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Redemption requests in the $2 trillion private credit market surged to $15.6 billion in the second quarter, dwarfing bitcoin ETF outflows.

The ruling gives New York room to press sports-event enforcement while the CFTC is still writing national rules. The post Kalshi’s court loss shows federal approval may still leave prediction markets fenced off by states appeared first on CryptoSlate.

"Reclaiming $1 in 2026 is mathematically and technically possible for Cardano (ADA), but it faces a steep, uphill battle," Gemini stated.

OpenAI's new flagship model is out, after spending two weeks locked behind a government-approved preview. It lands the same week Fable 5 leaves Anthropic's subscription plans.

As AI-driven mining stocks retreat, investors are examining executive stock sales, governance and shareholder alignment across leading Bitcoin miners, according to Blocksbridge Consulting. Several publicly traded Bitcoin miners have enjoyed sharp stock re-ratings after pivoting toward AI infrastructure, but investors are increasingly questioning whether insiders and major shareholders capitalized on the rally before the sector cooled, raising fresh governance concerns, according to Blocksbridge Consulting. In its latest Miner Weekly newsletter, Blocksbridge said the AI narrative helped lift valuations for several Bitcoin mining companies as they repositioned operations around data centers, power infrastructure and hyperscaler partnerships. However, sentiment has since weakened, with AI and chip stocks pulling back. The TEM AI Infrastructure Growth Index, which tracks Bitcoin miners, artificial intelligence cloud providers, power suppliers and other AI infrastructure companies, has decline 16% over the past mo...

Labour lawmakers proposed a full moratorium on crypto donations in March, which some have sought be made permanent after millions of dollars in contributions were linked to Reform leader Nigel Farage. Members of the UK’s ruling Labour party are considering a total ban on digital asset donations in response to Nigel Farage's resignation from Parliament and the potential influence crypto billionaires had on his policies. The Guardian reported Thursday that Labour MPs are looking to overhaul existing rules on donations to political parties and candidates. Specifically, lawmakers have proposed that a moratorium on crypto donations enacted in March be made permanent after it was revealed that the Reform leader personally accepted millions of British pounds in what he called “gifts” from industry figures. “Amendments to the representation of the people bill which my colleagues and I have tabled are vital safeguards against the wider threat that’s seen [$268 million] come flooding in to build a whole media political...

US 10-year Treasury yields nears dangerous level while major Deribit Bitcoin options expiry approaches. Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $63,000 mark on Thursday, but traders fear a correction ahead of Friday’s $1.4 billion options expiry on Deribit. The concerns stem from the US government bond yield climbing toward a level that many view as a warning sign. Is the $62,000 support level at risk? Key takeaways: Read more

The Bitcoin miner's shares climbed about 15% after announcing it's acquiring a Texas site with up to 2 GW of power capacity to expand its AI and digital infrastructure strategy. Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings shares rose about 15% in early trading Thursday after the company announced plans to acquire a Texas powered-land site with access to up to 2 gigawatts of electricity for AI computing and Bitcoin mining. The 1,200-acre site in Matagorda county, about 90 miles southwest of Houston, is expected to provide access to an initial 1 GW of grid capacity by October 2027 and up to 2 GW by April 2028. MARA said it plans to develop the site as a digital infrastructure campus supporting both high-performance computing and Bitcoin mining. Upon full energization, the site is expected to more than double the Bitcoin (BTC) miner's potential power capacity to about 4.8 GW. HIF USA will retain a minority ownership stake in the project if MARA signs a lease with a high-performance computing tenant, according to the companies. ...

Robinhood launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain this month, describing it as a permissionless Layer 2 built on Arbitrum for tokenized stocks, real-world assets, DeFi lending, and AI-native finance. One week in, the chain's loudest retail activity is driven by CASHCAT, a memecoin built on Robinhood's own discarded “CashCat” name. The token reached nearly […] The post Robinhood launched a Wall Street layer 2 chain and the market crowned a $150M cat coin first appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Swift’s pilot allows 17 global banks to transfer tokenized deposits on weekends, but ultimate settlement still relies on legacy systems.

Bitcoin shows signs of bottoming, but capitulation, ETF outflows, and defensive options markets still threaten recovery.

Bitcoin gained new upside targets for the daily close and beyond after US president Donald Trump said that Iran "wants to make a deal." Bitcoin (BTC) saw intraday highs after Thursday’s Wall Street open as US stocks rebounded on fresh Iran peace hopes. Key points: Read more

Compass Point analysts Michael Donovan and Ed Engel said markets are giving little credit to future AI data center pipelines despite billions of dollars in signed leases.

MARA Holdings has agreed to purchase a sizable plot of land in Texas to power its Bitcoin mining and growing AI compute ambitions.

FBI and IC3 data show how online coercion can end at a kiosk before anyone can stop the transfer. The post Why Bitcoin ATMs are becoming the last stop in America’s $11B crypto scam pipeline appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The lawmakers have tabled amendments to make the current moratorium permanent, as the fallout over Reform UK's funding widens.

In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re digging into Ethereum Institutional, a new nonprofit aimed at educating financial institutions and banks about Ethereum.

A breakdown of the latest and most significant updates around Ripple and XRP.

EMURGO said it is stepping down from its role in Pentad, the five-member group coordinating Cardano's infrastructure funding, to focus resources on recovering funds lost in the SecondFi exploit. The attack exploited a flaw in SecondFi's wallet address-generation system, draining roughly $2.4 million in ADA from 374 wallets. A wallet-layer product failed, and EMURGO, one […] The post Cardano’s wallet hack exposed the user layer holding its on-chain government together appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Despite the effort, SHIB remains under pressure and could tumble even more in the near future.