The deal followed Riot announcing last week that it sold more than $160 million of its Bitcoin holdings as part of a strategy shift, to broaden use of its data centers....
The statement comes amid controversy surrounding allowing yield-bearing stablecoins in the Senate Banking Committee’s upcoming crypto bill....
General-purpose blockchains can’t solve industry disputes over construction changes or equipment usage. Specialized layer 1s are optimized for stateless audit trails and regulatory compliance....
Binance Australia has reopened direct dollar deposits and withdrawals after more than two years of disrupted banking access....
The NFT Paris cancellation offers insight into sponsorship pressure, lower volumes and how the NFT market is reshaping in 2026....
Bitcoin entered a decisive breakout phase, targeting $107,000 as long-term holder selling fades and BTC continues to leave exchanges, tightening supply....
Banks and crypto firms are converging fast, as yield-bearing stablecoins, ETF filings and tokenized markets test the boundaries of financial regulation....
Less than two weeks into office, Zohran Mamdani said ”no” when questioned whether he held any crypto or planned to invest in a former New York City mayor's memecoin project....
As DePIN projects generate revenue and AI agents move onchain, builders are shifting focus from speculation to fundamentals, but questions remain about Web3’s decentralization ethos....
Why regulation favors stablecoins over Bitcoin for salaries and how compliance, volatility and payroll rules are shaping crypto wage adoption worldwide....
AI is spreading across crypto trading, heightening fears of displacement even as human traders remain responsible for key decisions....
Vitalik Buterin argues DeFi still lacks resilient decentralized stablecoins, highlighting benchmark risk, oracle design flaws and staking-driven incentives....
The privacy coin category posted gains amid a broad market sell-off, as experts cite growing demand for "defensive" assets....
A top Russian lawmaker says crypto “will be a common occurrence” in the country, with plans for a bill to deregulate the market for retail use....
Pakistan has signed an agreement with SC Financial Technologies, a firm linked to Trump-backed World Liberty Financial, to explore using its USD1 stablecoin for payments....
The all-stock deal adds Semler’s 5,048 BTC to Strive’s treasury, lifting total holdings to 12,797.9 BTC and ranking it 11th among public companies....
Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron told Cointelegraph that the acquisitions position the network as a regulated payments platform built to move stablecoins onchain at scale....
Some crypto executives predict the tokenized real-world asset market will grow significantly in 2026, fueled by adoption in emerging economies....
The Nasdaq-listed company is rolling out an onchain equity system that allows real shares to be issued and lent directly on blockchain infrastructure....
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong raised four crucial points that he believes would make the legislation “materially worse” for the US crypto industry....