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Harvard alumni-founded Ostium lands $24 million in fresh funding to scale onchain perpetuals for RWAs

Harvard alumni-founded Ostium lands $24 million in...

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Bitcoin market fears are overblown as policy shifts open medium-term upside, K33 says

Bitcoin market fears are overblown as policy shift...

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Axis raises $5 million in round led by Galaxy Ventures to launch onchain yield protocol for USD, bitcoin and gold

Axis raises $5 million in round led by Galaxy Vent...

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Firelight launches XRP staking protocol on Flare, with stXRP planned to earn rewards through DeFi insurance

Firelight launches XRP staking protocol on Flare, ...

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Bitcoin jumps back above $93K as short liquidations and fresh institutional interest help fuel rebound ahead of Fed meeting

Bitcoin jumps back above $93K as short liquidation...

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Binance appoints co-founder Yi He as new co-CEO alongside Richard Teng

Binance appoints co-founder Yi He as new co-CEO al...

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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest stocks up on more Coinbase, Bullish and Robinhood shares

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest stocks up on more Coinbas...

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Investigating DeFi hacks with ‘Code is Law’ co-director James Craig and Wildcat Finance co-founder Laurence Day

Investigating DeFi hacks with ‘Code is Law’ co-dir...

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UK passes law officially recognizing crypto as third kind of property

UK passes law officially recognizing crypto as thi...

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Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin dips 40% after token lockup expires

Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin dips 40% after token...

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Bitfinex-backed Layer 1 Stable unveils tokenomics ahead of mainnet deployment

Bitfinex-backed Layer 1 Stable unveils tokenomics ...

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Kalshi becomes CNN’s official partner, integrating prediction market data into programming

Kalshi becomes CNN’s official partner, integrating...

15 hours ago 6

Aave DAO mulls pulling back ‘multichain strategy,’ deprecating zkSync, Metis and Soneium instances

Aave DAO mulls pulling back ‘multichain strategy,’...

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‘Get these done on time:’ Rep. Steil presses regulators on stablecoin law ahead of July 2026 deadline

‘Get these done on time:’ Rep. Steil presses regul...

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Celestia-based Astria Network sunsets its shared sequencer network after raising $18 million

Celestia-based Astria Network sunsets its shared s...

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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried praises Trump’s pardon of ex-Honduran president as he seeks clemency

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried praises Trump’s p...

19 hours ago 8

Elon Musk’s X Money searches for ‘payments platform’ tech lead and Solana is eager to help

Elon Musk’s X Money searches for ‘payments platfor...

20 hours ago 7

Taurus taps Everstake to expand crypto staking options for banks and institutions

Taurus taps Everstake to expand crypto staking opt...

20 hours ago 8

The Daily: Grayscale predicts new bitcoin highs in 2026, ‘Vanguard effect’ lifts crypto markets, Chainlink ETF debuts, and more

The Daily: Grayscale predicts new bitcoin highs in...

22 hours ago 5

Crypto market rebounds above $3 trillion as ‘Vanguard effect’ jolts ETF flows and Fed cut odds jump

Crypto market rebounds above $3 trillion as ‘Vangu...

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Kraken to buy Backed Finance in tokenization push ahead of IPO

Kraken to buy Backed Finance in tokenization push ...

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35 key crypto hires, moves and exits: November 2025

35 key crypto hires, moves and exits: November 202...

1 day ago 7

Sonnet shareholders approve merger for potential $1 billion HYPE crypto treasury

Sonnet shareholders approve merger for potential $...

1 day ago 7

Bank of America backs 4% crypto allocation cap, ending adviser restrictions and adding bitcoin ETF coverage: report

Bank of America backs 4% crypto allocation cap, en...

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Chainlink gets its first ETF as Grayscale’s GLNK set to begin trading

Chainlink gets its first ETF as Grayscale’s GLNK s...

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Bitcoin miners face worst profitability crunch on record, analyst says

Bitcoin miners face worst profitability crunch on ...

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Cango posts 60% Q3 revenue jump as bitcoin mining output climbs

Cango posts 60% Q3 revenue jump as bitcoin mining ...

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BlackRock’s Larry Fink and Rob Goldstein say tokenization could do for finance what the early internet did for information

BlackRock’s Larry Fink and Rob Goldstein say token...

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AI agents pose immediate threat to smart contract security, Anthropic says

AI agents pose immediate threat to smart contract ...

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Grayscale predicts new bitcoin highs in 2026, dismisses 4-year cycle view

Grayscale predicts new bitcoin highs in 2026, dism...

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South Korea’s ruling party issues ultimatum on stalled stablecoin bill: report

South Korea’s ruling party issues ultimatum on sta...

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US FDIC to propose GENIUS Act implementation framework this month

US FDIC to propose GENIUS Act implementation frame...

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Vanguard clients can trade funds holding crypto li...

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Yearn recovers $2.4 million in stolen assets stemming from ‘unchecked arithmetic’ bug

Yearn recovers $2.4 million in stolen assets stemm...

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First Chainlink ETF set to begin trading on Tuesday as exchange signs off on Grayscale’s LINK fund

First Chainlink ETF set to begin trading on Tuesda...

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Kalshi tokenizes ‘thousands’ of its prediction markets using Solana

Kalshi tokenizes ‘thousands’ of its prediction mar...

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The Daily: Bitcoin faces ‘late-cycle fragility,’ Strategy establishes new $1.44B USD reserve, Sony Bank plans US stablecoin, and more

The Daily: Bitcoin faces ‘late-cycle fragility,’ S...

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House Republicans revive criticisms of Biden’s ‘coordinated attack’ on crypto, debanking concerns

House Republicans revive criticisms of Biden’s ‘co...

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Largest Solana treasury recruits ParaFi Capital exec after over 40% plunge in holdings value

Largest Solana treasury recruits ParaFi Capital ex...

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Changpeng Zhao-backed YZiLabs launches boardroom coup at BNB treasury firm BNC

Changpeng Zhao-backed YZiLabs launches boardroom c...

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Tom Lee’s Ethereum DAT BitMine now holds 3% of the total ETH supply

Tom Lee’s Ethereum DAT BitMine now holds 3% of the...

2 days ago 6

White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks rejects fresh conflict of interest claims

White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks rejects...

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Kalshi and Polymarket post strongest months yet with nearly $10 billion in combined November volume

Kalshi and Polymarket post strongest months yet wi...

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Strategy purchases another 130 bitcoin for $11.7M as total holdings hit 650,000 BTC; establishes new $1.44 billion dividend reserve

Strategy purchases another 130 bitcoin for $11.7M ...

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Crypto operating businesses ‘look strong,’ despite weak price action: Bernstein

Crypto operating businesses ‘look strong,’ despite...

2 days ago 5

Bitcoin faces ‘late-cycle fragility’ as whale accumulation slows, retail interest surges: analysts

Bitcoin faces ‘late-cycle fragility’ as whale accu...

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Crypto ETPs rebound with over $1 billion in weekly inflows prior to latest price slump: CoinShares

Crypto ETPs rebound with over $1 billion in weekly...

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Sony Bank to launch US stablecoin for games and anime: report

Sony Bank to launch US stablecoin for games and an...

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Spot bitcoin ETF outflows hit $3.5 billion in November, largest monthly outflow since February

Spot bitcoin ETF outflows hit $3.5 billion in Nove...

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Crypto exchange HashKey clears key hearing for Hong Kong IPO

Crypto exchange HashKey clears key hearing for Hon...

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