Iran Chose Bitcoin to Dodge Sanctions, Uses Tether Instead
Iran picked Bitcoin for oil settlements because no one can seize it, then turned around and used Tether instead.
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Alcoa Sells Dead Smelter to Bitcoin Miner in $500M Energy Arbitrage Play
Alcoa is turning a dead aluminum smelter into a Bitcoin mining operation, and it's a perfect example of how energy-hungry legacy industry infrastructure gets repurposed for the crypto era.
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Bitcoin's Creator Dodged a Four-Year Global Manhunt and Won
Seventeen years after Bitcoin's whitepaper, two investigators spent four years chasing the ghost who changed money forever—and still don't have an answer.
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Hoskinson: Bitcoin's Quantum Defense Dooms 1.7 Million BTC Forever
Bitcoin's proposed quantum defense would abandon 1.7 million BTC to the void, and the community is pretending it's a gentle upgrade. Charles Hoskinson argues BIP-361 is mislabeled as a soft fork when it's actually a hard fork that can't protect pre-2013 Bitcoin holdings.
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Ripple's XRP Invades Solana as Bridge Wars Heat Up
XRP just became a Solana-native token, and the bridge wars just got more interesting. Wrapped XRP (wXRP) launched on Solana, enabling XRP holders to access DeFi protocols like Jupiter, Phantom, and Meteora without converting to another asset
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Schwab's $11.8T Platform Just Opened Bitcoin Trading to 46M Clients
America's largest discount brokerage just handed 39 million retail investors the keys to spot Bitcoin and Ethereum trading, and Wall Street's crypto hesitation era is officially over.
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BlackRock's Rival Just Tokenized Wall Street Before Wall Street Could
Wall Street just figured out that tokenized stocks are inevitable, and now everyone from BlackRock's Larry Fink to Galaxy Digital is racing to own the rails before regulators pick the winners.
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SEC Charges Exec Who Sold "Insured" Crypto Tokens With No Insurance
The SEC just charged a crypto executive for selling "insured" tokens that had no insurance, and the case shows exactly why tokenized assets need more than marketing promises.
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XRP's 8% Rally Has One Problem: Nobody's Actually Buying
XRP is outperforming Bitcoin and Ethereum by 8% this week, but the low volume tells you everything you need to know about who's actually buying. XRP posted 8% weekly gains over Bitcoin and Ethereum, leading major tokens in the latest price movement
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Google Says Quantum Computers Can Crack Bitcoin Wallets in 9 Minutes
Google just published the math on how long it takes a quantum computer to crack your Bitcoin wallet, and derivatives traders are already pricing in the panic.
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Senator Demands Answers After Binance's $4.3B Fine Goes Unwatched
The $4.3 billion Binance settlement was supposed to close the book on crypto's compliance nightmare, but a U.S. Senator just asked if anyone's actually watching the watchdog.
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Morgan Stanley Quietly Doubles Down on Bitcoin While Wall Street Waits
Morgan Stanley just added $17 million to its Bitcoin position through a new trust vehicle that's already pulled in $34 million total, and it's happening right as JP Morgan says the market structure bill is about to pass.
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Bitcoin Hits $77K as Traders Write Off Sub-$62K Forever
Bitcoin just crossed $77K while traders yawn at the idea of it ever dipping below $62K again. Bitcoin surged past $77,000 during US-Iran tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, with the rally triggering $283M in futures liquidations as shorts got squeezed
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Bitcoin Hits $78K Then Liquidates $820M in Under 24 Hours
Bitcoin just hit $78K and immediately wiped out $820 million in leveraged bets, a violent reminder that in crypto, gravity works both ways. Nearly $1 billion in leveraged crypto positions liquidated as Bitcoin rallied above $78,000, catching over-extended traders on both sides
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Kraken Drops $550M on CFTC License While Coinbase Still Waits
Kraken just bought a CFTC license for half a billion dollars, and it tells you everything about where the real money in crypto is moving. Payward, Kraken's parent company, is acquiring Bitnomial for up to $550 million in cash and stock, securing a fully CFTC-licensed U.S. crypto derivatives platform
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Cardano Founder: Bitcoin's Quantum Fix Would Lock Satoshi Out Forever
Bitcoin's quantum security plan would freeze Satoshi's 1.1 million coins forever, and the developers wrote it that way on purpose.
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Trump Says Iran Deal "Close" as Bitcoin Spikes on Oil Crash
When the President says oil is dropping and Iran is talking, crypto traders pay attention, because geopolitical de-escalation doesn't just move crude, it moves capital.
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Musk's X Money Could Kill PayPal Says Wall Street
Elon Musk just turned X into a financial terminal, and Wall Street analysts are already drawing red lines around the crypto parts. X rolled out a feature this week letting users view stock and crypto price data natively in the app, the first visible step toward X Money
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Bitcoin Hits $75K But Traders Are Still Betting Against It
Bitcoin just crossed $75K after [liquidating $283M in short positions](https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-liquidations-top-dollar283m-after-short-squeeze-sends-btc-price-above-dollar75k?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound), but futures traders are still betting ag
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Trump's Iran Threat Tanks Crypto in 90 Minutes
Geopolitical threats just reminded crypto markets they're still tethered to the analog world. Trump warned of resumed military action against Iran if no diplomatic deal is reached, triggering immediate volatility in Bitcoin and Ethereum markets
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