Hereβs what happened in crypto today




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LVRG Research director Nick Ruck says Bitcoin could face a βvolatile pathβ if a recently agreed peace deal between the US and Iran breaks down.
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The US Government Accountability Office says that regulators, including the FDIC, lack an βongoing coordination mechanism for addressing blockchain risks.β
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Grayscale says decentralized AI tokens gained after the US government ordered Anthropic to cut access to its latest AI models, showing user demand for alternatives to centralized AI.
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A spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee decried the move as βan opportunity to use the power of the presidency to make [Trump] and his family even richer.β
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Nvidiaβs planned bond sale reinforces booming AI infrastructure demand, strengthening the case for Bitcoin miners pivoting toward AI data centers.
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The new offering gives eligible users access to tokenized institutional bond funds as demand for blockchain-based real-world assets continues to grow.
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The CFTC staff appointment came amid the US Congress seeking to overhaul federal financial regulatorsβ roles over digital assets with the CLARITY Act.
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BitMine continued buying Ether through the market downturn, growing its stake to nearly 5% of the circulating supply while generating staking yield amid mounting ecosystem challenges.
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The offering follows Kraken's acquisition of Bitnomial and comes amid a broader push to bring crypto derivatives trading onshore.
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A single missing feature in Bitcoin Script has spawned twelve competing proposals. Cointelegraph Research gives an overview.
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Bitcoinβs double-bottom setup, weekly RSI divergence and whale flows put traders on alert as BTC tests a key breakout zone.
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Bitcoin snatched upside liquidity as the US trading session began, but traders warned over a failure to preserve BTC price gains.
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Pudgy Penguins will halt development of Pudgy Party and focus on Pudgy World, as another Web3 gaming project shuts down after failing to find a sustainable business model.
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Strategy acquired 1,587 Bitcoin for $100 million last week, lifting holdings to 846,842 BTC after raising $209 million through MSTR stock sales.
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Standard Chartered forecasts assets locked in decentralized finance will reach $2.7 trillion by 2030, driven by tokenization and crypto-native growth.
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Bitcoin gained bullish short-term BTC price targets with $69,000 on the radar thanks to the US-Iran peace deal, due to be signed in the coming days.
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Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank warns users of possible account suspensions for Polymarket-linked transactions, citing Japanβs gambling laws.
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US President Donald Trump says the US and Iran have a deal for a βtoll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz,β sending Bitcoin to a two-week high.
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New Mexico is the eighth state sued by the CFTC over prediction markets, as Gary Gensler doubted the regulators' claim of authority over sports event contracts.
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The Aztec Connect platform was deprecated in March 2023, but the immutable smart contract still held over $2 million in crypto assets.
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Bitcoin mining difficulty has undergone its second-largest downward difficulty adjustment this year, following Februaryβs 11% shift.
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Standard Charteredβs Geoff Kendrick tells clients βwinter is overβ as the analyst said crypto prices have likely seen the low for the cycle, ahead of Strategyβs Bitcoin purchase update.
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The SPHINCS- proposal aims to reduce the cost of post-quantum signature verification on Ethereum while the network works toward a longer-term solution.
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A fake Bithumb email used in the $36 million Humanity Protocol hack points to the involvement of North Korean threat actors, according to Quantstamp.
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Bitcoin stayed near local highs on a new US-Iran peace deal pledge as analysis saw conditions favoring a sustained BTC price rebound.
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Crypto analyst MichaΓ«l van de Poppe said a peace deal, which would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, would likely send liquidity back to risk-on assets such as cryptocurrencies.
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Calls from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and other tech firms prompted the Trump administration to suspend foreign access to Anthropicβs Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models on Friday.
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Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox said Anthropic's Mythos AI model found no further βserious bugsβ in the privacy protocol following the patching of a previously discovered forgery bug.
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Strategy's recent Bitcoin sale appeared to clash with Saylor's βnever sellβ mantra, but he says the move reflects how the company's digital credit business works.
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Morphoβs recent $175 million raise reflects growing investor bets on onchain credit infrastructure as stablecoin adoption expands.
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Demand for ETH leverage remains low, but corporate accumulation and stakersβ dedication may prevent an Ether price crash to $1,500.
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Anthropic has abruptly disabled its flagship AI models after a US government directive citing national security concerns.
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Elon Muskβs SpaceX completed its landmark IPO on the Nasdaq on Friday, but crypto users seeking tokenized exposure to the IPO were left empty-handed after allocations fell through.
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New data from Galaxy Research suggests that Bitcoin's floor price may not drop as low as previous bear markets, but the bottom-finding process is still playing out.
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A positive bid-ask readings and a bullish RSI divergence support Bitcoin's recovery, with $70,000 emerging as a key target.
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The acquisition follows leadership changes and layoffs at Messari and adds one of crypto's largest data and analytics platforms to Blockworks' growing research business.
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A federal appeals court upheld the former FTX chiefβs conviction, while his bid for clemency from President Donald Trump appears to face steep political odds.
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Bitcoin hit $64,000 as SpaceX launched a record-breaking IPO and US-Iran peace deal hopes continued to grow, but doubts over BTC price support remained.
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Tokenized RWAs surge despite crypto volatility, Kraken launches SpaceX IPO xStocks, prediction markets outpace onchain gambling and Sam Bankman-Fried seeks a Trump pardon.
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The launch comes as tokenized equities surge in popularity, with crypto exchanges and wallets racing to offer onchain access to stocks and pre-IPO companies.
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Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill to implement MiCA for the third time, just weeks before the end of the EU crypto framework's transitional period.
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A Seychelles court said KuCoin canβt treat unwithdrawn tokens as βabandoned,β and awarded a Swiss investor over $2 million. He said the exchange still hasnβt paid and plans to sue again.
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Metaplanet will acquire Siiibo Securities and rename it Metaplanet Securities as it builds out Project Nova, its Bitcoin-centric finance strategy in Japan.
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Crypto markets are becoming a new venue for pre-IPO price discovery ahead of SpaceX's highly anticipated debut today.
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Bitcoin miner metic sparked talk of "capitulation" as profit margins stayed under 5%, but the BTC price bear-market bottom remained absent.
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SpaceXβs IPO hype may fuel a strong debut, but history shows richly valued listings often struggle after the first-day pop fades.
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FIFA and the FBI warned of ticket scams as TRM Labs identified World Cup-themed crypto fraud operations tied to multiple wallet addresses.
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Eleven countries were involved in the joint operation that ended the AudiA6 crypto laundering ring and Dark2Web marketplace.
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Galaxyβs Alex Thorn says a plan to scrap rules on stock orders and quotes would remove a major barrier to tokenized stocks trading on decentralized platforms.
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LG is building a blockchain focused on buying and selling ads, joining a wave of companies launching their own blockchains in recent years.
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Coinbase for Agents will allow users of the crypto exchange to manage their holdings without "constant manual oversight,β autonomously performing a range of tasks.
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