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Crypto

TradFi invests over $5B into crypto firms even while Bitcoin declines

October closed roughly 4% down for Bitcoin, yet venture funding hit $5.1B, the second-strongest month since 2022.

3 months ago

rows of crypto miners stretching toward solar panels, wind turbines, and power lines beside an AI warehouse with a Microsoft truck and NVIDIA crates under clear skies.

Mining

Bitcoin miner to AI landlord: Microsoft signs $9.7B deal with BTC miner IREN

The five-year, $9.7B contract and a separate $5.8B Dell equipment buy will stand up ~200MW of GB300 capacity in Texas, answering Microsoft’s compute crunch into mid-2026.

3 months ago

Donald Trump from a low front angle against a bright blue sky, standing before Hong Kong’s skyline and the Great Wall with glowing Bitcoin and yuan symbols radiating behind him.

Crypto

Why Trump believes ‘China is big into crypto’ despite ban

From the mainland ban to Hong Kong's pro-crypto pivot and Beijing's CBDC push, here's the reality behind the sound bite.

3 months ago

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Crypto

Over $1 billion in liquidations: Why is Bitcoin down today?

Macro headwinds from US data, a strong dollar, and cascading liquidations pressure Bitcoin price action.

3 months ago

a real-world cyber forensics room with a hooded operator at a laptop, a North Korean flag on the wall, and a desk filled with a glowing Bitcoin, handcuffs, police light, and hardware wallets.

Crime

Billions stolen, dozens arrested: Crypto crime is adapting

North Korea stole $2 billion in crypto in 2025. Interpol recovered $439 million. Are attackers hitting a ceiling, or just routing around checkpoints?

3 months ago

Bitcoin and Ethereum coins beside a gavel and brass scales on a marble desk inside a sunlit neoclassical courthouse with columns and arched windows.

Crypto

SEC just gave crypto lawyers a new way to win in court

The SEC delayed equity market compliance deadlines until 2026, citing regulatory uncertainty and a funding lapse. Crypto exchanges fighting enforcement might cite the same logic.

3 months ago

Vitalik Buterin and Anatoly Yakovenko in sharp three-quarter profiles facing across a bright divide, with a warm gold ETH side of shielded validator webs and beacon motifs opposing a cool teal-purple SOL side of sleek node lattices and the glowing Ethereum and Solana logos.

DeFi

How the Ethereum vs Solana war ended quietly not with a bang but a whimper

Battle lines redrawn with Ethereum as a modular settlement layer and Solana as a unified execution layer.

3 months ago

Brian Armstrong at a podium with a glowing teleprompter full of crypto icons as a prediction-gauge arc flips beside a luminous Coinbase backdrop.

People

When the CEO reads the script: Did Coinbase Brian Armstrong manipulate a market?

Armstrong said words at the end of Coinbase's earnings call to settle nearly $90,000 in prediction markets bets. Some called it a harmless troll. Others called it market manipulation by a regulated CEO.

3 months ago

a Solana monolith anchoring crystalline data highways flooded with teal-and-magenta transaction cubes racing across a river while thinner Bitcoin and Ethereum lanes trail below toward glass liquidity silos.

Crypto

70M daily transactions, $143B volume: How Solana won DeFi’s throughput race

With ~70M daily tx and $143B Oct. DEX volume, Solana’s single-layer design keeps fees stable under load as Ethereum routes DeFi to rollups.

3 months ago

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Digital Asset Treasuries

How Asia’s smaller companies can absorb 30% of new BTC supply

Japan and Korea’s corporate cohorts are shifting from one-off buys to rules-based accumulation, stacking on top of recurring spot-ETF inflows to tighten free float.

3 months ago

Mining

Bitcoin miners are transforming into AI utilities based on math

With 500MW and 168MW hosting deals inked, miners get financing-friendly dollars while hashrate and fee trajectories determine who captures the upside.

3 months ago

Crypto

Do ETFs risk centralizing Solana, and who actually gets the yield?

Hong Kong’s 1.99% fee product and US staked wrappers set up a split: unstaked AUM nudges native rewards higher while stake-through funds risk validator concentration.

3 months ago

Gino Matos

TradFi invests over $5B into crypto firms even while Bitcoin declines

Bitcoin miner to AI landlord: Microsoft signs $9.7B deal with BTC miner IREN

Why Trump believes ‘China is big into crypto’ despite ban

Over $1 billion in liquidations: Why is Bitcoin down today?

Billions stolen, dozens arrested: Crypto crime is adapting

SEC just gave crypto lawyers a new way to win in court

How the Ethereum vs Solana war ended quietly not with a bang but a whimper

When the CEO reads the script: Did Coinbase Brian Armstrong manipulate a market?

70M daily transactions, $143B volume: How Solana won DeFi’s throughput race

How Asia’s smaller companies can absorb 30% of new BTC supply

Bitcoin miners are transforming into AI utilities based on math

Do ETFs risk centralizing Solana, and who actually gets the yield?

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