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Crypto Moguls Pledge £72M to Fund Reform UK Election Campaign
Ben Delo, co-founder of the crypto exchange BitMEX, and Christopher Harborne, a Tether investor, have pledged to donate 72 million pounds ($97.44 million) to Reform UK as Parliament debates a ban on crypto-based political donations. Reform…
Strict Capital Rules Trigger Mass Exit of Brazil Crypto Firms
Out of the estimated 200 to 300 crypto companies now operating in Brazil, only 10 would have the structure and funding to satisfy the new rules established by the central bank, which establish capital requirements of up to 37.2 million…
ERCOT Batch Zero: A New Scoreboard in AI Power Arms Race
Bitcoin miners have found a new way to flex. In 2021, they competed on mining machine preorders and exahashes promised. In 2024 and 2025, the contest shifted toward HPC contracts: who could sign a major customer and announce the biggest…
Bitcoin Miners Found 2 Valid Blocks, Then One Was Left Behind
Galaxy Research documented a Bitcoin blockchain reorganization on Sept. 11, when two of the network’s largest mining pools found competing valid blocks, setting off a brief race that ended with one pool’s block joining the chain with the…
Feds Have Now Frozen $938M in Scam Crypto After Telegram Market Bust
Federal authorities restrained about $52 million in scam-linked cryptocurrency in a single day during a crackdown on Xinbi Guarantee, lifting the Justice Department strike force’s running total to roughly $938 million. Treasury says…
Ether ETFs Gain $216M as Bitcoin ETFs Extend 4-Day Outflow Streak
U.S. bitcoin ETFs posted a fourth straight day of outflows on Friday, losing $13.29 million. In contrast, ether funds moved sharply in the opposite direction, attracting $216.41 million and closing a fourth consecutive week with net…
Revolut Leaks Customer Data to Hackers Posing as State Agency
The institution shared personally identifiable information from an unknown number of users after receiving a request from an unauthorized government email account. The shared documents include identity details, ID and verification…
Bitcoin Price Takes a $3,215 Ride Just to Land Back at $77K
Bitcoin’s price is hanging around $77,300 on Saturday morning, after somehow squeezing a $3,215 intraday adventure into a 24-hour gain of just 0.2%. That tiny move does a pretty good job of hiding what has actually been a wild ride…
Bitcoin’s Price Just Drew an $85M Bet From Last Year’s ETH Top-Caller
An address that sold 50,600 ETH near the top in late 2025 has spent four days converting $85.42 million in stablecoins into 1,075.6 BTC, and it still holds $74.32 million in unspent dry powder. The Trade That Earned the Attention In late…
Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP Burns $3.5M After Eric Trump and Beeple Mentions
Two public mentions, one from Eric Trump and one from digital artist Beeple, resolved the first bets written into Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin and permanently destroyed 10 million tokens worth about $3.56 million. The Bet Baked Into…