An account followed by President Trump launched a Solana token called GOLD this week, then dumped its entire 224.5 million-token stake for a $312,000 profit within hours. A Familiar Playbook, a New Wallet Fifteen wallets were all it took as onchain sleuths flagged the GOLD token shortly after realtrumpcoins, an X account followed by President […]
U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) snapped a nine-day, $3 billion buying streak with a $202 million net outflow on August 28, even as spot ethereum ETFs added another $102 million the same day. A Nine-Day Run Comes to an End The party lasted nine trading sessions starting August 17, when U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded […]
A quantum-resistant bitcoin transaction using Starkware researcher Avihu Levy’s QSB method has been mined on mainnet without a soft fork or changes to Bitcoin’s consensus rules. The experiment offers an opt-in defense against future quantum attacks, though it remains costly, nonstandard, and far from a network-wide solution. Starkware Shows Bitcoin Can Add Quantum Defense Without […]
The NFL signed new multi-year sports betting deals with Draftkings, Fanduel, and Fanatics on Thursday, ending a five-month gap without an official sportsbook partner. All three agreed to bar wagers on injuries and officiating, which the CFTC has proposed restricting on prediction markets. The league has no deals with any such entity, and has confirmed […]
Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, signed a strategic partnership with Visa on Aug. 27 to build stablecoin and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven payment infrastructure, the companies announced in San Francisco. Upbit’s Parent Company Teams up With a Global Payments Giant Executives from Dunamu and Visa met in San Francisco to formalize a partnership covering stablecoin payments, […]
One number tells the story of bitcoin’s week gone by: $14,264. That’s how much bitcoin’s price added in seven days, the largest single-week dollar gain the asset has ever recorded. The Week by the Numbers Bitcoin closed out the trading week (ending Aug. 23) gaining $14,264, or 22.7%, to end at $77,387, enough to make […]
Polish Olympic Committee President Radosław Piesiewicz has been detained as part of a criminal investigation into the collapse of cryptocurrency platform Zondacrypto. Olympic Leader Facing Fraud Probe Radosław Piesiewicz, the president of the Polish Olympic Committee (PKOl), has been detained in connection with a growing criminal investigation into Zondacrypto, a collapsed cryptocurrency firm that previously […]