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HMRC says UK taxpayers declared £1.38 billion in crypto gains in 2024-25, with 240 people reporting over £1 million each. As CARF and tougher reporting rules kick in, the taxman’s reach over exchanges — and your trading records — is about to get a lot wider.
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Brazil’s central bank is rolling out a real-time crypto threat alert system after a major cyberattack showed how stolen money can sprint into crypto rails. The move pairs faster detection with tougher rules, including a planned 24-hour hold on suspicious transfers.
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Crypto media’s traffic crash isn’t just AI search squeezing clicks. Some of the biggest drops look more like de-indexing or other indexing problems, with a few domains driving most of the damage while the rest of the sector still bleeds from zero-click search.
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Galaxy is adding 24/7 fire, rescue, and medical coverage at its Helios campus in Texas as the former Bitcoin mining site scales into a major AI and high-performance computing hub. The move aims to support rural responders while the multi-gigawatt buildout keeps growing.
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The OCC is tightening bank oversight with a public MRA manual and a new rule that separates serious violations from minor technical ones, aiming to focus examiners on real financial risk. It’s a cleaner, more transparent approach — but consistency will make or break it.
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The SEC has proposed a new crypto fundraising framework that would carve out limited exemptions for certain token offerings, plus a conditional safe harbor for some assets. It’s not an ICO free-for-all — it’s a compliance-heavy lane that could help legit projects raise capital in the U.S. while keeping the lawyers very busy.
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Bitcoin heads into a massive Deribit options expiry with $6.4 billion in notional value and a $70,000 max pain level in focus. Traders may see short-term volatility and positioning games, but the number is a reference point, not a spell cast on BTC.
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Ledger is pushing back on OneKey’s “we hacked Ledger” claim, saying the lab-reproduced Ethereum wallet flaw was already patched and never exposed keys. The dispute underscores a real security risk: a wallet can still sign the wrong transaction even when the secure element stays intact.
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BitGo is buying NYDIG’s institutional trading business, adding derivatives, execution, financing, and structured products to its regulated crypto stack, while NYDIG pivots harder into Bitcoin mining, power generation, and high-performance computing.
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BitGo is buying NYDIG’s institutional trading business to broaden its crypto offering beyond custody and settlement into trading, derivatives, and financing. The move signals growing ambition in institutional crypto — but the real test will be whether BitGo can integrate it without the usual market buzzword circus.
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