US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday that the US is “in serious discussions with a new and more sensible regime” to end military operations in Iran, the first public acknowledgment of regime change in Tehran since the conflict began five weeks ago. The term “new regime” suggests that the leadership structure that […]
Midas said it raised $50 million to address a persistent pain point for onchain yield investors: liquidity. The firm, which turns institutional return strategies into blockchain-based tokens, closed a Series A funding round led by RRE and Creandum, with backing from firms including Framework Ventures, Franklin Templeton and Coinbase Ventures. The increase comes as institutions
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The Ethereum Foundation is ramping up its efforts to float treasury assets, with data from Arkham showing it staked more than 20,000 ETH on Monday, expanding its validator footprint, even as yields are below 3% and ether is trading near $2,045. Arkham data shows that the transfers were split into uniform chunks of around 2,047
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A trader made a nearly 100x return on decentralized betting platform Polymarket in less than a minute, thanks to a blunder by a UFC announcer. In Sunday’s UFC heavyweight bout, Tyrell Fortune beat Marcin Tybura to secure his first UFC win. But the event was not without drama. Cage announcer Bruce Buffer initially read the
The last week of March is shaping up to be a volatile one, with the FTX Recovery Trust set to distribute $2.2 billion to creditors on Tuesday and the key US monthly non-farm payrolls statistics due on Friday, when many stock markets worldwide will be closed on Good Friday. The war in the Middle East,
Bitcoin edges up to $67k with Iran war escalation in focus
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Bitcoin BTC$67,322.12 the market has been stuck in a rut for over a month, and investors chasing yield may be partly to blame. Since mid-February, BTC has been trading in a range centered around $70,000. Some observers say countervailing forces have been at play. The Iran war-led haven demand has supported BTC around $65,000, while
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Hyperliquid is decentralized, but geography still matters, as new research from Glassnode shows that traders closer to its infrastructure have a clear speed advantage. Trades from Tokyo-based users can reach the protocol’s validators in as little as 2 to 3 milliseconds. That’s far better latency than European users, who face delays in excess of 200
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The war just got bigger. Bitcoin briefly got smaller. Bitcoin dipped to $65,112 early Monday morning, its lowest level since the February crash, before reversing to $67,402 as Asian markets opened. The 24-hour range of $65,112 to $67,389 reflects a market that sold hard on escalation headlines overnight and found buyers near $65,000, a level
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When a tourist from Bangkok taps to pay in Singapore using their Thai e-wallet, few stop to consider what is driving this transaction. But for Singapore-based StraitsX, the company behind the stablecoin infrastructure that runs in the background, the seamless experience is exactly the point. Between the fourth quarter of 2024 and the same period
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