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BlackRock IBIT And MicroStrategy Show Two Very Different Ways To Accumulate Bitcoin

BlackRock’s IBIT and MicroStrategy are both huge Bitcoin accumulation stories, but they are not doing the same thing, and that distinction matters more as the numbers get bigger.

IBIT gathers passively through ETF demand. Investors buy shares, the fund creates exposure, and Bi

Bitcoin Slumps But These Mining Stocks Are Up Thanks to AI Deals

Bitcoin may be slumping — along with the Nasdaq in general — but one technology investment seems to be doing well: publicly-traded mining companies. 

Top U.S. Bitcoin mining companies — Hut 8, CleanSpark,

$67M Ethereum Short On Hyperliquid Shows How Institutional Trading Is Moving On-Chain

A large Ethereum short on Hyperliquid is giving the market another glimpse of how serious capital is starting to use decentralized derivatives venues, not just centralized exchanges and OTC desks.

The position, tracked through the Hyperliquid explorer at wallet address `0x7fdaf

S&P And Pantera Launch Crypto Index Built Around Protocol Fundamentals

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital have launched a new digital asset benchmark that tracks crypto networks through a more fundamentals-focused lens.

The S&P Pantera Digital Asset Index, or SPPDA, launched with 18 constituents and uses a rules-based methodology. A

BlackRock Says Crypto Can Outrun the Quantum Threat — If It Moves Fast Enough

BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, has chimed in on the crypto-quantum debate — and is surprisingly optimistic.

The firm, which manages over $15 trillion in assets, in its new report, Quantum Comput

T. Rowe Price Crypto ETF Filing Puts Active Multi-Asset Funds In Focus

T. Rowe Price’s active crypto ETF filing is a reminder that the next phase of digital asset funds may not be limited to simple Bitcoin and Ethereum exposure.

The T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF, listed under the ticker TKNZ, filed registration documents under CIK 0002089855 and

French Regulator Orders ISP Block On Polymarket Access

France’s National Gambling Authority has ordered internet service providers to block access to Polymarket, putting the prediction-market platform back under regulatory pressure in one of Europe’s largest markets.

The ANJ said its president issued the network-level blocking requ

Goldman Sachs Backs the Clarity Act, Splitting Wall Street Over Crypto Rules

Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO David Solomon has thrown his support behind the Clarity Act, the crypto market-structure bill moving through the Senate, a stance that sets one of Wall Street’s largest banks apart from rivals lining up against it.</

Smarter Web Sells 178 Bitcoin To Repay $11.7M TOBAM Debt

The Smarter Web Company has sold part of its Bitcoin treasury to repay an $11.7 million convertible debt facility held by TOBAM, choosing balance-sheet flexibility over additional equity dilution.

The company said it sold 177.8909127 BTC at an average price of $65,762 to repay

Coinbase Builds Post-Quantum Custody System, Funds Bitcoin’s Crypto Upgrade

Coinbase is preparing for future scenarios where quantum computers may be able to crack Bitcoin’s current cryptography.

America’s biggest crypto exchange Thursday that while the threat isn’t imminent, hard pro

Swiss Cantonal Bank BancaStato Adds Bitcoin And Ethereum Trading With Sygnum

A Swiss cantonal bank has moved crypto trading directly into its normal banking experience, and that is the part of the story that matters most.

BancaStato, the state bank of the Canton of Ticino, has partnered with Sygnum and Avaloq to let clients buy, hold, and sell Bitcoin,

Kazakhstan Moves to Build a National Crypto Reserve Funded by Bitcoin Miners

Kazakhstan has laid out a plan to build a national strategic crypto reserve fed by its bitcoin miners, part of a two-step push by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to pull the country’s large mining industry into a regulated, state-supervised system

Crypto Derivatives Exchange BitMEX To Shut Down in September

Crypto exchange BitMEX will close down in September, according to a Thursday announcement on the company’s website. 

The exchange said that after “a strategic review of the business and the broader crypto

BlackRock, Coinbase, Strategy Among Nine Firms Launching the Bitcoin Security Consortium, Pledging $15 Million To BTC Security Development

Nine of the largest names in institutional Bitcoin launched the Bitcoin Security Consortium on Thursday, a group backed by $15 million in member pledges over three years to fund work on the network’s long-term security, including preparation for a

Swiss Bank BancaStato Launches Bitcoin Trading Through Sygnum and Avaloq

BancaStato, the cantonal bank of Ticino in southern Switzerland, has launched regulated crypto trading, a service that lets clients buy, hold, and sell bitcoin from the bank’s existing web and mobile apps, the digital asset bank Sygnum said on Thu

Nasdaq-listed Zhibao Technology to Take 3,500 Bitcoin in Proposed PIPE Financing

Zhibao Technology, a Shanghai-based insurance-technology firm listed on the Nasdaq, Wednesday it has signed a non-binding term sheet for a stock sale that would be paid for in bitcoin — some 3,500 coins, worth near $220 million at current prices.

Crypto’s US Workforce Is Tiny, But Industry Punches Above Its Weight: Report

The crypto industry may be relatively small in terms of employers — but the economic contribution is big. 

That’s according to a published by the National Cryptocurrency Association and the Pragmatic Poli

Lightning Labs Launches Wavelength: “Bitcoin on Easy Mode” for Developers and Autonomous Agents

, the company developing core Lightning Network software including , , and , has released the alpha version of . The toolkit enables developers and AI agents to add payments to applications through a simple non-custodial API, without ,

Benchmark Raises Hut 8 Price Target After Bitcoin Miner Signs $9.8 Billion AI Data Center Deal

Investment bank Benchmark has raised its price target on Bitcoin miner Hut 8 following that the company had signed a second 15-year lease ​worth $9.8 billion for its AI data center.

Equity research analyst Mark

Arbitrum Fast Feed Proposal Would Route 97% Of Revenue To DAO Treasury

Arbitrum governance is considering a Fast Feed proposal that would create a paid, authenticated data streaming product for Arbitrum One and route most subscription revenue back to the DAO treasury.

The Constitutional AIP proposes giving subscribers access to sequencer ordering