Iran Turns to Crypto as Sanctions Tighten Further
Iran's central bank has reportedly eased foreign currency controls to encourage businesses to bring overseas earnings home, including through cryptocurrency, amid tightening US sanctions. Thi
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10 of the greatest unsolved crypto mysteries
In an industry built on transparency and verifiability, newcomers might assume that crypto and blockchains leave very little room for mystery. They’d be completely wrong of course, because th
Strategy Sells Bitcoin Sneakers But Not For Bitcoin
Bitcoin Branding, Traditional Checkout Strategy, the Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company formerly known as MicroStrategy, is drawing both attention and criticism for a line of Bitcoin-them
Canton Users Can Now Swap Cross Chain Assets Directly Through Send
Squid Router Joins Send Wallet via Canton's CIP-103 Standard Squid Router has integrated into Send, the Canton Network wallet, using Canton Network's CIP-103 dApp API standard. The move gives
Satoshi Moving Bitcoin?!
Seven dormant miner wallets, each holding exactly 50 $BTC, suddenly became active after roughly 16.5 years of silence, sending the Bitcoin community into a frenzy of speculation. @WhaleAlert
Robinhood Chain Fees Exploded 17X in One Week
Fee Records Stack Up as Activity Surges Robinhood (@RobinhoodCrypto) Chain posted a daily fee record of $6 million on September 4, capping a week of extraordinary growth. The chain generated
Bitcoin ETFs Rebound Strongly and Reduce Their Annual Deficit to $1 Billion
US-listed Bitcoin ETFs still show an annual deficit close to $1 billion as of September 8. However, the recent momentum is clearly changing, with nearly $3.8 billion in inflows over three wee
$10.4M ARR and Counting: Pyth’s August Breakthrough
Article contributed by: @DouroLabs August was Pyth’s biggest month yet by gross new ARR. Combined live ARR ended the month at approximately $10.4M, up 39% month over month. Gross new ARR reac
Bitcoin Volatility Raises Questions for Retirement Planning
For many crypto believers, retirement planning isn’t about giving up Bitcoin—it’s about deciding whether staking a meaningful portion of future spending power on a volatile asset is actually
WSJ: Biden’s Son Plans Memecoin Launch, to Reward Trump Holders
Hunter Biden says he is preparing to launch a new memecoin called LAPTOP, using as its namesake the laptop that has been a long-running subject of political and legal controversy. In a post o
Hunter Biden Laptop Row Spurs Memecoin Boom, Market Traders React
Hunter Biden’s newly launched “LAPTOP” memecoin started trading on Wednesday with sharp losses, dropping 86.5% within the first 30 minutes. The token—issued on Ethereum layer-2 network Base—w
Strategy Passes Bitcoin Purchase to Reacquire $176M STRC Preferred Shares
Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, did not add to its BTC treasury this week. Instead, the company used part of its capital to repurchase $176.3 million worth of its preferred