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One month that shook the market: Saylor's struggles over bitcoin strategy yields big losses
Strategy's (MSTR) machinations of the past few weeks at a minimum suggest a company attempting to find its footing as bitcoin's
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Circle’s USDC is leaving Tether behind in the stablecoin volume race, new data from Visa shows
Circle’s USDC stablecoin widened its lead over competitor Tether’s USDT by transaction volume during the first half of 2026, according to fresh data from Visa’s onchain dashboard.
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Cantor says Strategy's recovery hinges on restoring STRC to par
Cantor said Strategy's (MSTR) top priority is restoring its STRC preferred stock to par, arguing that doing so is key to restarting the company's bitcoin
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Ethereum developers embrace Vitalik Buterin's long-term vision but urge quicker execution
Ethereum's ambitious plan to reinvent itself over the next several years is getting an enthusiastic reception from many of the network's researchers, though several say the biggest challenge won't be deciding what to bu…
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Crypto bounces back from the brink as altcoin optimism returns despite pockets of weakness
Bitcoin is trading at $62,800, recovering from a July 1 dip below $58,000 that raised concerns of a slide toward $50,000.
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Securitize eyes acquisitions with $400 million war chest after going public, CEO says
Securitize (SECZ) plans to use its newly-strengthened balance sheet to pursue acquisitions to expand its tokenization business following its public listing, CEO Carlos Domingo told CoinDesk in an interview.
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Coinbase AI draws backlash after pushing World Cup result before kickoff
Coinbase (COIN) sent users a false “breaking news” alert saying Norway's soccer team beat Brazil 3-2 in a World Cup knockout match before the game had even started.
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Strategy Sells $216M in Bitcoin for Dividends Under 'BTC Monetization Program'
Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, sold 3,588 BTC over the past week for around $216 million, according to a Monday disclosure. The proceeds funded dividends on its preferred shares and topped up its U.S…
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Morning Minute: Crypto Surges Over Holiday Weekend
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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Bitcoin miner TeraWulf soars on a $19 billion AI data-center lease with Anthropic
TeraWulf, a bitcoin miner that has remade itself into an AI landlord, signed a 20-year lease with Anthropic to host the AI company at a Kentucky data center, sending its shares up as much as 19% on Monday before they se…
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SpaceX's Nasdaq 100 inclusion comes with a historical warning
SpaceX (SPCX) is set to officially join Wall Street's tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index on July 7 after raising $75 billion in the largest iPO of all time in mid-June.
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Bitcoin's Sharpe Ratio slides to lowest since 2022. Here's what it means.
The Sharpe Ratio is the gold standard for measuring risk-adjusted returns and was developed by Nobel Prize-winning economist William F. Sharpe.
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Ethereum 'Reinventing Itself' With Biggest Overhaul Since the Merge: Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has laid out an updated vision for the blockchain's next several years, billing it as the most sweeping rebuild since the network ditched mining and declaring that Ethereum is "reinve…
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DeFi protocol Summer.fi halts Lazy Summer vaults after $6 million exploit
Decentralized finance protocol Summer.fi has paused its Lazy Summer vaults after an exploit that drained about $6 million from the Ethereum-based yield platform, according to the project and several blockchain security …
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Russia's largest bank plans crypto wallet launch as Moscow clears market path
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, plans to offer a cryptocurrency wallet and digital depository by December, bringing the financial institution into a market the country spent years trying to contain.
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FOMC minutes, SpaceX joins Nasdaq 100: Crypto Week Ahead
Crypto Week Ahead is a comprehensive list of what's coming up in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, as well as the major macroeconomic events that will influence digital asset markets.
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U.S. inflation outlook underpins bitcoin bulls after best week since March
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Michael Saylor's Strategy dramatically ups pace of bitcoin sales, raising $216 million
Strategy (MSTR) sold 3,588 bitcoin for approximately $216 million last week, reducing its total holdings to 843,775 BTC, according to a Monday SEC filing.
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Ripple's preliminary crypto asset provider license in Luxembourg upgraded to fully compliant
Ripple said Monday that Luxembourg upgraded its preliminary Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) authorization under the European Union’s (EU) Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations to a full license. The approval …
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XRP rises 3% as $1.14 breakout turns into support test
XRP finally pushed through the $1.14 level that had capped recent attempts higher, but the move did not run cleanly into the next resistance band. Buyers drove the token as high as $1.158 on heavy volume before sellers …
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I am contemplating selling some of my bitcoin for gold, veteran trader Peter Brandt says
Brandt, CEO of Factor LLC and widely followed chart analyst, said on X that he is mulling liquidating some of his BTC and using the proceeds to buy gold, as he sees the yellow metal outperforming BTC.
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Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is preparing its 'biggest rebuild' since the Merge
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has a fresh set of takeaways on "Lean Ethereum," the multi-year plan to rebuild nearly every major part of the network, following research meetings.
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Live markets: Bitcoin pops to $63,900, then reverses, as week begins
Bitcoin touched $63,882 overnight before retreating to around $62,900, per CoinDesk data. The 24-hour high of $63,900 held briefly before sellers pushed it back down.
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Ether leads crypto's hold above key levels as bitcoin steadies over $63,000
Ether (ETH) led crypto majors into Monday as bitcoin held above $63,000, steadying after a week that pulled it off its lows and back to its highest in more than a month.