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Banks are lobbying to kill crypto rewards to protect a hidden $1,400 "tax" on every household
Banks are fighting stablecoin rewards to protect a secret $360 billion revenue machine. When Coinbase chief policy officer Faryar Shirzad posted a thread on Jan. 8 warning that stablecoin rewards "remain under debate" as Congress marks up market structure legislation, he attached...
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BlackRock warns crypto's love affair with AI is over as an energy war with Bitcoin miners begins
BlackRock is telling clients to stop looking at artificial intelligence as software and start treating it as energy. In ...
Tokenized Treasuries skyrocketed 125%, creating this "programmable cash" loop that banks are scrambling to copy
Tokenized real-world assets reached $19.72 billion on Jan. 9, the closest the market has come to the $20 billion thresho...
New BlackRock report exposes a historic shift in crypto that leaves only one blockchain controlling the settlement layer
Stablecoins used to be a crypto convenience, a way to park dollars between trades without touching fiat. However, the in...
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Ethereum just solved a critical problem Bitcoin doesn't want to fix on its own network - but why?
A few years ago, the easiest way to explain Bitcoin to a newcomer was to keep it simple, slow, and sturdy. Ten-minute blocks. Limited space. Everyone checks everything. Nobody gets...
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Last time these whales did this Bitcoin surged to new highs but key data suggests messy weeks ahead
The first thing you learn when you spend too long around Bitcoin is that everyone has a chart that “always works”, and everyone has a scar from the last time it didn’t. This week’s...
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Shortest bear market ever? Key metrics imply Bitcoin price could surge past $125,000 before April
The crypto market is flashing early signals of a first-quarter recovery as the dust finally settles on December’s sharp sell-off. According to a new analysis from Coinbase, four st...
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Ripple is winning on Wall Street and in the UK, but the XRP Ledger is losing users fast and the split will define 2026
The XRP market has opened 2026 by splitting into two distinct realities. On one side, the institutional "wrapper" trade is thriving, supported by shrinking exchange supply and deep...
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Bitcoin critical demand metric turns negative and ETFs wiped out $1.1 billion in 72 hours
US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs have suffered three consecutive sessions of heavy redemptions of more than $1 billion. The velocity of this U-turn is surprising, considering this year ...
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Xapo Bank’s Bitcoin Wealth Ecosystem, Explained
Xapo Bank has been pushing a simple message to long-term Bitcoin holders: do not just park your coins, put them to work. From its base in Gibraltar, the Bitcoin-first bank has buil...
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