Russians move $129B in crypto yearly ‘outside our attention’: Official
Russia’s deputy finance minister says around 50 billion rubles worth of crypto changes hands daily,…
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Kevin O’Leary wins $2.8M defamation suit against Ben Armstrong
A Miami federal judge has entered a default judgment against Ben Armstrong, who failed to…
Strategy to equitize convertible debt over 3-6 years: Saylor
The world’s largest DAT plans to convert $6 billion in bond debt to equity, claiming…
SEC Division Moves to Clarify When Tokens Trigger Securities Status After Years of Ambiguity
The SEC is accelerating formal crypto rulemaking, advancing a structured framework to define when digital…
Standard Chartered Cuts BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL Forecasts
Standard Chartered slashed its cryptocurrency price targets, warning bitcoin could slide toward $50,000 and ethereum…
Will Strategy Sell Bitcoin? CEO Outlines Scenario When Talks Turn Real Amid $17B Loss
Strategy’s CEO reveals when selling bitcoin could become a real consideration, confronting a $17 billion…
XRP Declared Ripple’s ‘North Star’ in Trillion-Dollar Vision, Now the Heartbeat of Every Product and Institutional Push
Ripple is positioning XRP as the core engine of its global financial infrastructure ambitions, with…
Aave founder pitches $50T ‘abundance asset’ boom to drive DeFi
Aave Labs CEO Stani Kulechov said onchain lending could help accelerate the development of solar,…
Why Heavy Crypto Selling Often Signals Institutional Accumulation, Not Weakness
TLDR: Institutional buyers require substantial sellers to build large positions without excessive slippage. Historical market…
X to Launch Smart Cashtags for Crypto and Stock Trading in Timelines
TLDR: Smart Cashtags will allow users to tap $BTC or $AAPL for live charts and…
Grayscale seeks to convert Aave trust into ETF on NYSE Arca
Grayscale joins Bitwise in filing to launch a standalone Aave product in the US, betting…
TradFi giant Apollo enters crypto lending arena via Morpho deal
The $940 billion asset manager will collaborate on DeFi lending infrastructure and could acquire up…
Solution worse than problem? Adam Back opposes BIP-110 Ordinals fix
Blockstream’s Adam Back said BIP-110 could be used to freeze user funds, but the proposal’s…
Ethereum Tests Critical $1,943 Support: Analyst Projects $7,000 Target if Channel Holds
TLDR: Ethereum trades at $1,943, testing the lower boundary of an ascending channel established since…
Beyond the Dollar: How Local Stablecoins and Tokenization are Reimagining Global Liquidity
Stablecoins are emerging as the first true “killer app” of blockchain, shifting from speculative assets…