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The new rollout converts BTC to dollars by default for small businesses, aiming to embed bitcoin into everyday commerce without added friction.

The new rollout converts BTC to dollars by default for small businesses, aiming to embed bitcoin into everyday commerce without added friction.

For the first time in 13 weeks, the biggest public Bitcoin treasury company skipped a weekly purchase of the cryptocurrency without any word from Michael Saylor.

The platform aims to help businesses issue stablecoin-funded cards is aimed at using digital dollar balances at the point of sale using existing card networks.

StraitsX, a Singapore-based company, has seen rapid growth in its stablecoin card program, with a 40x surge in transaction volume and an 83x increase in card issuance between 2024 and 2025.

The company seemed to have skipped it’s weekly bitcoin purchase announcement for the first time since late december.

The crypto and banking industries saw Senators Alsobrooks and Tillis’ agreement-in-principle for stablecoin yield.

The latest list of tokens available on the WeChat wanna-be includes Polygon, Arbitrum and Solana as the banking app looks to align offerings with customer use.

Historically, spikes in Bitfinex BTC/USD longs have acted as a contrary indicator.

The industry’s most significant opportunities are being forged during this period of uncomfortable volatility. Here’s why, argues Grider.

The Washington state attorney general alleged Kalshi offers “gambling products” products dressed up as prediction markets in a lawsuit Friday.

Margin feature is a departure from traditional prediction markets, which typically require fully collateralized positions, and comes as the industry sees growing trading volumes and investment.

Bill C-25 follows years of warnings from Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer about the risk that crypto donations could pose to electoral integrity.

The recent surge in oil and gas prices has driven up inflation expectations, causing markets to adjust their bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts, with traders now pricing in a near 40% chance of no

The bill proposes exempting dollar-pegged stablecoins from gains or losses if the tokens remain tightly pegged to the underlying fiat currency.

While prediction market platforms are under legal scrutiny in the US, many Coinbase users are claiming that the app is pushing them to gamble.

The credit card giant’s pricey payment to buy stablecoin platform, BVNK, says more than any strategy deck or earnings call ever could.

The Friday plunge fits into a pattern since the war in Iran broke out, with gains on Monday turning into losses by the end of the week.

Ether traders said ETH price could see further downside after bulls failed to defend the $2,000 support as signs of declining demand were apparent.

Preferred shares recovered in nine days after their ex-dividend drop, enabling further bitcoin accumulation.

The regulator views timestamps and onchain identifiers as tools to distinguish real media from synthetic content, while calling for a light-touch approach to regulating AI agents.

TAO’s price has rallied 160% in over a month, but is printing a familiar golden cross that has preceded massive price corrections in the past.

Brent crude oil, the global benchmark stands at about $107 per barrel at the time of writing.

Aimed at fighting organized crime groups, the new law allows confiscated assets including crypto to be used for ”police re-equipment, training, and special operations.”

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Ryan Kirkley writes on how crypto prediction markets can risk incentivizing manipulation and amplify misinformation at scale.

TRM Labs has added an AI agent to the services the blockchain analytics firm offers law enforcement agencies.

A U.S. House of Representatives hearing reviewed tokenization, with a broad agreement that securities traded via token need the same treatment as regular trading.

The council, co-chaired by White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks and science advisor Michael Kratsios, include Mark Zuckberg, Larry Ellison and Jensen Huang.

The MAVAN platform extends Bitmine’s staking operations to external clients as institutional demand for validator infrastructure accelerates.

Robin Vince says large banks can bridge digital assets and traditional finance as trust and regulation shape the next phase of growth.

Lombard CEO Jacob Phillips announced at the Digital Asset Summit that the platform enables institutions to earn yield and borrow against Bitcoin without moving assets out of custody.

Bitcoin volatility rose as stablecoin flows surged to $440 billion over the weekend, highlighting investors’ pivot to cash as BTC spot and futures activity decreased.

The stablecoin issuer did not name the accounting firm from the ‘Big Four‘ roster of Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG.

The offering allows institutional investors to trade event-based contracts using crypto collateral, as regulatory scrutiny of prediction markets intensifies in the United States.

The prediction bourse rolls out stricter trading safeguards and market limits across its platforms as it seeks regulatory alignment and addresses concerns over fairness.

Bitcoin price topped $71,600 at the US market open, but the rally lacked sustained spot volumes. Can the bulls hold BTC above $70,000?

The framework aims to let AI agents hold funds and execute transactions across blockchains, addressing fragmented wallets and key management.

BTC price action looked weaker after Sunday’s weekly close below the 200-week MA, with Bitcoin market participants bracing for lower levels.

Deloitte will integrate a Canadian dollar stablecoin into institutional payment systems as Ottawa advances new rules governing fiat-backed digital assets.

Proponents of Bitcoin’s four-year cycle theory say the price of BTC typically rises for three of the four years and declines in the final year.

Bitcoin fell over the weekend to set up another visit to “unreliable” support, but analysis flagged a new BTC price golden cross.

Joint SEC-CFTC interpretive guidance outlines how the agencies will determine whether a cryptocurrency is a security.

The investment giant told the regulator’s crypto task force it supports trading tokenized securities on alternative trading systems and tradfi on-chain integration.

While upgrades have improved efficiency and lowered costs, the ecosystem faces deeper structural questions around fragmentation, security, and purpose, even as it continues prioritizing base-layer scaling.

Despite stabilizing spot prices, investors remain defensive, with leveraged speculation cooling and realized volatility dropping from 80 to 50, suggesting a cautious market sentiment.

A wave of crypto job cuts in early 2026 exposes the gap between two convenient narratives: macro headwinds and AI transformation.

The SEC’s digital asset market taxonomy, which classifies most cryptocurrencies and tokens as non-securities, is a major step for US regulators.

The real institutional prize isn’t about tokenized assets. It’s about programmable yield.

The Hyperliquid network has seen significant growth, with weekly derivatives trading volume exceeding $50 billion and 24-hour fee revenue of $1.6 million.

A Nevada court issued a 14-day ban on a wide range of contracts from prediction market firm Kalshi as the firm continues battling with state regulators.

A strong buy signal not seen since 2022 just flashed on Ether, but the altcoin needs to hold above a key price level to avoid invalidating the pattern.