Coinbase just put more skin in the game, adding another $88 million worth of Bitcoin in Q1 2026 and lifting its treasury stash to 16,492 BTC. That’s a roughly $1.3 billion bet on the hardest money in the room. $88 million in additional Bitcoin bought in Q1 2026 16,492 BTC now held on Coinbase’s books […]
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Strategy CEO Phong Le is making one thing clear: when it comes to Bitcoin sales, the spreadsheet beats the sermon. If selling BTC ever makes more sense than holding it on principle, Le says the numbers will decide. Math over dogma: Strategy won’t treat Bitcoin like a sacred object. Treasury first: BTC is being managed […]
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Morgan Stanley has launched E*Trade crypto trading with a flat 0.5% fee, taking a direct swipe at Coinbase and other brokers trying to skim too much off the top of retail Bitcoin demand. 0.5% fee undercuts major rivals Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana available in the pilot 8.6 million E*Trade clients are next in line Zerohash […]
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Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini are pressing lawmakers to soften a CLARITY Act rule that could make it much harder for smaller crypto assets to get listed on U.S. exchanges. CLARITY Act fight: Exchanges want the “readily susceptible to manipulation” rule revised Main concern: Low-liquidity tokens may be blocked before they can prove demand Regulatory backdrop: […]
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Amazon Web Services has embedded Coinbase’s x402 protocol into its AI payments stack, giving autonomous agents a way to send USDC without a human approving every little move. That’s a meaningful step toward machine-to-machine commerce, where software buys services, data, or compute on its own instead of waiting for some poor soul to click “approve” […]
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Kraken’s parent company is pushing for a federal trust charter in the U.S., a move that could give it a stronger hand in regulated crypto custody while rattling the old banking club. Payward filed for an OCC National Trust Company charter The goal is a federally regulated custody business for digital assets The proposed entity […]
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Bitcoin is still pulling in institutional capital while Ethereum is getting trimmed, and that split is telling the market exactly where professional money thinks the cleaner crypto bet sits right now. BTC fund holdings: up by more than 92,000 Bitcoin ETH fund holdings: down by about 127,000 Ether Institutional signal: Bitcoin first, Ethereum second ETH/BTC […]
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Bitcoin pushed back above $80,000 after a brief dip, helped by a broader risk-on move as stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data lifted stocks and traders looked ahead to a Senate vote on the Clarity Act. BTC back above $80,000 Senate Banking Committee vote set for May 14 Resistance still stacked near $82,800 UBS increased MicroStrategy exposure […]
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Ethereum is drawing real institutional money even as price action stays messy, while a speculative Pepeto presale is trying to hijack the spotlight with big promises and bigger hype. Spot ETH ETFs reportedly crossed $14 billion in year-to-date inflows. BlackRock’s ETHA is still leading the charge for Ethereum ETF demand. ETH is trading around $2,283 […]
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Chaos Labs says it stopped a sophisticated hacking attempt that looked consistent with a nation-state operation, but the scare still shook confidence across crypto infrastructure. Its core oracle network stayed intact, yet the incident helped push more projects toward Chainlink and served up another ugly reminder that crypto security is still a half-fixed, overpromised mess. […]
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