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Ripple-linked token above $1.10 as ETF inflows rise

XRP managed to hold the $1.10 area, which means something after last week’s sharp crash, but the recovery still looks tentative. Institutional money continues to flow into XRP-related products and futures activity has picked up sharply, but the price remains near multi-month lows while bitcoin and the broader market recover more aggressively. News background • […]

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Soft core inflation gave the crypto a bounce, but only bitcoin held up for the week

Crypto captured a modest bid on Thursday after Wednesday’s inflation report showed that underlying price pressures were contained. Bitcoin rose about 1.9% in 24 hours to around $62,600, leading to the big one, per CoinDesk data. Headline inflation rose 0.5% on the month and 4.2% on the year, the fastest annual pace since April 2023,

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Bitcoin DAT purchases collapse from $500 million a day to almost nothing

Bitcoin BTC$62,537.61 has lost buyers on two fronts. The exodus from spot ETFs as a catalyst for the recent staggering bitcoin price is well documented. Less discussed is the equally steep decline in treasury purchases of digital assets or companies whose core business is accumulating bitcoin as a government asset. “As BTC collapsed from the

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Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Seniors Access to Specialty Care, Analysis Shows

People enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans have been inappropriately denied admission to a skilled nursing home when they leave the hospital, according to a new analysis by federal investigators. These private plans, which cover about 35 million older Americans under the federal Medicare program, have drawn sharp criticism for delaying and denying medically necessary

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Zcash (ZEC), Hyperliquid (HYPE) tokens lead to losses as traders bet against a bitcoin (BTC) price jump

The crypto market remains under pressure ahead of key US inflation data, which is expected to show the cost of living rose to a three-year high of over 4% in May. Tokens such as privacy-focused zcash (ZEC) and decentralized exchange Hyperliquids HYPE have each fallen over 10% in 24 hours, a signal of risk aversion

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Kalshi now requires users to disclose employers as it fights insider trading and market manipulation

Kalshi said it will begin requiring some users to disclose their employers as part of a broader push to crack down on insider trading and market manipulation on its prediction market platform. The federally regulated exchange said Tuesday that the new policy will apply to markets it deems to have a higher risk of insider

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Mastercard is preparing the agent merchant platform for a future where AI agents make payments

Mastercard ( MA ) is betting that AI agents will soon become active participants in the economy and wants its payments network to be at the center of that shift. The payments giant on Tuesday unveiled Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a service that enables AI agents and software systems to make payments to each

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