BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said the debt-fueled artificial intelligence infrastructure boom could end in a 2008-style credit crisis and predicted the resulting government liquidity response could drive Bitcoin (BTC) to $1 million or higher. In a Tuesday blog post, Hayes said…

Bybit’s European payments subsidiary has secured an electronic money institution license in Austria, providing the exchange with a regulatory basis to add payment and e-money services to its regional platform. On Tuesday, Bybit said Bybit Payments GmbH received the license from…

A group of six Ethereum researchers and developers, including Ethereum Foundation’s Justin Drake, has proposed changing the network’s issuance policy to cut validator rewards more sharply as the proportion of staked ETH rises. The draft, called the Tapered Issuance Burn and…

The runway at Benin Airport, Edo State, has been reopened for flight operations, 12 days after an Enugu Air aircraft veered off the runway shortly after landing, disrupting services at the airport. The reopening was announced on Tuesday by ValueJet,…

Latest NewsPublishedAug 4, 2026In a July 8 meeting, US and UK regulators highlighted the implementation of the GENIUS Act, payment modernization and cross-border cooperation, reinforcing a shared framework for digital asset oversight.The United States and the United Kingdom reaffirmed their…

The Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) has issued new guidelines on the taxation of virtual assets, providing a framework for the handling of cryptocurrencies and other digital asset transactions in the country. In a statement on Monday, the tax authority said…

Bitcoin saw new August highs into Tuesday’s Wall Street open as markets bet on US-Iran tensions again easing.Key points:Bitcoin (BTC) edges higher as optimism over the Strait of Hormuz reopening pushes stocks to new all-time highs.Oil prices drop to their…

The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the refinancing of the $3.3 billion Project Gazelle Pre-Export Finance Facility through a new US$4.5 billion facility named ‘Project Gazelle 2’. The approval was part of the outcome of the 159th meeting of…

Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer has signed a 16-year lease agreement valued at as much as $4.7 billion to secure artificial intelligence and high-performance computing data center capacity, underscoring how crypto miners are increasingly expanding into AI infrastructure as demand for…

At least 15 different attackers have exploited the Coldcard vulnerability, according to Galaxy Digital’s head of research, Alex Thorn, citing new victim reports received since the incident.Thorn said Tuesday that the victim reports helped the company label new attackers that…

Bitcoin may have already erased half of its market cap, but veteran crypto investor Michael Terpin says the asset still has further to fall before hitting rock bottom.“We still have more pain to go,” Terpin tells Cointelegraph on the Trade…

Bitcoin miners with operations in Texas are not expected to be impacted by a moratorium on approval of data center projects connected to the state’s grid operator ordered by Governor Greg Abbott, Bernstein analysts said Tuesday.Abbott on Monday directed the…

Former FBI supervisory agent Patrick Steven Yaroch was charged with using internal systems to obtain credentials for cryptocurrency wallets linked to an adversarial country, which he used to transfer funds to his own crypto wallets.Yaroch admitted to 10 unauthorized transfers…

Former hedge fund manager and CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer said he plans to sell all his Bitcoin due to quantum computing fears. “I’m going to sell mine [Bitcoin],” said Cramer during a Friday Mad Money episode, citing quantum computing…

Joint currency interventions in the yen by Japan and the US could ultimately benefit Bitcoin (BTC) and risk assets. Key points:The first joint intervention in the yen between Japan and the US since the late 1990s could set a precedent for…