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Can you actually earn meaningful yield on Lightning, or is it mostly a nice idea wrapped around Bitcoin’s hardest payment problem? Chris Ritter and Stephan Livera tackle the Lightning Network economics question head-on, looking at routing nodes, liquidity, centralization, security, and whether Bitcoin payments can ever become more than a niche game for the technically […]
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Bitmine Immersion Technologies has raised $280 million to push deeper into Ethereum infrastructure, marking a sharp pivot away from its Bitcoin mining roots. The market wasn’t exactly impressed: BMNR shares sold off after the announcement, showing investors still want hard proof, not just a fresh narrative with shiny hardware attached. $280 million raised through a […]
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Tether has added an independent director to the board of Twenty One Capital and restored its audit committee, a modest but meaningful governance upgrade for a Bitcoin treasury vehicle trying to look institutional instead of improvisational. Independent director added to Twenty One Capital’s board Audit committee restored after a governance gap Investor scrutiny rising for […]
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US Supreme Court backs FCC and SEC in rulings that strengthen regulatory enforcement The US Supreme Court has handed the FCC and SEC a pair of important wins, making it harder for companies to swat away enforcement actions with clever legal gymnastics. For regulated industries, that means compliance just got more expensive, and for crypto, […]
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is putting tokenized securities on its radar while calling for closer SEC-CFTC harmonization — a fancy way of saying the regulators would like to stop stepping on each other’s toes while the crypto market keeps moving. SEC priority: tokenized securities Regulatory focus: SEC-CFTC harmonization Setting: Piper Sandler conference Core […]
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SEC Plans to Repeal Trade-Through Rule, Vote Set for Next Week The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is set to vote next week on whether to scrap the trade-through rule, a move that could reshape how U.S. stock orders are routed, priced, and filled across fragmented markets. SEC vote next week on repeal Trade-through rule […]
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Bitcoin miners are increasingly turning into AI data centers, as explained in why Bitcoin miners are quietly becoming AI data centers, and the market is rewarding that pivot even as BTC itself struggles. Bitcoin fell about 17% in early 2026 while mining stocks surged AI and high-performance computing contracts are replacing volatile block rewards Debt, […]
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ONDO is getting beaten up on the chart, but Ondo Finance’s underlying business is still producing real activity. That gap between price and protocol usage is exactly what traders are staring at right now. ONDO price has dropped from about $0.48–$0.50 to near $0.35 Ondo Finance is generating about $47 million in annualized fees Ondo […]
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Bitcoin has erased every last gain from its post-election rally, slipping below $60,000 and giving traders a fresh reminder that BTC does not care about political wishcasting. Bitcoin price drops below $60,000 and wipes out gains since Trump’s reelection Political hype vs. market reality — policy matters, but price still follows liquidity and leverage Bitcoin […]
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Bitcoin Treasury Capital has launched Sweden’s first BTC-backed preferred stock, bringing a fresh Bitcoin-finance hybrid to a market that usually prefers paperwork to hype. The move blends hard-money collateral with a traditional market instrument, offering investors Bitcoin-linked exposure without requiring them to hold BTC directly. Sweden’s first BTC-backed preferred stock Bitcoin exposure through a traditional […]
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