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Grayscale added ENA and removed AERO from its DeFi Fund in Q1 2026, while its Smart Contract Fund kept ETH and SOL as leading holdings.
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The White House believes it is “getting close to an agreement with Iran on a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations,” Axios reported on Wednesday, citing two US officials…
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Benchmark has cut its 12‑month price target on Bitcoin treasury company Strategy from $705 to $570, keeping a Buy rating but marking its model to a cooler Bitcoin path after a brutal drawdown in both BTC and Strategy’s stock. Benchmark…
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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes says his target for Zcash is 10% of Bitcoin’s price, arguing ZEC’s latest rally is early innings despite mounting pressure on privacy coins. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has set an aggressive upside target for privacy coin…
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RootData data shows CeFi raised about $606 million across 8 deals, infrastructure $105 million across 14, and DeFi $90 million. CeFi concentration and sector breakdown According to April data from Web3 analytics platform RootData, the disclosed total raised in the crypto…
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Spot gold smashed through $4,710 per ounce while silver jumped more than 6%, extending a months‑long precious‑metals rally that is now outpacing most risk assets and reopening the gold‑versus‑Bitcoin safe‑haven debate. Spot gold pushed through the $4,710 mark on Wednesday,…
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SpaceX plans an initial $55 billion Terafab chip and AI megafactory in Grimes County, Texas, as part of Elon Musk’s broader Austin-centered semiconductor and compute build‑out. SpaceX is preparing to pour an estimated $55 billion into the first phase of…
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CryptoQuant flags Bitcoin’s unfilled $93k CME futures gap as a key upside “price magnet,” not a guaranteed destiny, for the next leg of the BTC cycle. CryptoQuant analysts say $93,000 is a key upside target for Bitcoin (BTC), anchored around…
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Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin calls Ethereum Digital Asset Treasuries “profound innovations,” backs unlevered ETH treasuries, and commits 30,000 ETH to rsETH recovery while pitching Ethereum’s quantum-safe roadmap. Lubin backs ETH treasury companies and the DAT model According to a new…
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RootData’s new map shows 30 core Web3 partners plugging custody, trading, wallets, and infra into Hyperliquid’s L1 as it pushes toward an on-chain liquidity OS. RootData’s latest ecosystem map shows Hyperliquid positioning itself as a performant L1 “optimized from the ground up”…
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GoMining’s GoBTC protocol promises instant authorization and on-chain Bitcoin settlement with a 0.2% merchant fee, positioning miner-run rails as a low-cost challenger to Visa and Mastercard. According to Forbes, GoMining will formally debut its GoBTC payment protocol at this year’s Consensus…
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Crypto asset ETPs just notched a fifth straight week of inflows, lifting five-week net flows above $4B and pushing AUM near $155B despite sharp midweek outflows. CoinShares said that digital asset ETPs took in $117.8 million last week, extending their…
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Dubai-based Global Millennial Capital closes a $100M IPO Opportunities Fund to back overlooked AI and DeFi mid-cap tech names one to three years before exit. According to the PR Newswire announcement, Global Millennial Capital has completed a final close of $100 million…
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OnRe Finance raised $5M from Forward and RockawayX as Forward prepares up to $25M into ONyc, scaling Solana-based, tokenized reinsurance with DeFi integrations. OnRe Finance said it has closed a $5 million strategic funding round to accelerate development of its…
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Ripple is feeding North Korea–linked threat intelligence into Crypto ISAC, hoping shared context on DPRK operatives and DeFi exploits can blunt a 2026 hack wave led by Drift and KelpDAO. Ripple said it has begun sharing internal threat intelligence on…
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U.S. stocks opened higher in a modest risk-on move, led by AI‑linked storage names like Micron and Western Digital, even as PayPal dropped about 10% on weak profit guidance. U.S. equities opened in the green, with the Dow up 0.45%,…