A Senate panel is preparing to vote on a split-oversight framework that could redraw how the U.S. polices Bitcoin, altcoins, and the broader crypto market. The fight is really about one thing: who gets the keys to the regulatory kingdom, the SEC or the CFTC. Senate panel vote: Lawmakers are weighing a divided crypto oversight […]
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New South Wales Police in Australia reportedly seized 52.3 bitcoin, worth about $4.2 million, from a darknet operator — another blunt reminder that Bitcoin’s neutrality cuts both ways. 52.3 BTC seized Estimated value: $4.2 million Target described as a darknet operator Law enforcement keeps chasing illicit crypto activity Bitcoin remains useful for both freedom and […]
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Wall Street is moving deeper into Bitcoin, and Strike CEO Jack Mallers says that’s not a problem. If Bitcoin can’t survive institutional adoption, he argues, then it was never built to last. Morgan Stanley’s E*Trade is testing crypto trading at 50 basis points, or 0.5% per trade Jack Mallers says Wall Street buying Bitcoin proves […]
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China’s crypto policy is not a mystery anymore: support blockchain, crush decentralized money, and funnel everyone toward the state’s digital rails. Bitcoin, stablecoins, exchanges, and mining all run into the same wall — control is the point. Dual-track policy: blockchain yes, permissionless crypto no Bitcoin under pressure: mining, trading, and private use face heavy restrictions […]
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Coinbase just put more skin in the game, adding another $88 million worth of Bitcoin in Q1 2026 and lifting its treasury stash to 16,492 BTC. That’s a roughly $1.3 billion bet on the hardest money in the room. $88 million in additional Bitcoin bought in Q1 2026 16,492 BTC now held on Coinbase’s books […]
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Morgan Stanley has launched E*Trade crypto trading with a flat 0.5% fee, taking a direct swipe at Coinbase and other brokers trying to skim too much off the top of retail Bitcoin demand. 0.5% fee undercuts major rivals Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana available in the pilot 8.6 million E*Trade clients are next in line Zerohash […]
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Bitcoin is still pulling in institutional capital while Ethereum is getting trimmed, and that split is telling the market exactly where professional money thinks the cleaner crypto bet sits right now. BTC fund holdings: up by more than 92,000 Bitcoin ETH fund holdings: down by about 127,000 Ether Institutional signal: Bitcoin first, Ethereum second ETH/BTC […]
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Bitcoin pushed back above $80,000 after a brief dip, helped by a broader risk-on move as stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data lifted stocks and traders looked ahead to a Senate vote on the Clarity Act. BTC back above $80,000 Senate Banking Committee vote set for May 14 Resistance still stacked near $82,800 UBS increased MicroStrategy exposure […]
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Ethereum is beating Bitcoin on one attention-grabbing on-chain metric: holder count. But before anyone starts declaring the death of BTC or crowning ETH king of everything, there’s a catch — this data measures wallet activity, not unique people. Crypto loves a good headline; reality usually shows up to ruin the party. Ethereum holder count: 189.49 […]
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Australian police seize $4.1 million in Bitcoin in major dark web crackdown New South Wales police have seized 52.3 bitcoin worth about A$5.7 million at the time — roughly US$4.1 million — in one of Australia’s biggest crypto busts linked to alleged darknet marketplace activity. If anyone still thinks Bitcoin is a magical cloak for […]
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