Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 5 hours ago
Rep. Thomas Massie’s push to abolish the Federal Reserve is drawing renewed attention in Bitcoin circles because of his explicit reference to The Bitcoin Standard, a book that has long shaped hard-money arguments inside the crypto community....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 hours ago
Kraken says it has launched CFTC-regulated U.S. perpetual futures for eligible traders, a move that could bring one of crypto’s most popular derivatives structures closer to the domestic regulatory perimeter. TL;DR Kraken announced...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 9 hours ago
Bybit has launched an RWA Earn portal that gives eligible users access to tokenized yield products, adding another major exchange to the race to bring traditional income assets onto crypto rails. TL;DR Bybit’s RWA Earn portal offers...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 11 hours ago
Hyperliquid’s SPCX perpetual market has become a useful counterpoint to the tokenized SpaceX allocation trouble: synthetic markets can move fast when physical delivery breaks, but they also come with a very different risk profile. TL;DR...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 13 hours ago
A tokenized SpaceX share campaign has run into refund trouble after exchange-linked offerings were cancelled, putting a spotlight on the gap between crypto demand for pre-IPO exposure and the messy reality of sourcing underlying shares. TL;D...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 20 hours ago
Kraken is preparing to bring perpetual futures to eligible US professional traders through a regulated domestic structure, marking a notable move for one of crypto’s most important derivatives products. The exchange announced that it plans t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 22 hours ago
Kraken is pushing deeper into the overlap between crypto derivatives and private-market exposure with the launch of pre-IPO perpetual futures tied to OpenAI and Anthropic. The exchange said the new contracts allow eligible traders to take lo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 day ago
Lido’s institutional staking push is gaining another piece of infrastructure, with professional node operator Luganodes integrating with Lido V3 to launch Ethereum staking vaults built around the protocol’s new stVaults primitive. According...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 day ago
Ethereum’s chart is telling one story. Its staking base is telling another. TL;DR Ethereum is tracking toward a rare third consecutive negative quarter. The weak price trend contrasts with a more constructive staking backdrop. ETH...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 day ago
Gate is trying to make USDT more useful outside the usual crypto trading loop. TL;DR Gate is rolling out access to Hong Kong-listed stocks through USDT-denominated accounts. The product points to a growing overlap between stablecoi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 day ago
Stablecoins are getting another public-facing payments test, this time through the UFC. TL;DR World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin has reportedly been used in a high-profile UFC bonus payout. The story is more of a visibility...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 day ago
Ethereum’s quantum-security debate has taken a more practical turn. TL;DR An Ethereum researcher has proposed an opt-in route for quantum-resistant smart accounts. The idea uses account abstraction rather than forcing every user th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 day ago
The fight over prediction markets is becoming a serious jurisdiction battle. TL;DR The CFTC and New Mexico are clashing over who gets to police prediction markets. New Mexico argues Kalshi-style event contracts raise gaming-law and...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 day ago
An old Aztec Connect contract has put a familiar DeFi risk back in the spotlight: abandoned infrastructure does not stop being dangerous just because a product is no longer active. TL;DR A deprecated Aztec Connect contract was repor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 day ago
XRP traders have a cleaner setup to watch this week: the $1.20 level on the chart, and a sharp rotation in wallet-flow activity toward South Korea’s Upbit exchange. TL;DR XRP is pushing toward the $1.20 area as traders watch a sharp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 days ago
TL;DR Liberland’s congress voted to remove Secretary of Technology Dorian Stern Vukotić. The official resolution accuses him of removing multisig protections and attempting to hijack the Liberland.org domain. The story should avoid descr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 days ago
TL;DR A Second Circuit panel rejected Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal, according to the source pack. The panel rejected claims that he received an unfair trial. His convictions remain in place unless a further appeal succeeds. SBF Lo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 days ago
Primary source update embedded from X. — Source https://x.com/BitgetWallet/status/2065448611568300225 TL;DR Bitget Wallet said tokenized SpaceX pre-IPO allocations were canceled. The issue was tied to a shortage from broker xS...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 days ago
TL;DR TRM Labs says Token of Power was exploited for roughly $1.58 million in WETH. The attacker used a governance setup with no timelock to propose, vote, and execute in one block. Tornado Cash was used for funding and routing, but Torn...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 days ago
TL;DR DefiLlama data shows low daily fee generation on the XRP Ledger. The source pack states daily fees fell below $400, with weekly fee burn around $3,100. The data points to low fee activity, not a halted or broken network. X...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 days ago
TL;DR Ripple launched the XRPL AI Starter Kit for autonomous agent payments. The kit supports x402 payments using XRP and Ripple USD. It also includes tools that connect AI systems to XRPL documentation. Ripple Targets Agentic P...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 days ago
TL;DR Thanks, Anthropic, for helping protect Zcash users. At Shielded Labs’s request, they ran a security audit of Zcash with Mythos. It did not find any more serious bugs in the Zcash protocol. Shielded Labs and others are continuing secu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
TL;DR Vivek Sen says Bitcoin could reach $400,000 in 2026 if it follows gold’s historical breakout structure. The claim is based on a visual chart overlay, not a formal valuation model. The market would likely need strong ETF flows, macr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
TL;DR Crypto Rover argues Bitcoin is in a halving-cycle bottoming phase. The post is speculative and should be treated as trader commentary, not a confirmed signal. The key issue is whether price action, liquidity and broader market stru...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
TL;DR Trader Ryan claims Bitcoin bull phases have lasted 1,064 days and bear phases 364 days across recent cycles. The theory is attracting attention because it offers a simple timing model for BTC cycles. Exact-date cycle claims can be...
