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View More NewsAnalysts at Bernstein are bullish on stablecoin issuer Circle, arguing that a new growth cycle for its USDC stablecoin could provide a significant boost for the company over the next 12 months.In a research note published Monday, Bernstein said USDC (USDC) is showing signs of what it called “digital dollar reflation” after its supply increased by roughly $2 billion in seven days, reversing a six-month stretch of stagnant or declining growth. The firm maintained an Outperform rating on Circle (CRCL) and a $140 price target, implying roughly 60% upside from current levels. Circle shares have risen roughly 40% over the…
In brief Pakistan’s virtual assets regulator has opened its licensing portal, with firms operating on or before March 5 required to file for a No Objection Certificate by September 5 or cease operations. The Virtual Assets Act 2026 sets out 11 license categories covering exchanges, custody, lending, derivatives, stablecoin issuance and mining. Applicants must register a company in Pakistan and clear the Financial Monitoring Unit before a license application. Crypto firms serving customers in Pakistan have less than a fortnight to begin the country’s new licensing process or shut down, under a deadline set by the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory…
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The gene genie has been out of the bottle for some time. In late 2023, two graduate students working under FBI supervision at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab ordered fragments of a virus from 38 commercial DNA synthesis companies. The virus in question was the 1918 “Spanish flu” variant of influenza—the pathogen responsible for one of history’s most devastating pandemics, which killed an estimated fifty million people worldwide. The orders were placed on behalf of an organisation that conducts no laboratory experiments, and shipping was requested to an address with no laboratory facilities—both details that should have triggered…
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In brief Bitcoin has risen from a weekly low of $63,387 to around $77,800 up 22% over the past seven days. Analysts pointed to…
Households shown bitcoin’s prior-year return were 23% more likely to report owning crypto in a follow-up survey. Read the full article here
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows surged last week after months of uneven flows, with investors pouring nearly $2 billion into the products…
Treasury buybacks, ETF inflows and a weaker dollar ignite crypto’s breakout. Read the full article here
A new Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland working paper offers a provocative explanation for why cryptocurrency behaves so differently from traditional financial assets: Americans…
Tracked card volume more than tripled in a year, with USDC and USDT funding over 70% of spending as users increasingly paid for groceries,…
In brief ACE Robotics Chairman Wang Xiaogang predicts embodied AI could reach its “ChatGPT moment” by the end of 2027. A shortage of real-world…
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In brief Microsoft disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting its Entra ID cloud identity service. CVE-2026-69836 received a CVSS score of 10.0…
Washington state is cut off for Kalshi customers while the company combats the development in court and its federal regulator keeps pursuing new rules.…
The exchange has hired White & Case as restructuring counsel, with a detailed roadmap expected by Sept. 9. Read the full article here