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Circle’s Allaire says USDC freezes require legal orders amid mounting criticism

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Circle Internet (CRCL) CEO Jeremy Allaire offered his clearest public response yet to growing criticism over how the stablecoin issuer handles illicit funds, saying it does not freeze wallets unless there is a formal legal basis to do so. Speaking on stage at a press conference in Seoul, Allaire positioned USDC, the second largest dollar-pegged […]

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ClearBank says it is the first Dutch bank with MiCA approval to roll out EURC, USDC

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ClearBank Europe plans to start offering euro- and US-dollar-denominated stablecoins after saying it is the first Dutch credit institution approved to provide crypto services under the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation. The bank, which has more than 270 institutional clients, 1.7 million individual clients and more than $13 billion in assets under management,

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Just shy of 90 million XRP tokens were just moved to the crypto exchange Coinbase

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A major XRP transfer to Coinbase took place today, potentially signaling that an investor is preparing to sell. The move involved about 89,828,700 XRP, worth about $119 million, and started from the wallet address “rMWqYat3nJXSLoyqB5tUsfYp6KLgoMHXTN,” according to data source Whalealert.io. The funds were first sent to an intermediate wallet, “rwnYLUsoBQX3ECa1A5bSKLdbPoHKnqf63J,” before being forwarded to a

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Foundry unveils Zcash block explorer as mining pool reaches 30% hashrate

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Foundry Digital, the largest Bitcoin BTC$71,118.17 hashrate mining pool, launched a Zcash (ZEC) mining pool that quickly grew to control about 30% of the network’s hashrate, according to company data and its newly released block explorer. The New York-based firm said more institutional miners joined the pool ahead of its public debut, following an initial

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Michael Saylor’s strategy added 13,927 bitcoins for $1 billion

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Michael Saylor’s strategy (MSTR) added 13,927 bitcoin to his treasury over the past week at an average price of about $71,902 per share. coin, at a total cost of about $1 billion, according to a Monday filing. The purchase brings the company’s total holdings to 780,897 BTC, acquired for approximately $59.02 billion at an average

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As AI agents scale in crypto, researchers warn of critical security gap

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The cryptocurrency industry is moving toward a future where AI agents handle everything from booking flights to executing trades and making payments, but new research suggests the infrastructure supporting this shift may not be secure. McKinsey recently predicted that AI agents could mediate $3-5 trillion of global consumer commerce by 2030. Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong

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Why amplification can mean more than bitcoin

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Stock market investors may be overlooking an interesting metric at Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin BTC$70,780.21: the capital market measure known as amplification. Amplification compares the size of the Michael Saylor-led company’s total debt and debt-like instruments, such as preferred shares, to its stock of 766,970 BTC. As leverage increases, like

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