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Investor pushback on a $500 billion valuation has reportedly prompted Tether to rethink the size of its planned capital raise.

The Ethereum co-founder says that prediction markets and creator DAOs would reward inherent value, rather than celebrity or virality.

World Liberty Financial’s $500 million deal with the UAE is causing major backlash in Congress, with the Clarity Act caught in the crossfire.

Prediction market users increasingly think that Strategy will sell some BTC—but analysts don’t think Bitcoin’s price crash “changes anything.”

Crypto.com’s standalone platform OG arrives as multiple states are taking enforcement actions against prediction market operators.

The Incognito Market operator extorted vendors by threatening to publish their transaction histories and crypto addresses.

Nevada’s enforcement action comes after Coinbase filed federal lawsuits challenging three other states over prediction market jurisdiction.

Fragile momentum and macro uncertainty are keeping Bitcoin and the broader crypto market at risk of further declines, analysts say.

Authorities say they are reviewing reports of a Bitcoin ransom note tied to the case of Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother.

Some layer-2 networks have made concessions when it comes to decentralization, Buterin said, and shouldn’t be “branded” as extensions of Ethereum.

The French action comes as investigations into X’s Grok chatbot expand across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK and EU.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Codex made him feel useless. X users responded by roasting his vulnerability—and airing months of anger over AI job losses.

Riding OpenClaw’s viral moment, a new startup called RentAHuman.ai pitches itself as the “meatspace layer” for autonomous agents—letting bots pay people to do the things software still can’t.

A French official said the government is looking at ways to stop the use of VPNs to evade an incoming social media ban for kids under 15.

Adam Back confirmed that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein invested in Blockstream as newly released emails point to a planned island visit.

The price of Bitcoin nearly touched $73,000 on Tuesday for the first time since November 2024 as investors flee risk assets.

Cathie Wood’s investment firm, Ark Invest, added exposure to crypto-related equities despite a continuing slide in crypto prices.

Behind the scenes, the esports powerhouse has moved hundreds of terabytes of content to a decentralized data layer built for scale.

Galaxy Digital shares fell after the institutional crypto firm disclosed a 22% hit to the value of its investments and digital assets in Q4.

Bitcoin has fallen 38% from its all-time high, but it might be headed for a slide below $60,000, according to a Galaxy analyst.

The top two privacy coins are underperforming both their category and the broader crypto market amid the ongoing slump.

Lee claims Bitcoin and Ethereum may have found a floor after a sharp selloff and volatility in the precious metals market.

Standard Chartered analyst says Solana’s “ultra-low-cost” model will dominate micropayments, but scaling may take several more years.

A crypto-related bombshell was found in the latest Epstein files release. And the timeline is messy.

Coinbase tells Australia that bank opacity on crypto account closures has created “a crisis of confidence” in the financial system.

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy alleged “brazen, open corruption” over the UAE’s $500m investment in Trump-linked crypto ventures.

Arizona has launched a fraud reporting tool as crypto ATM scams surge and losses mount, especially among older consumers.

Bitcoin’s latest sell-off has revived debate over whether the move reflects short-term liquidity stress or something deeper.

Elon Musk says power and cooling constraints on Earth are pushing AI compute into orbit, with Starship central to the plan.

OpenClaw hit 147,000 GitHub stars in a matter of weeks and spawned an entire ecosystem of AI agents. But just how much is revolutionary tech?