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Berachain Jumps 14% as Proof of Liquidity Rewards Go Live

Berachain Jumps 14% as Proof of Liquidity Rewards Go Live

In a major milestone for the network, Berachain, a bear-themed layer-1 blockchain, went live with rewards for its proof of liquidity consensus mechanism on Monday. A day after the launch, the BERA token has gained 14%, according to CoinGecko, and broken into the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Proof of liquidity is a variation […]

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Trump Media to Team Up With Crypto.com In ETF Push

Trump Media to Team Up With Crypto.com In ETF Push

President Donald Trump’s media empire has signed a non-binding agreement to partner with Crypto.com in a push to offer exchange-traded funds. Trump Media and Technology Group, which runs Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, announced the partnership Monday. The announcement noted that the ETFs would offer investors exposure to crypto and “diverse industries such as

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Peter Schiff Asks For Bitcoin For His Birthday in Latest Jab at Crypto Industry

Peter Schiff Asks For Bitcoin For His Birthday in Latest Jab at Crypto Industry

Peter Schiff didn’t want gifts for his 62nd birthday yesterday. Instead, he wants Bitcoin for his new Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, which he has finally managed to transfer from an exchange into a hardware wallet, according to a post on X. Schiff, a longtime financial commentator who was one of the few to forecast the 2008

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US Treasury Lifts Sanctions Against Ethereum Mixer Tornado Cash

US Treasury Lifts Sanctions Against Ethereum Mixer Tornado Cash

The United States Treasury announced Friday that it has delisted Ethereum coin mixing service Tornado Cash from its list of parties sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, reversing course after first blacklisting the service in 2022. “Based on the Administration’s review of the novel legal and policy issues raised by use

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Another Publicly Traded Company Is Starting a Bitcoin Treasury

Another Publicly Traded Company Is Starting a Bitcoin Treasury

Atai Life Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company that trades on the Nasdaq as ATAI, is the latest publicly traded company to announce plans to launch a Bitcoin treasury strategy. The firm, which focuses on the treatment of mental health disorders, announced plans Thursday to acquire $5 million worth of Bitcoin as a starting point.  “All of

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Robinhood Receives ‘Buy’ Rating With 50% Upside as Compass Point Starts Coverage

Robinhood Receives ‘Buy’ Rating With 50% Upside as Compass Point Starts Coverage

Investment bank Compass Point rated Robinhood Markets Inc. a buy, setting a price target of $61 in initiating coverage of the trading platform in a note Wednesday that highlighted increased average revenue for its 12 million crypto users alongside an improving U.S. regulatory environment.” Compass Point analysts estimated that Robinhood had an opportunity to generate

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Microsoft Flags Trojan Malware Targeting MetaMask, Phantom and Coinbase Wallets

Microsoft Flags Trojan Malware Targeting MetaMask, Phantom and Coinbase Wallets

Microsoft security researchers have identified a new malware threat targeting popular crypto wallet extensions including MetaMask and Phantom. The StilachiRAT remote access trojan was first discovered in November 2024 and has since been deeply analyzed to reveal the depth of this threat. Specifically, it can target crypto wallets. MetaMask, Coinbase, Phantom, Keplr and more could

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Solana Deletes Controversial Ad Following Crypto Community Backlash

Solana Deletes Controversial Ad Following Crypto Community Backlash

Solana has removed its “America is Back—Time to Accelerate” ad, following intense criticism from the crypto community on X, with labels such as “offensive,” “cringe,” and “divisive.” The now-deleted ad was posted Monday a few minutes before noon in New York and had garnered over 1.4 million views by dusk. The post featured patriotic themes

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