Bitcoin’s freefall approaches $80,000 as precious metals also tank
The world’s largest cryptocurrency has tanked to its lowest price since April. Bitcoin is down nearly 2% over the past 24 hours and hit a low of nearly $81,000 late…
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Tether has a radical vision for decentralization—and it goes far beyond crypto
Is it too soon to say crypto winter? Perhaps. But it certainly is getting ugly out there: Asset prices are in freefall, key legislation hangs by a thread, and members…
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How a ‘spy sheikh’ bought 49% of the Trump family’s flagship crypto company: ‘We’ve got some pretty meaningful investors’
Just four days before President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, two lieutenants to a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family signed a contract to funnel $500 million…
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Why Bitcoin is in a bear market: Analyst points to 3 factors after currency swoons below $75,000
It’s February and many traders are feeling a chill that feels a lot like crypto winter. Bitcoin dropped below $75,000 on Sunday, the latest in a series of slides that…
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Moltbook, the viral social media site for AI bots, contains a ‘lethal trifecta’ for how the agent internet could fail, security researchers say
Over the last week, the internet was fascinated by Moltbook—a social media site with a new set of rules: AI bots get to post while humans watch. The posts got…
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Famed startup incubator Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins
In the latest sign of digital currencies going mainstream, Silicon Valley’s most prominent startup incubator will allow its spring cohort of entrepreneurs to receive their funding in stablecoins. Y Combinator,…
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Kairos, which is building a cross-platform tool for prediction markets traders, raises $2.5 million from a16z crypto
Jay Malavia and Zayd Alzein both got interested in prediction markets around the time of the 2024 presidential election. But they quickly noticed that the emerging industry—which invites users to…
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Crypto crime-fighting startup TRM Labs notches $1 billion valuation with new $70 million funding round
When TRM Labs cofounders Esteban Castaño and Rahul Raina moved to San Francisco in 2018 to create a startup, their mentors told them that great companies are built when you…
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Bitcoin demand in Nancy Guthrie disappearance shows how crypto is becoming a more frequent feature of physical crimes
The shocking disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84 year-old mother of ‘Today’ show host Savannah Guthrie, took a new twist on Tuesday as TMZ reported receiving a ransom letter. Later…
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Scott Bessent trolls Democrats during testimony, implying their questions are unserious and stupid
A hearing about oversight of the U.S. financial system devolved into insults several times Wednesday as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clashed with Democratic lawmakers over fiscal policy, the business dealings of the…
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