The Czech Republic’s Civic Democratic Party survived another no-confidence vote, triggered by opposition party concerns over a $45 million Bitcoin donation linked to a convicted criminal.
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Trump on GENIUS stablecoin bill: ‘Get it to my desk, ASAP’ US President Donald Trump wants House members to pass the key stablecoin bill “LIGHTNING FAST” so that he can sign it into law.
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Bitcoin and HYPE could get $844M total windfall from 4 public US firms DDC Enterprise and Fold Holdings have confirmed raises worth a total of $778 million as a biotech firm said it would raise $50 million to add HYPE as a treasury asset.
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JPMorgan, SEC meet to discuss capital markets moving onchain Three JPMorgan executives met with the SEC’s Crypto Task Force to discuss which capital markets instruments could move onchain and how to best navigate the change.
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9GAG founder’s MemeStrategy gains 29% after first Solana buy Hong Kong tech investment firm MemeStrategy has added Solana to its balance sheet and has pledged to stake Solana tokens to support network security and earn rewards.
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Bitcoin production costs up 9% on higher hashrate, energy prices The median cost of mining a single Bitcoin was only $52,000 in Q4, but jumped 23% in the first quarter and has risen again in Q2.
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JPMorgan files ‘JPMD’ trademark for crypto payment services JPMorgan has filed a new trademark that covers a range of potential crypto-services for the bank, which industry commentators speculate could include a stablecoin venture.
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Ethereum whales, sharks keep buying up ETH as retail cashes out Crypto analytics firm Santiment found that Ether whales boosted their ETH holdings by 3.72% while retail investors have been banking profits.
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Polyhedra’s ZKJ token plummets 83% after ‘abnormal’ transactions Polyhedra said it’s investigating a massive plunge in the price of its governance token, which now sits at 31 cents, down from $2.
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Swedish health firm raises $10M to buy Bitcoin, stock jumps 45% H100 Group’s shares surged after the Swedish health firm announced it had raised $10.6 million to stack more Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin bulls are roaring back as BTC flirts with $112K Bitcoin sentiment on social media has reached its highest point in seven months as Bitcoin has been flirting again with its all-time high.
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GameStop plunges 12% after proposing new $1.75B debt offering GameStop’s latest convertible senior note proposal pushed the stock price down further just days after Q1 revenue missed expectations.
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CFPB’s top enforcer exits with scathing email on Trump: Report Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting enforcement director Cara Petersen has quit, saying that she has never “seen the ability to perform our core mission so under attack.”
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Bitcoin update to raise data limit on divisive OP_RETURN function Bitcoin Core dev Gloria Zhao says the data limit for OP_RETURN will be raised in October, infuriating several Bitcoin users who prefer images, text and audio to stay off the blockchain.
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Crypto scammers plead guilty to $37M scheme targeting Americans Five members of an international crypto scam ring are accused of stealing nearly $37 million from American victims and sending the funds to Cambodia.
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UK appoints specialist to recover crypto from bankruptcy cases The UK Insolvency Service has hired a former police investigator to help creditors recover cryptocurrency from failed companies and criminal cases.
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Crypto exec ran a ‘covert pipeline for dirty money,’ DOJ says Evita Pay founder Iurii Gugnin has been accused of using sanctioned Russian banks to launder millions into the US, with the funds used in part to undermine American interests.
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Bitcoin quantum threat is a ploy by ‘yo-yo token’ sellers: Saylor Strategy’s Michael Saylor says even if a legitimate quantum computing threat emerged from a tech giant, it won't be released.
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Corruption watchdog clears Javier Milei over LIBRA crypto scandal Argentina’s corruption watchdog has cleared President Javier Milei of wrongdoing over the LIBRA scandal, saying the post was made while acting in a personal capacity.
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Coinbase says it’s tackling frozen accounts in ‘major issue’ Improvements in Coinbase's machine learning models and infrastructure helped to cut the number of unnecessary account restrictions.
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Alleged French crypto kidnapping mastermind arrested in Morocco Moroccan police arrested Badiss Mohamed Amide Bajjou, who is accused of being one of the ringleaders behind a spate of recent crypto-related kidnappings in France.
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Ethereum Foundation says next 18 months ‘pivotal’ amid new treasury policy The Foundation backing the Ethereum blockchain has laid out a new treasury policy to ensure it allocates resources efficiently while supporting its DeFi ecosystem.
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California moves forward bill to accept crypto for state payments The California State Assembly passed a bill that would allow state agencies to accept crypto for payment in a unanimous 68-0 vote, which will now head to the Senate.
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Meta signs 20-year nuclear energy deal to power AI Meta will use nuclear energy to power its data centers and AI models with a 20-year deal to secure 1.1 gigawatts of energy from an Illinois facility.
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Trump-linked asset manager files Truth Social Bitcoin ETF with SEC A Bitcoin ETF branded with Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, is seeking a green light from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Russia’s largest bank Sber offers up Bitcoin-linked bonds Russia’s largest commercial bank, Sber, launched a Bitcoin-linked bond product that’s now trading on OTC markets and may soon be listed on the country's top stock exchange.
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy offers $250M preferred stock to buy more Bitcoin Bitcoin-stacking Strategy is looking to raise $250 million through a new perpetual preferred stock listing to buy more Bitcoin.
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Robinhood completes $200M acquisition of crypto exchange Bitstamp Robinhood has acquired the world’s longest-running crypto exchange, Bitstamp, for $200 million, expanding its institutional crypto offerings to Europe, the UK and Asia.
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Meta won’t buy Bitcoin as shareholders knock back treasury idea Meta shareholders shut down a proposal to assess whether Bitcoin should be added to its balance sheet, with just 0.08% of votes in favor of the idea.
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Wintermute’s ‘CrimeEnjoyor’ to flag Ethereum’s wallet-draining contracts Wintermute has created code that warns of malicious code in Ethereum delegate contracts to protect users from a new wallet-draining tactic.