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Mark Cuban has dumped most of his Bitcoin, calling it “not the hedge I expected” as the Iran war and dollar volatility exposed what he sees as a failed safe haven narrative. Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has revealed he sold…
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Ethereum is clinging to support near $1,800 as rising leverage, crowded longs, and persistent U.S. spot ETF outflows deepen downside risks for the second largest cryptocurrency. Ethereum (ETH) price is extending a weak trend after losing the psychologically important $2,000…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has greenlit the nation’s first bitcoin perpetual futures contract on a regulated exchange, marking a watershed moment for domestic crypto derivatives trading. The CFTC announced Friday it had approved an unnamed regulated exchange to…
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Wintermute is moving into prediction markets as institutional market makers race to dominate event contracts that already clear more than $20 billion a month. Wintermute, one of crypto’s largest quantitative market makers, has begun providing continuous two way liquidity on…
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Grayscale is negotiating a $115 million HYPE-for-shares seed swap for its proposed Hyperliquid staking ETF, in a move that deepens Wall Street’s exposure to on chain derivatives. Grayscale is negotiating with Hyper Holdings Global LP to seed its proposed Hyperliquid…
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Anthropic is set to tap a $36 billion private credit deal led by Blackstone and Apollo to finance Google AI chips backed by Broadcom, in one of history’s largest debt financings. Private equity giants Apollo Global Management and Blackstone are…
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Crypto.com and Fanatics Collectibles will embed the official UEFA Champions League Final match coin into a one of one Topps trading card, merging tokenization with physical memorabilia. Crypto.com and Fanatics Collectibles are using the 2026 UEFA Champions League Final in…
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Bitcoin has slipped out of the world’s top 10 assets by market capitalization, with its value down to about $1.09 trillion as U.S. tech giants in the “Magnificent Seven” power higher. Bitcoin’s (BTC) slide down the asset leaderboard was flagged…
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YZi Labs launches a curated Creator Program that plugs Web3 and AI storytellers into over 300 portfolio projects, extending its push to fuse capital, hiring and narrative. YZi Labs has launched a new Creator Program designed to build a curated…
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Groq is raising up to $650 million from existing investors to fund a new “Groq2” entity, just months after inking a $20 billion licensing and asset deal with Nvidia that effectively rewired the AI chipmaker’s future. Groq Inc. is raising…
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The S&P 500 pushed to a fresh all time high near 7,400 after Washington and Tehran agreed to extend their ceasefire, reinforcing a broad risk on bid across equities and crypto. The United States and Iran have agreed to extend…
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Morpho has released its Midnight white paper, open-sourcing a fixed-rate, fixed-term credit protocol aimed at scaling on-chain lending beyond volatile variable-rate markets. Morpho has formally released the “Morpho Midnight White Paper,” detailing a new non-custodial protocol for fixed-rate, fixed-term credit…
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Grayscale has transferred roughly $112 million in Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime, adding to a steady drumbeat of institutional-sized flows hitting centralized venues this year. Grayscale deposited 1,530.704 Bitcoin into Coinbase Prime worth approximately $112 million in the last hour, according…
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the “anti‑crypto army” has been beaten back by courts, voters, and President Donald Trump, arguing the crackdown never made legal, policy or political sense. Brad Garlinghouse did not mince words when he posted that the…
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New York Fed President John Williams says the US‑Israel war against Iran will push headline US inflation higher this year by driving up energy prices, even as he insists monetary policy is “in the right place” to absorb the shock.…
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Bitcoin and gold are losing their appeal as macro hedges, JPMorgan says, as Middle East tensions and inflation fears ease and investors pull money from “devaluation trades.” Bitcoin’s (BTC) role as the market’s flagship “devaluation trade” is fading as investors…