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Strike launches β€˜volatility-proof’ Bitcoin loans amid bear market, but at a cost

Crypto July 9, 2026

Bitcoin financial services platform Strike has launched a volatility-proof Bitcoin-backed loan that eliminates margin calls and forced liquidations amid the depths of a bear market, but only for thosοΏ½...

US senator urges delay of CLARITY Act Senate markup until May: Report

Crypto April 22, 2026

A US senator has reportedly urged Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott to delay the markup for the crypto market structure bill until May, as banking and crypto representatives need more time to resolve diοΏ½...

Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin fund overtakes WisdomTree after 6 trading days

Crypto April 17, 2026

Morgan Stanleys new spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund has just surpassed the WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund (WBTC) in total net inflows, despite launching just over a week ago.Β  The Morgan StanleyΒ Bitcoin...

CIA to integrate AI β€˜co-workers’ to process intelligence, catch spies

Crypto April 11, 2026

The US Central Intelligence Agency said it will embed AI co-workers directly into its analytics platforms to assist analysts with detecting spies and anticipating hostile moves by foreign adversariesοΏ½...

99.99% of Polymarket traders shouldn't quit their day jobs, data suggests

Crypto April 10, 2026

Just 0.015% of Polymarket traders can reliably make $5,000 or more a month, according to new data, meaning the idea of quitting a full-time job to trade prediction markets is unrealistic for most. DοΏ½...

Counterhacker exposes DPRK unit that made $1M a month working IT jobs

Crypto April 10, 2026

A group of North Korean IT workers made more than $3.5 million in just a few months by faking their identities to work as developers while also attempting to hack crypto projects, according to documeοΏ½...

Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF set to launch on Wednesday

Crypto April 9, 2026

Morgan Stanleys Bitcoin exchange-traded fund is set to debut on the NYSE Arca stock exchange on Wednesday, making it the first major commercial bank to offer a Bitcoin ETF in the US. The launch of tοΏ½...

Ex-SafeMoon chief sentenced to 8 years over $9M investor fraud

Crypto February 12, 2026

Former SafeMoon CEO Braden Karony has been sentenced to 100 months in prison for stealing $9 million from the crypto platforms liquidity pool in 2021 to fund a lavish lifestyle. The sentence on MondοΏ½...

Tokenized commodities market crosses $6B amid gold's historic rally

Crypto February 12, 2026

The tokenized commodities market has risen 53% in less than six weeks to over $6.1 billion, making it the fastest-growing vertical in the real-world asset tokenization market as more gold moves onchaοΏ½...

Vitalik Buterin tempers vision for ETH L2s, pushes native rollups

Crypto February 5, 2026

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reversed his long-held view that layer-2s should be the primary way to scale Ethereum, saying the approach no longer makes sense. We need a new path, Buterin οΏ½...