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DOJ and CFTC end probes into Polymarket, clearing path for potential registration

DOJ and CFTC end probes into Polymarket, clearing path for potential registration

US federal investigators closed parallel criminal and civil probes into prediction market Polymarket, issuing letters earlier this month that ended inquiries by both the Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as Bloomberg News reported.  The platform enables traders to bet on yes-or-no outcomes using stablecoins on Polygon and has faced scrutiny since a January 2022 CFTC […]

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Jack Dorsey endorses privacy-focused chat app White Noise amid own app launch plan

Jack Dorsey endorses privacy-focused chat app White Noise amid own app launch plan

Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and CEO of Block, has thrown his support behind a new messaging application called White Noise. His endorsement follows the recent release of his white paper for Bitchat, a Bluetooth-based messaging platform without internet connectivity. Bitchat aims to be a privacy-first chat app that ditches the internet altogether to

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Bitcoin hits fresh all-time high above 2k as traders parse new US tariff shock

Bitcoin hits fresh all-time high above $112k as traders parse new US tariff shock

Bitcoin (BTC) reached a new all-time high of $112,040 on July 9, edging above the previous intraday peak of $111,917.37 recorded on May 22, TradingView data shows. The breakout arrived hours after President Donald Trump dispatched formal tariff letters to seven nations, unveiling duties of up to 30% that take effect Aug. 1. According to

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Pump.fun’s PUMP ICO stirs controversy over token allocation

Pump.fun’s PUMP ICO stirs controversy over token allocation

Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun has confirmed that its native PUMP token will debut through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on July 12. The token will have a total supply of 1 trillion and a structured allocation designed to serve institutional, community, and internal stakeholders. PUMP’s ICO details About 33% of the total PUMP token supply

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Survey finds gaps in mainstream Bitcoin coverage, leaving institutional investors exposed

Survey finds gaps in mainstream Bitcoin coverage, leaving institutional investors exposed

A second-quarter survey of 18 mainstream news outlets logged 1,116 Bitcoin (BTC) stories and measured sentiment at 31% positive, 41% neutral, and 28% negative, according to Bitcoin analysis firm Perception. The data reveal a significant gap between finance-focused media that cover the market extensively and legacy publications that rarely address it. Sparse coverage Perception counted

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Joe Lubin forecasts Ethereum treasury strategies will reshape Wall Street perception

Joe Lubin forecasts Ethereum treasury strategies will reshape Wall Street perception

Ethereum and Consensys co-founder Joe Lubin said companies adopting ETH treasury strategies will play a critical role in communicating the second-largest digital asset’s value to Wall Street, as major financial institutions ramp up blockchain use and process around 24 million transactions daily. Lubin made the statement during an interview with CNBC on July 8 in

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin advocates copyleft to counter tech monopolies

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin advocates copyleft to counter tech monopolies

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he is rethinking his long-held preference for permissive software licenses, advocating for broader use of “copyleft” frameworks as open source enters what he described as a more competitive and concentrated era. In a blog post published on July 7, Buterin explained that permissive licenses such as MIT or CC0 have

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Ton Foundation clarifies misleading announcement regarding UAE golden visa

Ton Foundation clarifies misleading announcement regarding UAE golden visa

The TON Foundation has denied claims that it has launched an official UAE Golden Visa initiative, clarifying that no formal partnership exists between the blockchain project and the UAE government. The clarification follows widespread social media reports suggesting that digital asset investors could gain UAE residency through staking TON tokens. Over the weekend, TON promotions

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Dormant Bitcoin holder moves  billion BTC from 2011 for potential 14,000,000% gain

Dormant Bitcoin holder moves $2 billion BTC from 2011 for potential 14,000,000% gain

Two Bitcoin wallets inactive for 14 years transferred a combined 20,000 BTC, valued at approximately $2.18 billion, on July 4. The transactions originated from separate addresses that held 10,000 BTC since April 3, 2011, when the asset price was roughly $0.78. The analytics account Lookonchain first flagged the on-chain movements, which detailed the two separate

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Bitcoin at UATX: A New Era of Intellectual Sovereignty

Bitcoin at UATX: A New Era of Intellectual Sovereignty

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin at UATX: A New Era of Intellectual Sovereignty UATX, The University of Austin, Texas, is rediscovering and redefining academic pursuit. Founded in 2021, the start-up university stands as a protest to the intellectual dogma and the “woke” radicalization of major universities in recent years, focusing instead on entrepreneurship and preparing students for

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