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Bitcoin Miner MARA Jumps 17% After Signing Deal With Starwood To Build AI Data Centers

MARA Holdings shares surged 17% after the bitcoin mining firm on Thursday announced a partnership with Starwood Capital Group to build large data centers across its existing US sites. The deal will convert select MARA locations, many of which were originally developed for Bitcoin mining, into facilities serving enterprise cloud and artificial intelligence customers. Starwood, […]

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The US regulator’s GENIUS pitch casts a dark cloud over the crypto sector’s stablecoin model

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The crypto industry’s stablecoin operations, such as the arrangement between issuer Circle and leading exchange Coinbase, could be under severe pressure in the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s newly proposed set of stablecoin rules. Even as OCC chief Jonathan Gould testified before the US Senate on topics that included crypto oversight on

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The network is moving away from being a slow behemoth to become a high-speed ‘internet of value’ by 2029

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At first glance, the Ethereum Foundation’s recently released “Strawmap” sounds like something only a protocol researcher could immediately understand. It’s dense, diagram-heavy, and packed with references to forks, zkEVMs, and data availability sampling. But beneath the technical language is a far simpler story: Ethereum — the second-largest blockchain with a market cap of more than

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Grant Cardone plans to tokenize his firm’s $5 billion real estate portfolio

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Real estate mogul Grant Cardone is preparing to tokenize his firm’s $5 billion real estate portfolio, the latest real estate heavyweight to explore blockchain-based ownership. In a Thursday X filing, the investor said Cardone Capital plans to tokenize its holdings to provide investors with “safety and liquidity in the secondary markets.” He added that the

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A new bipartisan bill wants to ensure that the next century’s technology is written in America

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On Thursday, Congress took a small but significant step toward ensuring that America remains the best place in the world to build. Bipartisan legislation — the Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act of 2026 — would protect software developers from being swept up under Penal Code § 1960, a statute designed for money laundering, not

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Crypto social isn’t dead, it’s just changing hands

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In a 48-hour period at the end of January, the two largest decentralized social protocols underwent major management changes. Farcaster moved management of its protocol, flagship client and leading Base launchpad, Clanker, to its primary infrastructure provider, Neynar. At the same time, Lens Protocol announced its transition from Avara (the team behind Aave) to Mask

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Vitalik Buterin unveils a road map to counter the threat of quantum computing

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin on Thursday outlined a roadmap to protect the blockchain from the long-term risks of quantum computing — a move that comes shortly after the Ethereum Foundation established a dedicated post-quantum research team to study the issue. Although practical quantum computers capable of breaking modern cryptography do not yet exist, they may

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Ripple-linked token sitting idle in wallets now gets easier DeFi access

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XRP has a liquidity problem that has nothing to do with price: More than 2 billion tokens, or about 3.5% of the circulating supply, are not actually circulating. Around $3 billion worth of tokens are held in Xaman wallets and are largely locked out of decentralized finance (DeFi). Accessing DeFi means downloading new wallets, bridging

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UK investors only have until April to add crypto ETNs to their ISAs: FT

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British investors will no longer be able to add crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to their tax-free individual savings accounts (ISAs) after the start of the new tax year on April 6, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Wednesday. His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will reclassify cryptocurrency ETNs as qualifying instruments only for Innovative Finance

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Falls Below $48,000 on Lighter as $67M Sell Order Triggers Flash Crash

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While the broader crypto market edged higher on Wednesday, bitcoin BTC$68,056.93 briefly fell 30% to below $48,000 on decentralized perpetual exchange Lighter in a violent move that lasted a few seconds. The flash crash was in stark contrast to price action elsewhere. During the same session, bitcoin rose from below $64,000 to above $69,000, marking

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