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XXI higher by 8% on merger plans with Strike and bitcoin miner Elektron Energy
The shares of Twenty One Capital (XXI), the bitcoin-focused firm, are up over 8% in after-hours trading on Wednesday, after majority shareholder Tether Investments proposed a merger with Strike and Elektron Energy.Tether Investment, the independent investment arm of the...
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Bitcoin Swings $2,800 as Traders Dump at $77,882 Peak, Pushing Price Toward $75,100
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin fell to $75,100 on April 29 after the Federal Reserve opted to leave interest rates unchanged. Bitunix analysts warn that rising oil prices may stifle future liquidity for BTC and the crypto economy. Jerome...
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KuCoin EU Hires AML Chief After Austria MiCA Business Ban
KuCoin EU has appointed a new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) chief and expanded its compliance team in Vienna, weeks after Austrian regulators barred the exchange from taking on new business under Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) regime.The MiCA-licensed entity...
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$250K Bitcoin In 2026? Analyst Warns Bulls To ‘Stop With The Mushrooms’
Bitcoin could fall to around $30,000 before the year is out — at least according to one widely followed chart analyst. That bleak projection, drawn from a pattern tied to US midterm election years, is adding fresh weight to...
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Polymarket Rejects Hacker Claims, Says Data Is Publicly Accessible
Prediction markets platform Polymarket has denied recent reports that its customer data was breached after a hacker on the dark web posted what the person claimed was a trove of private user details.Cybersecurity company Vecert Analyzer and several other...
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Request for New Trial Tossed by Judge
A Manhattan federal judge has denied FTX CEO and co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion for a new trial, rejecting his claim that there is new evidence.Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw Bankman-Fried’s trial in 2023 and sentenced him to 25 years...
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Deadly Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon despite ceasefire
President Aoun has backed direct, face-to-face talks and said the ceasefire should evolve into a more "permanent agreement". Parliament...