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USDT issuer Tether quietly turned its Bitcoin reserve wallet into a $7.2b war chest, built by funneling 15% of profits into BTC as USDT’s balance sheet goes quasi-sovereign. Tether has added another 951 BTC, worth roughly $70.47m, to its dedicated…
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Bitget rebuilt its core trading systems to cut order‑processing latency by up to 40%, a move it pitches as the technical backbone for its Universal Exchange strategy that blends crypto and TradFi under one account. Bitget has completed a major…
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AI agent ‘Valerie’ now runs a San Francisco vending machine on OpenClaw, testing how far people will trust code with pricing, marketing and real‑world cash. AI agent takes over a real‑world vending machine An AI agent called Valerie is now…
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WLFI’s team has proposed burning up to 4.52 billion tokens and locking most of the remaining team and ecosystem allocation for 2–5 years, lifting the price about 7% to roughly $0.084 as traders bet on a cleaner supply curve. World…
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Bitwise’s new BAVA product will list on the NYSE in 2026, wrapping spot AVAX exposure and an estimated 5.4% staking yield into a single, liquid ETP for traditional investors. Bitwise Asset Management plans to list a new spot Avalanche ETP…
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Stables partners with Mansa to add on‑demand liquidity and compliance‑first infrastructure to Asia’s fiat‑to‑USDT corridors, targeting the region’s 60% share of global stablecoin flows. Stablecoins have quietly become Asia’s preferred digital plumbing, with payments sent from the region now accounting…
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Brix raises $5.5M to tokenize emerging‑market credit strategies on MegaETH, targeting “institutional‑grade” yield products that trade like altcoins with added credit risk. Brix, a tokenization startup focused on emerging markets, has raised $5.5 million to bring what it calls “institutional‑grade”…
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White House says banning stablecoin yields barely helps banks but hurts consumers, reshaping the CLARITY Act fight over interest‑bearing “digital cash.” A new White House study has concluded that prohibiting yield on stablecoins would do little to protect U.S. bank…
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Ethereum is edging toward a high‑risk liquidation zone where a clean break above $2,451 would put an estimated $1.473 billion of short positions at risk across major centralized exchanges, according to derivatives tracker Coinglass. Ethereum is edging toward a high‑risk…
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Austan Goolsbee has warned the Federal Reserve may need to keep interest rates on hold until 2027 if the Iran war keeps oil prices high and inflation stuck above target. Austan Goolsbee has warned the Federal Reserve may need to…
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The Chainlink price narrative shifted this week when the protocol upgraded its Data Streams infrastructure to deliver near-real-time pricing for US stocks and ETFs on a 24/5 basis, giving DeFi protocols access to the same equity data that covers roughly…
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U.S. equities closed sharply higher on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq Composite climbing 1.96% and locking in gains for 10 consecutive trading days, underscoring renewed risk appetite in big‑cap technology. The S&P 500 added 1.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
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Goldman Sachs has filed for a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF that aims to turn BTC’s volatility into yield via a covered‑call strategy built on spot ETF exposure. Goldman Sachs has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…
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ECB chief economist Philip Lane warned the central bank could still raise interest rates if inflation’s impact lasts longer than expected, keeping tightening risks alive even after March’s pause. European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane has warned that interest…
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ETH derivatives open interest jumps 11.59% in 24 hours to $34.165B, with Binance, Gate, Bybit and OKX carrying most of the leverage as traders pile into Ethereum. Ethereum’s derivatives market has lit up again, with total ETH contract open interest…
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Blockaid flags CoW Swap’s cow.fi frontend as malicious, urging users to revoke token approvals and avoid the dApp amid a broader wave of DeFi interface attacks. Blockchain security firm Blockaid has warned that CoW Swap’s primary website COW.FI has been…
