Bitcoin Breaks Heavy Resistance—But Death Cross Looms: Analysis
Wall Street had a solid Tuesday, but Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market finds itself on less steady ground.
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Securitize, Cantor target tokenized IPOs for public markets
Securitize and Cantor Fitzgerald are developing infrastructure for tokenized IPOs and secondary equity offerings within the existing US securities framework.
Read more →Bitcoin Giant Strategy Isn't Panicking—Unless BTC Crashes to $10K: CEO
Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy will start buying the cryptocurrency again once its preferred shares recover, CEO Phong Le said, as the company leans on a retooled financing model to ride out the crypto downturn.
Read more →Bitcoin hits $65.5K as more surprise US inflation data sparks three-week BTC price high
Bitcoin moved up to its highest levels since June 22 as US PPI inflation numbers provided the week’s second surprise macro data drop.
Read more →Open USD poses biggest threat yet to Circle's USDC, CoinShares says
Open USD, a bank-backed group developing a dollar-pegged stablecoin, is the most credible threat yet to Circle Internet's (CRCL) USDC because it targets the economics at the heart of the company’s business, crypto asset…
Read more →Is Robinhood Chain’s success bullish or bearish for ETH the asset?
Surging volumes on Robinhood Chain could be very good for Ethereum, but only if the “ETH is money” crowd turn out to be right.
Read more →A timeline of the Ethereum Foundation's ongoing shakeup
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Read more →Crypto firms face AML risks during post-MiCA migration, says AMLA chair
AMLA is expanding its crypto oversight as firms complete the transition to the EU’s MiCA licensing regime.
Read more →Morning Minute: Crypto Rips on Cool CPI
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our new daily news show covering all of the to…
Read more →UK Fraud Review Calls for Judge Training on Crypto Laundering, AI Scams
A major UK review of fraud has recommended that judges and magistrates be trained to handle a coming wave of cases involving cryptocurrency money laundering and fraud powered by artificial intelligence.
Read more →Team Behind Ethereum's Institutional Privacy Push Spins Out For-Profit Firm EthSystems
The group that spent the past year running the Ethereum Foundation's institutional privacy work has spun out to start its own company. EthSystems launched Tuesday as an independent, for-profit firm building privacy and …
Read more →Crypto steadies as Middle East tensions counter U.S. inflation report boost
Bitcoin held near a three-week high and ether steadied around its highest since June 3 as U.S.-Iran hostilities capped gains from a softer-than-expected U.S. inflation report on Tuesday.
Read more →Japan passes crypto overhaul to bring digital assets under financial rules
Japan’s revised Financial Instruments and Exchange Act introduces crypto insider trading rules, tougher penalties and new oversight requirements for crypto businesses.
Read more →South Korea to bring digital assets under new state asset management system
South Korea’s Economy Ministry plans to include digital assets and intellectual property under the country’s new state-asset management framework.
Read more →Stripe mounts blockbuster $53 billion bid to buy PayPal
Payments giant Stripe offered to buy PayPal (PYPL) in a deal worth $53 billion, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Read more →Bitcoin gets new $80K August target: Watch these BTC price levels next
BTC price upside predictions include $68,000 within two weeks and up to $80,000 next month, contrasting with warnings of a 2022 bear-market rerun for the rest of 2026.
Read more →Czech Republic tells ISPs to block Polymarket after gambling blacklisting
The Czech Finance Ministry added Polymarket to its blacklist of unauthorized online gambling websites, requiring internet providers to block access within 15 days.
Read more →US, UK Outline Recommendations to Align Stablecoin and Tokenization Rules
The U.S. and UK have laid out a joint roadmap for aligning how they regulate stablecoins, tokenized assets, and digital money, a coordinated push by two of the world's largest financial centres to let blockchain-based f…
Read more →Cathie Wood’s ARK buys another 220K Circle shares despite sell-off
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest added $13.9 million worth of Circle shares on Tuesday, extending its July buying spree to 725,517 shares amid a steep stock decline.
Read more →Stripe, Advent offer $53B to acquire PayPal: Report
Stripe and Advent reportedly offered to buy PayPal for $53 billion, at a 28% premium compared to the company’s Tuesday closing price.
Read more →Coinbase Says AI Now Assists Nearly All of Its Code Development
Coinbase’s Head of Platform, Rob Witoff, said 95% to 100% of the company’s code is now written by or with the assistance of AI, up from about 40% in February, according to a Cointelegraph interview. He said nearly all e…
Read more →Visa, Mastercard and Ripple back x402 as agent payments average 32 cents
Every major card network has signed on to a payment standard built so that software can pay software without a human involved.
Read more →Kalshi says CFTC, Michigan orders leave it in ‘impossible position’
“We are disappointed by this decision and believe it is unfair to Kalshi,” the company’s legal counsel said on X.
Read more →Bitcoin nears $65,000 as cooling U.S. inflation guts the Fed rate-hike trade
Bitcoin climbed to near $64,800 on Wednesday, its best session in weeks, after U.S. inflation cooled by more than economists expected and traders abandoned bets that the Federal Reserve would raise rates this month.
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