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Can new Bitcoin prepaid cards win Asia’s cash economy?

Moon Inc raises HK$65.5M to roll out a Bitcoin prepaid card in Thailand and South Korea, with wider Asia expansion planned.

3 months ago

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Staking

Bitcoin now pays interest: How to earn money on your BTC while pumping the price

Bitcoin’s invisible yield curve, how timelocks and staking are rewriting UTXO liquidity.

3 months ago

Adoption

US Bitcoin payments are getting real: Retail rails could push $2M a day on-chain

New merchant and wallet integrations show how checkout apps may quietly route millions in daily Bitcoin and Ethereum flows beyond ETF channels.

3 months ago

The Un-Dead Internet: AI catches irreversible ‘brain rot’ from social media

New research shows the ‘Dead Internet’ theory will awaken terrifying ‘Zombie Internet’ through viral junk data.

3 months ago

OpenAI’s $300B bubble: The AI circular economy rewiring Wall Street finance

Vendor-financed chip deals and energy contracts show how AI’s next boom could reshape capital markets.

3 months ago

Culture

Patent troll wins Bitcoin logo trademark, now claims online copyright infringement

Can a Spain trademark really delete Bitcoin from Amazon?

3 months ago

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Analysis

Altcoin season is cancelled this year: Alts fail to match last cycle $1.6 trillion ceiling

Altcoin market cap still below 2021 market top as BTC tests late-cycle window.

3 months ago

Mining

New debt-fueled era for Bitcoin miners marked by 1 zetahash milestone – Report

Record difficulty and $0.06 power costs collide with a $90 billion debt-driven boom, testing whether miners’ AI pivots can outlast hashprice compression.

3 months ago

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Analysis

Time is up: The case for why Bitcoin bear market cycle started at $126k

Market top signal reached: This time last cycle Bitcoin entered a bear market.

3 months ago

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Analysis

5 things that need to happen for Bitcoin to stay above $100k

Realized support sits at $107K while flow data show U.S. ETFs still absorbing late-phase distribution.

3 months ago

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Rumors

The Big Bitcoin Short (Part 2): Rumor mill suspects link to US government insiders

Bitcoin short probe shifts toward WLFI claims as investigator retreats, trader doubles down.

3 months ago

Politics

Nigel Farage attempts to copy £5B Trump crypto script, without his levers or power

“Your champion” for crypto? Nigel Farage touts 61k BTC reserve and 10% tax

3 months ago

Liam 'Akiba' Wright

Can new Bitcoin prepaid cards win Asia’s cash economy?

Bitcoin now pays interest: How to earn money on your BTC while pumping the price

US Bitcoin payments are getting real: Retail rails could push $2M a day on-chain

The Un-Dead Internet: AI catches irreversible ‘brain rot’ from social media

OpenAI’s $300B bubble: The AI circular economy rewiring Wall Street finance

Patent troll wins Bitcoin logo trademark, now claims online copyright infringement

Altcoin season is cancelled this year: Alts fail to match last cycle $1.6 trillion ceiling

New debt-fueled era for Bitcoin miners marked by 1 zetahash milestone – Report

Time is up: The case for why Bitcoin bear market cycle started at $126k

5 things that need to happen for Bitcoin to stay above $100k

The Big Bitcoin Short (Part 2): Rumor mill suspects link to US government insiders

Nigel Farage attempts to copy £5B Trump crypto script, without his levers or power

Liam's Trending Articles

Banks just demanded $26 billion in emergency cash but Bitcoin traders are missing a critical warning signal

“Major US bank blows up from Silver trade” headlines hide the $675M margin shock currently hitting traders

Tether just bought 8,888 Bitcoin, exposing a mechanical profit engine turning T-Bills into automatic crypto demand

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Liam 'Akiba' Wright

Can new Bitcoin prepaid cards win Asia’s cash economy?

Bitcoin now pays interest: How to earn money on your BTC while pumping the price

US Bitcoin payments are getting real: Retail rails could push $2M a day on-chain

The Un-Dead Internet: AI catches irreversible ‘brain rot’ from social media

OpenAI’s $300B bubble: The AI circular economy rewiring Wall Street finance

Patent troll wins Bitcoin logo trademark, now claims online copyright infringement

Altcoin season is cancelled this year: Alts fail to match last cycle $1.6 trillion ceiling

New debt-fueled era for Bitcoin miners marked by 1 zetahash milestone – Report

Time is up: The case for why Bitcoin bear market cycle started at $126k

5 things that need to happen for Bitcoin to stay above $100k

The Big Bitcoin Short (Part 2): Rumor mill suspects link to US government insiders

Nigel Farage attempts to copy £5B Trump crypto script, without his levers or power

Banks just demanded $26 billion in emergency cash but Bitcoin traders are missing a critical warning signal

“Major US bank blows up from Silver trade” headlines hide the $675M margin shock currently hitting traders

Tether just bought 8,888 Bitcoin, exposing a mechanical profit engine turning T-Bills into automatic crypto demand

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