One of the biggest short squeezes of 2026 came and went in a single session. Bitcoin rose to $78,000 late Friday, sparking $762 million in liquidations across 168,336 traders, with $593 million of that on the short side, as of CoinGlass. By Saturday evening hours in Asia, bitcoin had pulled back to $76,091, up just […]
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XRP is starting to outperform in a way that is getting attention. The token is up around 8% on the week and around 3% on the day, pushing ahead of bitcoin and ether, but the move still looks controlled rather than explosive. It keeps the focus on whether this is early accumulation or just another
Part 1 of this series explained what quantum computers actually are. Not just faster versions of regular computers, but a fundamentally different machine that exploits the strange laws of physics that only apply on the scale of atoms and particles. But knowing how a quantum computer works doesn’t tell you how it can be used
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Leading bitcoin tax company Strategy (MSTR) has filed a proxy statement that, if approved, will allow for semi-monthly dividends on its STRC “Stretch” series of preferred stock. The move would have no effect on STRC’s annual dividend obligations or dividend rate (currently 11.5%), executive chairman Michael Saylor noted. Instead, he said, “[the] proposed changes are
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Leading bitcoin tax company Strategy (MSTR) has filed a proxy statement that, if approved, will allow for semi-monthly dividends on its STRC “Stretch” series of preferred stock. The move would have no effect on STRC’s annual dividend obligations or dividend rate (currently 11.5%), executive chairman Michael Saylor noted. Instead, he said, “[the] proposed changes are
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World, the Sam Altman-backed digital identity project, on Friday unveiled what it calls its most significant upgrade yet to World ID, positioning the system as “full-stack proof-of-human” infrastructure aimed at consumers, businesses and AI agents. The overhaul, announced at an event in San Francisco, comes as concerns rise across the tech industry about bots, deepfakes
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Crypto-linked stocks rose on Friday, led by a strong rally in battered digital asset finance companies, as progress toward ending the Iran war lifted risk assets and sent bitcoin BTC$78,103.12 to a maximum of $78,000 for two months. US President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that Iran committed to keeping open the
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Have you had “implement a stablecoin” and “build an AI agent” on your company’s to-do list since the beginning of the year? You know these technologies will create business efficiencies, but finding the time to really get to grips with these solutions has proven difficult. You may even feel like you are falling behind. Not
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The price of bitcoin BTC$77,751.71 has again pushed above $76,000 along with a roughly 10% drop in the price of crude oil on an apparent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. “The passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz has been declared completely open for the remaining period of the ceasefire,” Iranian
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BTCC Exchange Q1 2026 Report: TradFi and earn products expand beyond crypto trading
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