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Coinbase is offering nano Bitcoin futures contracts sized at 0.01 BTC, making derivatives more accessible for smaller traders and tighter hedges. But the “cross margin” claim doesn’t match Coinbase’s own docs, which describe the products as cash-margined.
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Malaysia has seized 75,578 crypto mining machines in a sweeping crackdown on electricity theft, not crypto itself. With hundreds arrested and billions in power losses linked to illegal rigs, the real fight is over cheap electrons, grid access, and who pays the bill.
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Ionic Digital has won SEC approval for a Nasdaq direct listing, but the bigger shift is its push from Bitcoin mining into AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. It’s a Celsius-born company trying to turn power, land, and data centers into a more durable business than mining alone.
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Russia is legalizing crypto for sanctioned cross-border trade while keeping domestic payments banned and retail access tightly capped. It’s a state-controlled settlement rail, not a freedom play — with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT allowed only under strict rules.
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CrashStealer is a macOS infostealer that poses as Apple’s Crash Reporter to steal crypto wallet data, passwords, browser logins, and Keychain secrets. Jamf says it abuses signed installers and targets dozens of wallets and password managers — a nasty reminder that Macs aren’t malware-proof.
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Bitcoin pushed back above $66,000 as ETF inflows, corporate buying, and thin supply tightened the market. Softer inflation and hopes for clearer U.S. rules helped too, but Bitcoin is still Bitcoin: volatile, punchy, and never shy about humiliating the overconfident.
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Formal proofs are being used to make bridges and rollups less fragile by checking cross-chain state transitions with mathematical rigor. The goal is simple: fewer trust assumptions, fewer broken messages, and less room for the usual crypto bridge disaster circus.
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UK lawmakers have opened a cross-party probe into whether banks are unfairly cutting off lawful crypto businesses from accounts and payments, as the UK tries to balance risk controls with its push for digital asset innovation.
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Bitcoin is holding near $65,000 as spot Bitcoin ETF inflows stay strong, with $226.92 million added on July 20 and five straight days of positive flows. Bulls say the setup looks more like accumulation than exhaustion, but ETFs are support, not a magic rocket.
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Russia is allowing crypto to exist, trade, and be taxed — but not to replace the ruble at the checkout counter. The message is blunt: regulation, yes; a parallel money system, no. For Bitcoin believers, that’s adoption with a leash, not freedom.
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