Bitwise CIO Sees ‘Crypto Spring’ in Q3 Market Rebound

Bitwise CIO Sees ‘Crypto Spring’ in Q3 Market Rebound

BitWise Chief Investment Officer Matt Haugan said Q3 could be “one of the best quarters in crypto history,” citing the sharp rally in crypto prices and the start of a booming “crypto spring” in the onchain market. In its quarterly market review published On Thursday, BitWise reported a 46.4% quarterly gain in its large-cap crypto … Read more

South Korea to Block 27 Crypto Exchange Sites

South Korea to Block 27 Crypto Exchange Sites

South Korean authorities have approved measures to block internal access to 27 websites operated by unregistered crypto exchanges and other virtual asset service providers, including KuCoin, MEXC, Phemex and Bitrue. in a announcement On Tuesday, South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) said the decision followed an October 6 and 7 review by the Korea Media … Read more

FTX-Tide will be used for AI after the acquisition of Crypto Mining Ventures

FTX-Tide will be used for AI after the acquisition of Crypto Mining Ventures

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Treasury Secretary: US Targeting $1 Billion in Crypto Tied to Iran as Part of Deterrence Strategy

Treasury Secretary: US Targeting  Billion in Crypto Tied to Iran as Part of Deterrence Strategy

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Crypto projects seek anthropomorphic AI security scans

Crypto projects seek anthropomorphic AI security scans

Ethereum client developer Nethermind and bitcoin and lightning wallet ZEUS are among several crypto companies to apply for a newly launched Anthropic program that gives open-source projects access to security reports from its most powerful AI models. The projects submitted enrollment requests Friday for the OSS Scanner, which Anthropic launched Thursday with the goal of … Read more

China’s P2P Stablecoin Wallets Grow 43x, Korea’s $450B Crypto Economy: Asia Express

China’s P2P Stablecoin Wallets Grow 43x, Korea’s 0B Crypto Economy: Asia Express

China’s P2P Stablecoin Wallet Grows 43x Despite Crypto Restrictions: Chainlysis The number of unique wallets sending peer-to-peer (P2P) stablecoin transactions in China increased 43 times between the first quarter of 2024 and the second quarter of 2026, according to Chainanalysis. The blockchain analytics company recorded $104.1 billion across 18.1 million transfers involving China’s self-regulated stablecoin … Read more

Cuomo Says Crypto GOP Is Backing Dissident Democrats

Cuomo Says Crypto GOP Is Backing Dissident Democrats

US Republicans’ heavy support of the crypto industry has alienated Democrats whose support is needed to pass federal crypto legislation, said former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Speaking on a panel with OKX CEO Starr Xu at Token2049 on Tuesday, Cuomo said the industry “believes in investing heavily in the Republican Party” as a way … Read more

The Hong Kong government has doubled down on the end-2026 deadline for the crypto licensing bill

The Hong Kong government has doubled down on the end-2026 deadline for the crypto licensing bill

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Will Vivek Ramaswamy focus on crypto in his gubernatorial run?

Will Vivek Ramaswamy focus on crypto in his gubernatorial run?

Two years ago, then-presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy couldn’t stop extolling the virtues of cryptocurrencies. In the race to become the 2024 Republican nominee for the White House, Ramaswamy has sprinkled his stump speeches with praise for Bitcoin (BTC) and token mining operations, standing firm against central bank digital currencies. Now, presidential candidate Ramaswamy is slated … Read more

European crypto users have ‘more trust’ in firms regulated under MICA: Bitpanda co-CEO

European crypto users have ‘more trust’ in firms regulated under MICA: Bitpanda co-CEO

Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction, Christian Tramer said MiCA increased trust in regulated platforms and called for tougher enforcement against non-compliant entities. According to Christian Tramer, co-CEO of Austria-based crypto exchange Bitpanda, European crypto users are placing more trust in regulated platforms following the implementation of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Asset Framework (MiCA). Speaking … Read more