A long-time Bitcoin holder has finally cracked open one of the rarest physical Bitcoin collectibles in existence—a Casascius bar loaded with 100 BTC. The collector, who goes by the name John Galt on the Bitcoin Talk forum, originally bought the bar in 2012 for just $500. 13 years later, he redeemed it when the top […]
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Ethereum developer Zak Cole is spearheading a new initiative called the Ethereum Community Foundation (ECF), which will primarily work to enhance the digital asset’s economic value. The initiative was announced during the Ethereum Community Conference in Cannes, France. Founded by Cole and a group of ecosystem supporters, the ECF has reportedly already raised “millions” and
Grayscale has unveiled a new single-asset investment vehicle centered on the Space and Time (SXT) token, according to a June 24 announcement. The fund, officially named the Space and Time Trust, offers accredited investors direct exposure to one of the crypto sector’s newest data infrastructure projects. Individual and institutional participants can subscribe to the Trust
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Crypto-based prediction markets are signaling that impeachment odds for US President Donald Trump remain low, despite a formal push in Congress. According to data from Polymarket, crypto bettors estimate that there is just a 6% chance that Trump will face impeachment proceedings in the US House of Representatives before the end of 2025. This marks
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X (formerly known as Twitter) is ramping up efforts to integrate financial services directly into its ecosystem and moving beyond its roots in social networking, the Financial Times reported on June 19. According to the report, the social media giant is preparing to let users carry out a wide range of financial transactions within the
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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced a new open-source password manager, PearPass, after an unprecedented 16 billion passwords were leaked in what experts now call the largest credential breach ever recorded. Ardoino wrote: “The cloud has failed us. Again. 16 billion passwords just leaked. It’s time to ditch the cloud.” He pledged that PearPass will work
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There’s a familiar discomfort creeping in again, something I felt in the early 2010s as I watched social media’s promises of connection and community unravel into mass manipulation. Facebook and propaganda bots were the first dominoes. Cambridge Analytica, Brexit, global elections, it all felt like a betrayal of the internet’s original dream. Now, in the
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Investors who added 10% in Bitcoin (BTC) to their “60/40 portfolio” strategies got a 90% risk-adjusted return in the past 12 months, outperforming gold’s 51% return in the same period. On a June 16 post via X, the profile Ecoinometrics highlighted BTC’s performance through June 13 and charted the result against total return. A 60/40
Jeremy Allaire, founder and CEO of Circle, the USD Coin (USDC) issuer that went public this month, called stablecoins the “highest utility form of money ever created” in an X post on June 15. He added, however, that the stablecoin industry is yet to experience a significant disruption. Programmability of stablecoins will usher in change
Coinbase’s sponsorship of the military parade in Washington, D.C., on June 14 has sparked a debate about whether crypto has lost sight of its original ethos. The parade, which was held to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, took place amid the country-wide ‘No Kings’ protests. The protestors voiced their opposition to President Donald Trump’s
