the stablecoin yield debate, ethics concerns, and makes a bold prediction: a market structure bill could reach the president’s desk before Memorial Day.

《GENIUS 法案》现已成为法律,银行不应试图重新修改该法案
区块链协会首席执行官Summer K. Mersinger认为,传统金融机构应当拥抱竞争,而非通过反创新的监管手段来遏制新兴参与者的发展。


