Crypto news
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Robinhood adds $25 million worth of bitcoin to balance sheet as it deepens crypto push
Robinhood SVP Johann Kerbrat says the purchase was intended to signal the company's commitment to the crypto sector.
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U.S. government moves over $100 million in BTC and BNB. A sale hasn't been confirmed
Wallets linked to the U.S. government moved millions in crypto on Tuesday, according to data tracked by Arkham.
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Kalshi’s 15-min gold markets overtake Ether just weeks after launch
Gold recorded 542 million contracts and an estimated $5 million in fees in September, surpassing Ether’s 318 million contracts and $2.6 million, though Bitcoin remained far ahead.
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Pudgy Penguins’ Abstract becomes second Ethereum layer 2 to shut in a week
The consumer-focused blockchain will close Dec. 15 after Igloo spent tens of millions supporting it, days after Blast said its own network was no longer worth operating.
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Cardano gives token issuers power to freeze, seize and restrict assets
The new standard is aimed at regulated stablecoins, funds and bonds whose issuers need identity checks, sanctions controls and other transfer rules built into the asset itself.
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Bitcoin dips below $84,000 as oil jumps on Iranian tanker attacks
Bitcoin briefly broke under the level analysts flagged as the point where sellers take over. Oil and the dollar both climbed.
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Bitcoin briefly slides below $84,000 as crypto long liquidations reach $487 million
Crypto liquidations amounted to $555.6 million over the past 24 hours, including $487.2 million in long positions, according to CoinGlass.
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Muneeb Ali Pledges IP Transfer to Stacks Endowment in CEO Plan
The Stacks Labs chief also promised a two-year roadmap covering Bitcoin privacy and post-quantum technology, plus a public holder call within 30 days.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Sinks Below $84,000 in Sudden Sell-Off
Coinbase recorded an $83,551 low, while Coinalyze showed $83 million in bitcoin long liquidations over 24 hours.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase Pro to return; Deribit integration creates Coinbase Global Exchange
Coinbase plans to relaunch Coinbase Pro by year-end and has completed its Deribit integration, creating Coinbase Global Exchange.
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Bitcoin.de trading remains halted as German regulator rejects MiCA application
Trading on the platform has largely been suspended since June as its operator awaited MiCA authorization, with the company now looking to regulated partners to restart services.
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Pudgy Penguins-backed Abstract to shut down after ‘tens of millions’ in losses
Igloo CEO Luca Netz said the company funded Abstract for 18 months but still failed to find product-market fit despite attracting major brands and a community of millions.
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Google Launches Nano Banana 2.1: Better Than Its Predecessor at Half the Price
Google's new image model, Nano Banana 2.1, is live. It costs about half as much as its predecessor, but the performance claims come from Google's own tests.
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Circle Welcomes DJ Khaled to 'Team USDC' and Crypto Twitter Is Furious
Nothing in Circle's posts announces a sponsorship, but replies dug up Khaled's 2018 SEC settlement over a crypto fraud he promoted. The internet never forgets.
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Someone Scraped 5.6 Billion TikTok Videos and Put the Data on Hugging Face for Free
A developer posted metadata for about 5.6 billion public TikTok videos, scraped through the app's private API in a way TikTok's terms prohibit. The free dataset also doubles as a storefront.
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Kalshi Launches US 500 Perpetual Future With No Expiration
The stock-index contract uses daily funding payments and futures-account collateral; Kalshi displayed maximum leverage of 15.3 times on launch day.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Crypto Card Payments Hit Record $12.5 Billion as Stablecoin Adoption Surges
Bitcoin Magazine Crypto Card Payments Hit Record $12.5 Billion as Stablecoin Adoption Surges Payment volume processed on crypto cards has climbed to a record $12.5 billion, up 140% year-to-date, according to data from paymentscan.xyz , first shared by The Kobeissi Letter. The figure is also 247%...
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$350M St Cloud CEO: The First Credit Union to Put Bitcoin on Core Ledger | Jed Meyer
Bitcoin Magazine $350M St Cloud CEO: The First Credit Union to Put Bitcoin on Core Ledger | Jed Meyer A credit union founded by postal workers in 1930 is now custodying real Bitcoin for its members. St. Cloud Financial Credit Union CEO Jed Meyer explains how its patent-pending hybrid custody model...
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Housingwire’s Logan Mohtashami: Real Estate vs Bitcoin & Bond Market Outlook
Bitcoin Magazine Housingwire's Logan Mohtashami: Real Estate vs Bitcoin & Bond Market Outlook Mortgage rates just hit their highest level in nearly three years, and homebuyers are already pulling back. HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami explains why the 10-year Treasury yield keeps climbing...
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Leon Wankum: BTC Taking on Real Estate’s $300T Monetary Premium
Bitcoin Magazine Leon Wankum: BTC Taking on Real Estate's $300T Monetary Premium For generations, property has been the default place to store wealth, but Leon Wankum says that run is over. The author of Digital Real Estate, published by Bitcoin Magazine Books, explains how fiat debasement since...
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StoneX’s Mark Palmer: $435 MSTR Price Target Explained – DAT Consolidation Outlook
Bitcoin Magazine StoneX's Mark Palmer: $435 MSTR Price Target Explained – DAT Consolidation Outlook Strategy just spent six times more buying back Stretch than buying Bitcoin. Is that the right move for MSTR shareholders? StoneX Senior Equity Research Analyst Mark Palmer explains why STRC is...
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Coinbase Launches 15-Minute And Hourly Crypto Price Markets
Coinbase added short-dated up-or-down contracts on bitcoin, ether and eight other tokens to its prediction markets on Tuesday. Kalshi lists the contracts and already runs the same 15-minute markets on its own exchange.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Privacy Legend Amir Taaki Deported From Singapore
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Privacy Legend Amir Taaki Deported From Singapore Crypto-anarchist, former Bitcoin Core contributor and cypherpunk legend Amir Taaki is in trouble again. Writing on X Tuesday, the developer said that he was questioned by Singaporean police before being deported from the...
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Conduit sues Tether over allegedly freezing $2.8M without explanation
The lawsuit alleged that Tether froze USDt funds in a Conduit wallet tied to an investigation launched by Brazilian authorities in 2024.
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Winklevoss-backed Zcash ETF files with SEC for Nasdaq listing
The proposed fund would hold ZEC directly, with Gemini Trust serving as custodian and Winklevoss Capital affiliates eyeing up to a $100 million investment.
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Abstract to Shut Down Ethereum Layer 2 on Dec. 15
Users can withdraw through the Migration Hub or native bridge, while the team plans to help apps move to other chains.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Pudgy Penguins' Ethereum Layer-2 Abstract Is Shutting Down
Abstract will shut down Dec. 15, saying a chain focused solely on consumer crypto proved unsustainable, and is urging users to bridge their assets off before then.
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The Real Estate Market Is Dead in Spain. Long Live Bitcoin.
Bitcoin Magazine The Real Estate Market Is Dead in Spain. Long Live Bitcoin. Spain has just shown every property owner in Europe that the rules around their asset can be rewritten by decree. Bitcoin is the one asset where that cannot happen. I direct the Masters in Bitcoin at the Universidad de las...
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Pudgy Penguins-backed Ethereum L2 Abstract to shut down after losing ‘tens of millions’
Abstract, the Pudgy Penguins-backed Ethereum L2, will shut down on Dec. 15. Users must bridge assets off before then.
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Tether Hit With Lawsuit Over $2.76 Million Stablecoin Freeze
The payments firm alleges Tether froze its treasury wallet on its own initiative over a Brazilian investigation it has no connection to—and has profited from the reserves while refusing to release the funds for more than a year.