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A new funding round is putting fresh attention on efforts to expand what can be built on the Bitcoin network. Payments infrastructure startup Utexo has raised $7.5 million with backing from Tether, Big Brain Holdings, and Portal Ventures. The company says the funding will help it push forward a project aimed at bringing native USDT … Read more
The first few months of 2026 have already delivered a tough lesson for the crypto industry: not every project survives the long run. While new protocols and platforms continue to launch across the blockchain ecosystem, several once-promising ventures have quietly closed their doors. Liquidity has tightened, trading activity has slowed in certain sectors, and some … Read more
Binance has issued a formal response to a letter sent by Richard Blumenthal, pushing back against claims that the exchange failed to properly enforce sanctions restrictions. The senator’s inquiry, dated February 24, raised concerns about reports suggesting the platform may have allowed activity connected to sanctioned jurisdictions. Binance says those claims are inaccurate and based … Read more
A major security breach has shaken parts of the crypto community after blockchain security researchers revealed that a wallet linked to the user known as Sillytuna was drained in a sophisticated address poisoning attack, resulting in losses of roughly $24 million in digital assets. The compromised wallet, identified as 0xd2e8…ca41, was reportedly targeted by attackers … Read more
Two very different players in the Bitcoin ecosystem are quietly strengthening their positions. On one side, a fast-growing mining company is increasing its digital asset treasury through mining operations. On the other, a sovereign nation continues a steady and controversial accumulation strategy. Recent updates show that American Bitcoin has raised its total Bitcoin holdings to … Read more
Institutional access to regulated crypto derivatives just expanded again. Ripple has announced that clients using its institutional brokerage platform can now trade derivatives contracts listed on Coinbase’s derivatives exchange, with clearing handled by Nodal Clear. The development quietly marks a meaningful shift for Ripple, a company historically known for cross-border payments and its connection to … Read more
OpenAI rolled out Codex Security on March 6, introducing an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered application security agent that scans Github repositories for vulnerabilities, just weeks after Anthropic launched its rival Claude Code Security tool—turning AI-driven code defense into the tech industry’s newest competitive battleground. OpenAI Launches Codex Security to Challenge Anthropic’s Claude Code Security The release … Read more
At 8:30 a.m. EST, bitcoin traded at $69,926 on March 6, 2026, with a market cap of roughly $1.39 trillion and about $48 billion in 24-hour trading volume. The session’s intraday band ranged from $69,732 to $72,956, leaving price pinned near the middle of a tightening consolidation range where buyers defend the $69,000 area while … Read more
Crypto investors remember October 2025 for the historic liquidation event that shaved off billions in market cap, broke charts across exchanges, and left traders wrecked. Far fewer remember that October was also the month the U.S. government announced what it described as its largest Bitcoin seizure ever—coins tied to an alleged international crypto money-laundering network … Read more
Federal banking regulators on Thursday said tokenized securities should generally receive the same capital treatment as their traditional counterparts, reinforcing that existing bank capital rules remain technology-neutral even when blockchain enters the chat. OCC, FDIC, and the Federal Reserve Release Guidance on Tokenized Securities for Banks The clarification arrived through a joint release from three … Read more