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View More NewsIn brief Bitcoin traded at $71,556 on Thursday, up 3.26% on the day and inside a $68,858–$72,408 band, The move extends a Wednesday’s 8.7% rip. On Myriad, the “pump to $84K or dump to $55K” market sits at a near 50-50 chances after leaning roughly 70% toward the dump days earlier. Bitcoin traded at $71,556 on Thursday, up 3.26% on the day, as bulls attempt to break the bearish trend for the first time in months. Sentiment across the market has clearly shifted, but traders on prediction markets don’t appear convinced just yet.Today’s move extends Bitcoin’s sharpest rally in five…
Ahead of this month’s parliamentary election, independent journalists in Kazakhstan have faced “unprecedented” pressure, ranging from criminal prosecutions to professional bans, and this crackdown warrants heightened international scrutiny to ensure the country upholds its obligations on media freedom. Voters go to the polls on August 23 to elect a unicameral parliament established under a new constitution passed in a March referendum. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says the constitution allows a fundamental reshaping of the Central Asian nation but critics say it represents an attempt to extend Tokayev’s power. Just as the March referendum was accompanied by a series of arrests –…
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I first came across French writer Jean Raspail’s infamous novel The Camp of the Saints while I was reading Douglas Murray’s The Strange Death of Europe back in 2017. Raspail’s novel imagines the invasion of Europe by large groups of unsanitary and ravenous migrants from the Global South led by a coprophage (“shit-eater”). Despite his own firmly anti-immigration views, Murray declines to defend the book’s inflammatory contents, but he is nonetheless struck by Raspail’s descriptions of Western passivity in the face of an unsustainable wave of immigration. The book’s overt racism notwithstanding, it has attracted some attention in recent years…
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Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins are breaking records as short position liquidations pass $3 billion over two days.Key points:Crypto short liquidations since Thursday are in…
Conversations with X are ongoing, according to a person who also works with other social media platforms testing stablecoins to pay influencers. Read the…
GnosisDAO approved Gnosis Chain’s transition from a standalone layer-1 network to a ZK-proven Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) rollup.GIP-153 received 123,158 GNO in support, 115…
In brief OCC head Jonathan Gould said Wednesday the agency will finalize its GENIUS Act stablecoin rules by November, racing to meet a Jan.…
Unpacking Thursday’s at-times contentious markup hearing. Read the full article here
Strategy chairman Michael Saylor on Sunday signaled the Bitcoin treasury company would be buying more of the cryptocurrency in the week ahead while also…
Another 11 companies responded to a survey saying they would consider offering crypto funds once the regulatory environment becomes clear. Read the full article…
VerifiedX says its Bitcoin sidechain enables programmable, privacy-preserving transactions without synthetic wrappers, targeting growing institutional demand for native DeFi on the original blockchain system.…
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Japan’s major brokerages are preparing to bring crypto investment trusts to retail investors, with SBI Securities and Rakuten Securities already developing products in-house, while…
In March, longtime Senior Editor Brian Doherty died in a hiking accident. He was 57. To celebrate his life, this month’s archives are excerpts…
Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest bank, more than doubled its crypto exposure in the first quarter of 2026, with holdings climbing from approximately $100 million…