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Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer network is showing a strange jump in address traffic, and the security community is right to be wary. Daily unique ADDR entries surged to about 250,000 For years, the count had stayed below 65,000 The spike began around mid-April 2026 Possible explanations range from real growth to surveillance or fake node flooding For […]
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Strategy has added another 535 Bitcoin to its balance sheet, pushing total holdings to 818,869 BTC and moving the company closer to the 820,000 BTC mark. The buy was financed mostly through stock sales, which keeps the company’s Bitcoin accumulation machine humming — and keeps the debate over dilution, conviction, and corporate treasury strategy very […]
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Ledger is sounding the alarm on a problem crypto still treats far too casually: if people are signing transactions they can’t actually verify, then AI-powered scams, governance exploits, and even quantum threats are going to keep finding easy prey. Human sovereignty by design AI, governance attacks, and quantum risk Blind signing is the weak link […]
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The Senate Banking Committee has released the long-awaited Clarity Act text, teeing up a Thursday vote on one of the biggest fights in U.S. crypto regulation: who gets to police digital assets, and whether the industry keeps getting shoved around by agency turf wars. Clarity Act text released ahead of Thursday committee vote Crypto market […]
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The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has put out a 309-page crypto market structure bill, and for once Washington is trying to write rules instead of pretending subpoenas and enforcement-only theater count as policy. 309-page crypto market structure bill Consumer protection, stablecoin oversight, AML, and DeFi clarity Ethics fight could slow the whole thing down Stablecoin […]
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Peter Thiel-backed Augustus wins OCC nod for AI stablecoin bank has won conditional approval from the OCC to form a US national bank built for AI payments and stablecoin settlement — but the hard part starts now. Conditional OCC approval for Augustus Bank, N.A. Focus: AI-driven payments, stablecoin settlement, programmable clearing Pitch: “the first clearing […]
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Bitcoin Ordinals just took another gut punch: Ord.io and Zap are shutting down on June 1 after running out of money, a rough reminder that hype doesn’t equal a sustainable business. Ord.io shuts down June 1 Zap shuts down June 1 Leonidas King says the team “ran out of money” Bitcoin inscriptions activity has cooled […]
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Capital B just put more firepower behind its Bitcoin treasury strategy, with fresh capital from Adam Back and TOBAM as the France-listed firm keeps stacking BTC while others get skittish. Capital B raised €15.2 million ($17.8 million) in a private placement Adam Back and TOBAM backed the financing Each share came with four subscription warrants […]
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South Korea is accelerating its push for a won-based stablecoin framework as lawmakers and industry leaders warn that dollar-backed tokens could lock the country into someone else’s payment rails. Won-based stablecoin push: Korea wants a domestic answer before dollar tokens become the default Policy race: lawmakers are weighing MiCA, the U.K., and Korea’s digital-asset basic […]
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Senate lawmakers have reached a compromise on the Clarity Act that tightens anti-crypto-crime enforcement while keeping developers from getting flattened by sloppy liability rules. AML tools: tougher action against bad actors Developers: safe-harbor protections held intact Banks: attacking stablecoin language late Momentum: the crypto market structure bill is moving The deal was worked out by […]
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