Bitcoin-backed lending is entering its institutional era: Two Prime
Public companies are increasingly borrowing against their bitcoin holdings to fund acquisitions and capital spending without selling the asset.
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Bitcoin stuck below $65,000 as Hormuz hopes evaporate, XRP close to dropping below $1
The Strait of Hormuz relief trade unraveled after Trump demanded 50 years of Iranian compensation, pushing oil back to $89 and leaving crypto and equities unchanged ahead of a pivotal CPI report.
Live updates: Bitcoin falls to $63,500; CoreWeave jumps 9% as AI demand pushes backlog over $100 billion
STS Digital's Jeff Anderson said Wednesday's U.S. inflation report could spark bitcoin volatility from tight trading range.
FlightAware sues Kalshi over bets on flight cancellations
The flight-tracking company alleges Kalshi used its data and trademark without permission to settle contracts on canceled flights.
Software stocks break away from bitcoin: What the rare divergence means for crypto
IGV’s rebound is reshaping a relationship it held with bitcoin for years, but history suggests bitcoin could still catch up.
Luke Dashjr removed as Bitcoin BIP editor after controversial BIP-110 fork stalls
Dashjr said he is taking a sabbatical from his role as chair and chief technology officer of mining pool Ocean.
Nvidia’s $500 billion AI infrastructure push leaves crypto compute further behind
Nvidia has signed memorandums of understanding with six major Wall Street firms to establish "AI compute" as a bankable infrastructure asset.
UK lawmakers question lenders over lack of banking for the country’s crypto firms
The U.K.’s Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group asked banks to explain their approach to providing banking services to crypto and digital asset businesses.
Riot Platforms surges 20% in pre-market trading on $9.1 billion Anthropic deal
The bitcoin miner’s 20-year agreement highlights an industry-wide shift toward AI infrastructure revenue.
A $2 trillion asset class is getting a new blockchain rail
ADI Chain and Shipfinex are partnering to tokenize commercial ships, aiming to open the $680B ship-finance market to wider capital pool.
BTCPay offers $190,000 bounty after bitcoin payment servers drained in exploit
The project said it will pay 10% of recovered funds, up to 3 BTC, after attackers stole LND credentials and drained merchant Lightning wallets last week.
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork is 300 blocks behind BTC and six years from fixing itself
The breakaway chain has produced two blocks since splitting off on Saturday. Bitcoin has produced more than 300 in the same stretch.