THE FUTURE OF BITCOIN, TODAY

Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Bets 70% of His Portfolio on Bitcoin, Eyes $1 Million Price

Long before bitcoin existed, was learning about hard money at the family dinner table.

Born in Mexico City in 1955, Salinas is the founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas, a corporate conglomerate with interests

Coinbase Targets Offshore Tokenized Stock Trading With 1:1 Backed Equities Push

Coinbase is preparing to push deeper into tokenized real-world assets, with Brian Armstrong pointing to an offshore rollout of 1:1 backed tokenized stocks and equity-linked products for non-US markets.

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U.S. Congressman Nick Begich Wants America to Stop Selling Its Bitcoin — And Start Treating It Like Gold

Congressman (R-AK) sat down with the at PubKey in New York for a wide-ranging conversation that touched on his path from startup founder to Capitol Hill, his landmark American Reserve Modernization Act, and the dual promise and peril of artifici

UK Sanctions HTX Over Alleged $1.5 Billion Russia-Linked Crypto Flows

HTX has been pulled into one of the most serious crypto sanctions stories of the year after the UK designated the exchange under Russia-related sanctions rules and TRM Labs linked the case to more than $1.5 billion in alleged flows involving sanctioned entit

Circle Launches cirBTC On Ethereum As New 1:1 Bitcoin-Backed DeFi Asset

Circle has launched cirBTC on Ethereum, giving the stablecoin issuer a direct entry into the wrapped Bitcoin market and setting up a new challenge to existing BTC-backed DeFi assets.

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Oman Launches Mandatory National Bitcoin Mining Pool in State-Backed Push for Regulatory Control

Oman has taken one of the most direct steps by any government to bring bitcoin mining under formal state oversight, launching a mandatory national mining pool that licensed operators across the sultanate are required to join.

79% of Bitcoin Supply Now Locked by Long-Term Holders. Analyst Sees Bear Market Nearing Exhaustion

Bitcoin is showing signs of stabilization after a brutal stretch, and research firm K33 says the on-chain evidence is difficult to ignore. In its latest market , K33 Head of Research Vetle Lunde pointed to a record share of Bitcoin supply held by

Crypto Industry Slams Illinois’ New Digital Asset Tax as ‘Most Punitive’ in U.S.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 3019 into law yesterday, making Illinois the first state in the country to impose a transaction-based tax on crypto. This move drew swift condemnation from crypto industry groups who had urged him t

Bipartisan CBDC Ban Deal Would Block Fed Digital Dollar Until 2030

A bipartisan congressional compromise has put the digital dollar debate back in focus, with lawmakers moving forward on a package that would block the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency until December 31, 2030.

Illinois Crypto Tax Draws Industry Fire After Pritzker Signs Budget Package

Illinois has opened a new front in state-level crypto regulation after Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a budget package containing the Digital Asset Tax Act, a measure industry groups are already attacking as one of the harshest crypto transaction taxes in the

Standard Chartered Sees Uniswap Rising To $100 By 2030 On RWA Growth

Uniswap has drawn a major long-term institutional forecast, with Standard Chartered reportedly initiating coverage on UNI and projecting that the token could reach $100 by the end of 2030 if real-world asset tokenization grows as expected.

SIREN Token Crashes 95% After Whale Dumps 670 Million Tokens

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• SIREN reportedly fell more than 95% after a whale sold roughly 670 million tokens.
• tracked about $64.8 million USDT in proceeds from the selloff.
• The address reportedly controlled more than 90% o

Sui Stablecoin Transfers Hit $65 Billion After Gasless Fee Push

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• reportedly handled around $65 billion in stablecoin transfers in a five-day stretch after its gasless stablecoin update.
• The update reduces friction by allowing supported stablecoin transfers without requ

Legacy Aztec Connect Contract Drained Of $2.1 Million Three Years After Shutdown

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• A legacy smart contract was reportedly drained of about 909 ETH, worth roughly $2.1 million.
• The affected product was deprecated in 2023 and is separate from Aztec’s current network work.
• The exp

DTCC And Stellar Plan Tokenization Link For DTC-Custodied Assets

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• and the Stellar Development Foundation announced a planned tokenization collaboration on May 27, 2026.
• The project aims to connect DTCC’s tokenization service with Stellar for DTC-custodied assets.
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Humanity Protocol Plans New H Token After $36 Million Key Compromise

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• is sunsetting compromised H tokens after a reported $36 million exploit.
• The breach reportedly involved malware on a developer machine and exposed private-key backups.
• A new audited ERC-20 token

Coinbase And AWS Bring x402 Payments To CloudFront Publishers

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• and AWS have integrated x402 with CloudFront and AWS WAF.
• The protocol revives the HTTP 402 “Payment Required” idea for AI agents and machine-to-machine payments.
• Publishers could charge bots, AP

VanEck: Bitcoin Miners Face $50B Funding Gap as AI Pivot Separates Winners From Losers

A new framework from asset manager VanEck is drawing clear lines between Bitcoin miners that are genuinely transforming into artificial intelligence infrastructure providers and those that are still selling a story. All of it comes with a sobering

Securitize Expands Tokenized CLO Fund To Solana As Ethena Plans $250M Allocation

Securitize is expanding its tokenized AAA CLO fund to Solana, while Ethena is evaluating a proposed $250 million allocation that would bring another traditional credit product into the collateral conversation.

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Invite-Only Mita TechTalks 2026 to Unite Bitcoin, AI and Energy Leaders in Punta Mita

Public companies now hold more than 1.2 million Bitcoin — nearly 6% of the total supply — and that number is still climbing. Goldman Sachs U.S. data center power demand will hit 66 gigawatts in 2027, more than double its 2025 level, as AI infrast