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Metaplanet explores Bitcoin-backed digital credit with JPYC in Japan
Metaplanet said it is studying Bitcoin-backed digital credit products in Japan with JPYC and Progmat, but no product has been launched.
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Circle secures U.S. trust bank approval in crypto expansion
Circle (CRCL), the issuer of the world's second largest stablecoin USDC, received approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank.
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Morning Minute: Robinhood Chain Explodes Onto the Crypto Scene
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…
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Japanese lender launches Bitcoin-backed loans of up to $6.2M
CRYL is offering Bitcoin-backed loans to individuals and businesses as Japanese firms explore broader uses for BTC in lending and credit markets.
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North Carolina Bill Recognizes CFTC's ‘Federal Regulatory Authority’ Over Prediction Markets
North Carolina has become one of the few states to formally side with federal regulators in the escalating fight over prediction markets, enacting a law that recognizes the CFTC's authority over platforms like Kalshi an…
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USDC issuer Circle wins final approval for US national trust bank charter
Circle announces it received final OCC approval for a national trust bank that will initially serve the company and affiliates, with possible future custody services for institutional clients.
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Jailed Fraudster Charged With Moving $290K in Forfeited Crypto From Prison
A Bulgarian man already serving time for one of the larger crypto laundering cases prosecuted in the U.S. has been charged with pulling off another scheme from inside federal prison, allegedly moving $290,000 in cryptoc…
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Bitcoin returns to $64.3K with new three-week BTC price highs imminent
Bitcoin bulls faced "crucial resistance" at $65,000 next as BTC price action diverged from oil and US dollar strength.
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EU parliament passes ‘chat control,’ allowing private chat scans until 2028
EU lawmakers have again allowed tech firms to scan chats for abuse material, but exempted end-to-end encrypted messages.
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TeraWulf eyes $3.5B debt raise for Anthropic-linked data center: Report
Bitcoin miner TeraWulf is reportedly seeking $3.5 billion in debt financing led by Morgan Stanley for its Kentucky data center campus leased by AI company Anthropic.
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Robinhood Chain sees over $70M in ETH bridged during first week
Robinhood’s choice to use Ethereum further solidifies its position as the “ultimate settlement layer and liquidity foundation for tokenized assets,” said HashKey Group’s Tim Sun.
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Bitcoin gets a green light from a reliable momentum gauge. Here are key levels to watch
That’s the message coming from a popular technical indicator called the moving average convergence divergence (MACD) histogram, which oscillates around the zero line to show the direction and strength of the market tren…
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Zcash targets July 28 launch for Ironwood network upgrade
Zcash’s next upgrade will replace the once-compromised Orchard pool and may offer clues about whether counterfeit tokens were created via a recent bug.
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Live markets: Bitcoin ETFs bleed again while ether funds snap a five-day inflow streak
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $95 million on Thursday, per SoSoValue data, while ether ETFs shed about $52 million, ending a five-day inflow run that had been the steadier side of the market.
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Hackers tried to backdoor Injective npm package to steal wallet keys
The incident is significant for developers and applications that handle Injective wallet workflows, Socket researchers said.
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DeFi may be ‘quietly re-rating’ given outperformance against Bitcoin: Bitwise
“DeFi usually swings much harder than Bitcoin, so holding up this well is unusual,” says Bitwise, as DeFi tokens have outperformed Bitcoin.
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Perplexity Fine-Tuned a Chinese AI Model to Match Claude Opus 4.8 at One-Third the Cost
Perplexity has turned a Chinese open-source model into a near-frontier workhorse at roughly a third of what Claude Opus 4.8 costs.
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Coinbase chief legal officer to transition to advisory role on July 31
The soon-to-be former chief legal officer did not announce the details of his next move but said that he would continue working with the Board of Coinbase National Trust Company.
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White House says it received no Democratic response related to SEC, CFTC vacancies
Both US financial regulators are understaffed at the leadership level and lacking Democratic commissioners, with no announcement from President Donald Trump on filling the roles.
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Ethereum Foundation Turns AI Loose on ETH Network to Find Bugs Before Hackers Do
The Ethereum Foundation is using swarms of AI agents to attack Ethereum—before someone else does.
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Bitdeer stock jumps 14% as company expands US mining hardware production
Bitdeer shares rallied after the company announced a $36 million Nevada manufacturing facility that will produce its SEALMINER Bitcoin mining machines and expand its hardware business.
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Avalanche Treasury Firm AVAX One Reclaims Nasdaq Compliance After Reverse Stock Split
AVAX One Technology, a crypto treasury firm that holds Avalanche (AVAX), announced Thursday that it has regained compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement, closing out a listing issue that had put the compa…
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OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 Sol: Here’s How It Stacks Up Against Other AI Models
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol is now public. The company released its new flagship model to general users today, launching alongside two smaller siblings, Terra and Luna, after the U.S. Department of Commerce kept a preview rest…
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AI Agents Could Be Turned Into Botnets Through Hallucinations, Researchers Warn
AI hallucinations may be more than incorrect answers—they could become a way for hackers to compromise computers, according to new research from Tel Aviv University, Technion, and Intuit.