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Stripe doubles down on blockchain and stablecoins, aiming to become 'AWS for money'

Demand is emerging fastest in the Global South and cross-border use cases, where cards fail and currencies are unstable, said Adrien Duchâteau, Stripe's crypto GTM lead.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

Bitcoin falls back to $76,000 as Iran shuts Hormuz again

One of the biggest short liquidations 2026 wiped $593 million in bearish bets overnight. Saturday afternoon as Iran reportedly reversed the Hormuz reopening.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

Former UK Prime Minister sees economy on 'very negative trajectory,' indicates support for bitcoin

Truss criticized central banking and defended her mini-budget, suggesting bitcoin and a CPAC UK conference could help push for economic reform.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin warns of the dangers of AI being controlled by a few big tech firms

In an interview with CoinDesk, the Ethereum co-founder spoke also about Ethereum’s evolution through MetaMask, stablecoins and tokenization, while downplaying quantum computing as a long-term, manageable issue.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

Wrapped XRP goes live on Solana, broadening DeFi access for Ripple-linked token

Wrapped XRP on Solana lets XRP holders access Jupiter, Phantom, and Meteora without selling the asset, the latest step in Hex Trust's multi-chain wXRP rollout first announced in December.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

Bitcoin 'plebs eat first' mining pool Parasite finds its second BTC block

Parasite Pool, which pays 1 BTC to the block finder and splits the rest among all participants, mined block 945,601 on Friday, about 48 days after its first.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

Zondacrypto under fire as Poland's prime minister links exchange to legislative interference

The company also disclosed a 4,500 BTC wallet that it can't access due to missing private keys linked to a former CEO, who's now missing.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

The Lightning Network isn’t ‘helplessly broken’

Shell argues the network is fixable and proposes a different framing to the recent quantum debate.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

Binance and Bitget to probe RAVE’s 4,500% token surge as claims of insider-orchestrated rally grow

Nearly 90% of RAVE's supply was concentrated in just three wallets, and millions of tokens were transferred to exchanges before the price surge.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

AI is increasingly eating into VC fundings and here is how crypto firms are adapting

AI companies raised $242 billion (80% of global venture funding) in early 2026, with Gartner projecting total AI spending will reach $2.52 trillion this year.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

From smelters to servers: Alcoa to cash in on crypto’s thirst for energy

Alcoa is in advanced negotiations to sell its dormant Massena East smelter in upstate New York to Bitcoin mining firm NYDIG.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

Why Michael Saylor's Strategy decided to make STRC's dividend bi-monthly

Strategy aim to reduce volatility, enable consistent bitcoin buying, and create the only bi-monthly paying preferred shares in the market.

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· about 5 hours ago· CoinDesk

2026's biggest crypto exploit: $292 million gets drained from Kelp DAO with wrapped ether stranded across 20 chains

An attacker drained 116,500 rsETH, roughly 18% of circulating supply, from Kelp's LayerZero-powered bridge on Saturday, triggering emergency freezes across Aave, SparkLend, Fluid and Upshift.

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· 1 day ago· CoinDesk

Bitcoin bulls target $125,000 as U.S.-Iran peace talks trigger risk-on mood

Funding rates at 2023 lows signal the market is heavily short against bitcoin, ZeroStack's Daniel Reis-Faria says, setting up conditions for a forced unwind if prices push higher.

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· 1 day ago· CoinDesk

XRP leads bitcoin and ether on weekly gains, but muted volume keeps breakout in check

Token outperforms bitcoin and ether over seven days, though thinning participation signals consolidation rather than conviction.

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· 1 day ago· CoinDesk

The U.S. government moves $606,000 in bitcoin linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack to Coinbase

Bitfinex plans to use the returned coins to redeem all Recovery Right Tokens and devote at least 80 percent of remaining net proceeds to repurchasing and burning its UNUS SED LEO token.

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· 1 day ago· CoinDesk

Every bitcoin bear market bottom since 2015 was called by a simple indicator. It still hasn't flashed

A bitcoin indicator based on key moving averages has accurately marked every bear market bottom since 2015. That signal hasn't fired yet.

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· 1 day ago· CoinDesk

Ethereum just had its busiest quarter ever, capping a three-year comeback

Quarterly transactions hit 200.4 million in Q1 2026, the first time above 200 million and more than double the 2023 lows.

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· 1 day ago· CoinDesk

Russia-linked Grinex exchange halts operations after $13 million ‘state-backed’ hack

The exchange, formerly known as Garantex and based in Kyrgyzstan, has been sanctioned by the U.S., U.K. and EU for helping users bypass sanctions.

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· 1 day ago· CoinDesk

Bitcoin reset may be complete as onchain data points to cycle low

RHODL ratio suggests market conditions resemble cycle corrections rather than late-stage tops, as long-term holders regain dominance.

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