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The post from Eric Trump, tagging his crypto company, came hours after his father claimed banks were holding a market structure bill “hostage.” Eric Trump, son of US President Donald Trump and one of the co-founders of the family-backed crypto business World Liberty Financial, has jumped on the anti-bank messaging that many in the industry are espousing amid disagreements over how to handle stablecoin rewards. In a Wednesday X post, Eric Trump echoed his father, claiming that banks were “desperately targeting” cryptocurrencies and stablecoins as discussions lag on the market structure bill in the US Senate. The post came hours after the president posted a similar message claiming that banks were holding the legislation “hostage.” The issue of stablecoin yield has been dividing many US lawmakers, banking industry representatives, and crypto companies, stymieing the market structure legislation. Eric Trump and many in the crypto industry oppose a ban on stablecoin yield, arguing it would “block any rewards or p...

Backtested data and forward-looking models found that dollar-cost averaging Bitcoin buys is the best way to invest in BTC. Will the strategy work in the next bull market? Smart investors adjust their strategy during bear markets and 50% drawdowns like the one seen in Bitcoin (BTC) over the last five months. The strategy, known as dollar-cost averaging (DCA), involves investing the same amount at regular intervals regardless of market conditions.  Historical market cycle data and forward-looking BTC price simulations provide a clearer view of how these steady investment patterns develop across different entry periods and time horizons. A $250 weekly Bitcoin purchase starting in January 2021 resulted in $67,500 invested over a five-year period. Based on DCA simulation data, the strategy accumulated 1.65097905 BTC at an average purchase price of $40,884. Read more

Ripple Prime institutional clients can now trade Coinbase's bitcoin, ether, solana and XRP futures in a regulated U.S. market.

OpenAI debuted its most capable model yet under pressure from a mass user exodus tied to the company's controversial Pentagon contract.

The Kansas City Fed may term this "Tier 3" access, but Kraken's entry into the vaunted Fed payments system has riled bankers and raised crypto hopes.

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Bitcoin has again failed to hold $71,500, reinforcing the level as a long-term ceiling while global markets shift into a risk-off environment driven by rising oil prices and higher bond yields. The latest rejection came after Bitcoin briefly rose past $73,000, then lost momentum and fell back below $71,500. The move extends a pattern that […] The post Bitcoin fails again at $71,500 as weakening momentum raises risk of a deeper pullback appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A New York federal court barred the crypto trading firm from moving bitcoin tied to Dominion Capital, citing suspended withdrawals and insolvency concerns.

Can ETH make a decisive comeback, or will the bears intercept the move?

Analysts say past periods of deeply negative funding rates on Binance have often been followed by corrective rallies.

The crypto altcoin market is in turmoil as investor sentiment plummets and digital asset prices fail to recover from the October 2025 crash. An estimated 38% of altcoins are now hovering near all-time lows, which is worse than the post-FTX market crash, according to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost. The current market is “unfavorable” for risk-on assets, and the crypto markets are the first to absorb this risk-off posturing, he said, adding: Examples of altcoins, cryptocurrency that typically serves as an alternative to Bitcoin (BTC), include Cardano’s ADA (ADA), which is hovering at about $0.10 above its all-time low of $0.17. Polkadot (DOT) reached an all-time low of $1.13 in February, but is now up 33% from there, and Polygon (POL) is trading at about $0.02 off its all-time low of $0.08.  Read more

ZeroHash wants OCC trust bank status for crypto custody—and Revolut is gunning for a full U.S. banking license.

The Bitcoin miner and data center operator said the financing will support infrastructure tied to high-density computing workloads, including artificial intelligence and HPC. Bitcoin mining and data center company Core Scientific has closed a $500 million loan facility with Morgan Stanley, with the option to expand the financing to as much as $1 billion. According to a company announcement on Thursday, the financing may be used for general corporate purposes tied to building and expanding data center assets, including equipment purchases, real estate acquisition and securing additional power agreements. The company operates large-scale data centers in several US states, including Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, hosting both Bitcoin (BTC) mining equipment and other high-density computing workloads. Read more

John “Lick” Daghita was arrested in a joint FBI-France operation after allegations he siphoned tens of millions of dollars in crypto from government seizure wallets managed by his father’s company.

Israel’s Finance Ministry has put a weekly price tag on the country’s widening war with Iran, estimating that the economy could take a hit of more than 9 billion shekels (equivalent to $2.93 billion) a week if emergency limits on activity remain in place. The estimate links the economic toll to the Home Front Command’s […] The post Israel’s Iran war will soon cost the equivalent of 41,300 Bitcoin every week appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Unleveraged buyers and ETF inflows pushed Bitcoin higher even as geopolitical uncertainty rattled global markets.

Russia, Iran and North Korea expanded their use of stablecoins, hacked funds and state-linked exchanges to move more than $100 billion onchain to evade international sanctions.

The cash flow generated will support the bitcoin miner's expansion into AI and high-performance computing data centers.

Brick-and-mortar retail payments in Swiss Spar stores are enabled through the Cardano blockchain’s integration with DFX.swiss.

BitGo will support the rollout of US dollar-pegged stablecoin SoFiUSD, as US fintechs and banks expand digital dollar infrastructure following new federal legislation. SoFi Technologies has selected digital asset custodian BitGo to support the rollout of its bank-issued stablecoin, the latest sign of growing momentum around federally regulated stablecoins for payments and settlements. Under the partnership, BitGo will provide stablecoin infrastructure services for SoFiUSD, a US dollar-pegged token issued by SoFi Bank, a nationally chartered and insured depository institution, the companies disclosed Thursday.  The arrangement will run through BitGo’s “stablecoin-as-a-service” platform, which will support the issuance of SoFiUSD and help connect the token with payment providers, market participants and cryptocurrency exchanges. Read more