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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly directed his staff to create a prediction markets mobile app called “Arena” in what could become a challenge to platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket.According to a Tuesday New York…
David Hoffman, an Ethereum advocate and the co-founder of the media company Bankless, says he sold the remainder of his Ether (ETH) holdings last week as he believes the “ETH is Money” thesis has largely “played out.”Hoffman said in an…
An unknown trader’s $1.3 billion sale of shares in BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund on Tuesday has coincided with a steep fall in the price of Bitcoin immediately after the sale, according to analysts.A trader sold 29.2 million shares of BlackRock’s…
Base, the Ethereum layer-2 blockchain from crypto exchange Coinbase, has launched a tool to connect Base accounts to artificial intelligence agents for blockchain operations.Base said on Tuesday that its new Base MCP (Model Context Protocol) allows users to ask AI…
The Ether buying company Bitmine Immersion Technologies has made its biggest purchase so far in 2026 as its chairman, Tom Lee, doubled down on the idea of an impending crypto supercycle.Lee said Tuesday that in the past week, Bitmine bought…
US President Donald Trump has backed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as having the “exclusive authority” over prediction markets, as state regulators’ action against the platforms mounts.“It is critically important that the CFTC’s exclusive authority over Prediction Markets is maintained,…
Several Bitcoin mining stocks rallied Tuesday, reflecting a broader equity surge driven by optimism around artificial intelligence productivity gains as more miners pivot toward AI and high-performance computing workloads.In addition to TeraWulf (WULF), which rallied by as much as 17%…
Update (May 26 at 9:30 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include statements from The Digital Chamber.The Digital Chamber, a cryptocurrency advocacy group that has been closely involved in negotiations with US lawmakers over digital asset-related legislation, questioned…
Bitcoin’s (BTC) consolidation continued into a fourth week, with the price finding support at $74,000 and resistance in the $78,000 to $80,000 range. According to Hyblock analysts, the intra-day rally to $78,164 hit a pocket where “longs that had previously opened…
Hyperliquid’s native token HYPE continues to rally, possibly targeting $100 as its next all-time high, as inflows to its exchange-traded funds highlight investor demand. Inflows into the HYPE ETFs reached $89 million over the past nine days, which is equivalent to…
Near Protocol’s native token, NEAR, has the potential to grow 20x by 2027, according to Arthur Hayes, co-founder of the crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX.Key takeaways:Hayes said NEAR Intents could make privacy coins like Zcash more usable across blockchains without bridges…
Bitcoin (BTC) saw flash volatility around Tuesday’s Wall Street open as US-Iran nerves rocked risk assets.Key points:Bitcoin briefly taps $78,000 as volatility returns to markets at the Wall Street open.US stocks hit new all-time highs, while crypto continues to underperform.Positive…
The UK government has added cryptocurrency exchange HTX to its list of sanctioned entities over its support of Russia.On Tuesday, UK authorities said that there were “reasonable grounds to suspect” HTX, formerly Huobi Global, has been supporting Russia’s government through…
Bitcoin miner TeraWulf has acquired a large data center development site in the US state of Kentucky, adding significant capacity to its artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) business as miners continue diversifying beyond Bitcoin.TeraWulf said Tuesday the site could…
Spain’s gambling regulator blocked local users from Polymarket and Kalshi “as a precautionary measure” as authorities there address allegations the prediction markets platforms were in violation of gambling laws. On Tuesday, Spain’s Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) said…
Safety protections on open-source artificial intelligence models from major technology groups can be removed in minutes using publicly available tools, allowing systems to produce responses on topics including bioweapons, malware and other prohibited content, according to Financial Times testing with…
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