Crypto-backed spending just helped Christian Menefee topple longtime Rep. Al Green in Texas’ 18th Congressional District runoff, turning a local Democratic race into an early test of how far crypto PACs are willing to go to shape Congress. Menefee defeats Green in the Democratic primary runoff Fairshake-linked PACs spent millions on the race Crypto policy […]
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U.S. lawmakers want to stop the government from dumping seized Bitcoin like yesterday’s garbage and start treating it like a strategic reserve asset. The American Reserve Modernization Act (ARMA) would consolidate federally held BTC into a Treasury-managed reserve and generally block sales for 20 years. Bill name: American Reserve Modernization Act (ARMA) Introduced: May 21, […]
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Circle is trying to become more than the company behind USDC — it wants to own the rails, the blockchain, and maybe even the payments layer for AI agents Circle is pushing USDC from a simple stablecoin business into a broader payments and infrastructure play, with its own network, its own chain, and a long-shot […]
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Solana is doing the one thing traders keep pretending should move price on its own: getting used. On-chain activity is ripping, stablecoin volume is booming, and user engagement keeps climbing — yet SOL is still stuck below the psychologically loaded $100 mark like a coin with ankle weights. Price lag, network strength: SOL is stuck […]
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Strive overtakes Coinbase in BTC holdings with $85M bitcoin purchase Strive Asset Management has thrown down a serious bitcoin treasury marker, buying $85 million worth of BTC and pushing its holdings above Coinbase’s. The move also puts Strive squarely in the same corporate bitcoin accumulation lane pioneered by Strategy, the former MicroStrategy. $85 million BTC […]
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Strive Bitcoin treasury tops 16,500 BTC surpassing Coinbase just pushed its Bitcoin treasury past 16,500 BTC, slipping ahead of Coinbase and Riot Platforms and reinforcing one of the loudest trends in crypto finance: a handful of public companies are still piling into BTC while everyone else watches, hesitates, or pivots. 1,109 BTC added for about […]
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The European Union’s stablecoin rulebook is now being cast as the toughest on the planet, and for issuers that’s either a welcome dose of clarity or a regulatory brick wall with a nice logo on it. The bloc’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, better known as MiCA, gives Europe a formal framework for crypto-assets — but […]
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This Key Bitcoin Metric Suggests The Market Is Entering A Phase Of Calm Bitcoin’s recent pullback is starting to look less like panic and more like a pause. BTC is trading near $76,000, volatility is cooling, and one closely watched on-chain metric suggests the market may be slipping into a quieter consolidation phase rather than […]
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CME Group has added Avalanche and Sui futures to its regulated crypto lineup, giving institutions another way to trade altcoins without the offshore exchange nonsense. It’s another sign that TradFi is getting more comfortable with select layer-1 blockchains — but a futures listing is not a halo. AVAX and SUI futures are now live on […]
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Vitalik Buterin is once again pushing Ethereum privacy into the spotlight, arguing that cypherpunk ideals only matter if they can actually be used by real people without turning the network into a usability dumpster fire. Vitalik wants privacy that works in practice, not just on paper. Ethereum’s transparency is useful, but it also exposes wallet […]
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