Two weeks into a Middle East war and bitcoin is higher than where it started. The biggest cryptocurrency is trading at $71,000 on Saturday morning, down 0.7% over the past 24 hours after the US bombed military targets on Kharg Island, Iran’s main crude oil export facility. The reversal from Friday’s $73,838 high was sharp […]
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Bitcoin’s network has been running continuously since 2009. The question that no one had rigorously answered until now is what it would actually take to break it. Researchers at the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance last week published the first longitudinal study of the Bitcoin blockchain’s resilience to physical infrastructure disruption, analyzing 11 years of
The XRP Ledger has never been busier, but traders have yet to catch up. Daily successful payments on XRPL recently hit a 12-month high of over 2.7 million, up from around 1 million in late 2025, according to XRPSCAN data. The network processes between 2 and 2.8 million transactions per day at 20 to 26
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A federal appeals court rejected crypto bank Custodia’s final bid to challenge the Fed’s authority to assign master accounts, but the decision comes at a time when the central bank is opening up other options for such accounts. A Fed master account provides access to the central bank’s payment rails and full services, allowing an
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Circle’s (CRCL) USDC has overtaken Tether’s USDT in transaction volumes for the first time since 2019, prompting Japanese investment bank Mizuho to raise its price target for the stablecoin issuer to $120 from $100, while reiterating its neutral rating on the stock. Shares rose 1% in early trading to $115.40 and are up about 95%
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The fast-growing market for tokenized US Treasuries has a new leader. Circle (CRCL), best known as the issuer of the USDC (USDC) stablecoin, has become the largest provider of tokenized Treasury exposure after its USYC token grew to around $2.2 billion in supply, according to RWA.xyz data. That growth pushed USYC past BlackRock’s USD Institutional
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The Ethereum Foundation (EF) released a comprehensive new document outlining its philosophy, priorities and long-term role in managing the world’s second-largest blockchain network. The 38-page “EC mandate” published on Friday frames the blockchain whose ether (ETH) token is beaten only by bitcoin BTC$71,204.33 in market value, as a technology designed to protect individual freedom in
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Crypto payments firm MoonPay added Ledger hardware wallet signing to its Command-line Interface (CLI) wallet for MoonPay Agents, a move the company says addresses a security challenge introduced by autonomous crypto trading tools. The new feature allows users to verify and sign each transaction generated by an AI agent using a Ledger hardware device, ensuring
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Why Arthur Hayes is bullish: In an interview with CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie on MARKETS Outlook, Hayes said Hyperliquid has differentiated itself from competing perpetual futures exchanges with real usage rather than incentive-driven volume. Hayes told Sanasie that he sold his firm’s HYPE position around $50-$55 before expected token unlock pressure, but turned bullish again after
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The crypto rally hit a wall on Friday as fresh headlines about potential escalation in the Iran conflict abruptly cooled risk appetite across markets. Among the developments, US Central Command confirmed that all six crew members aboard a refueling plane that crashed in Iraq on Thursday were dead. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reported that
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