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Riot Platforms Sells 3,778 Bitcoin in Q1 2026, Raising $289.5 Million for Data Center Expansion
Riot Platforms Q1 2026 Update The Texas-based bitcoin miner and data center developer (Nasdaq: RIOT) sold more than 2.5 times the 1,473 BTC it produced during the quarter. The company described the sales as routine treasury management to generate...
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Crypto Hackers Steal $168 Million from DeFi Protocols in Q1 2026
Crypto hackers stole over $168.6 million in cryptocurrency from 34 decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols in the first quarter of 2026, falling significantly from the same period last year, according to data from DefiLlama. The $40 million private key compromise of...
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Buying Cardano Now Is Like Buying Bitcoin Before It Blew Up, Analyst Says
A prominent crypto analyst is pointing to similarities between Cardano’s current market position and Bitcoin’s early years. Some see a struggling altcoin still far from its glory days, while others believe the current setup looks like the early stages...
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Bitcoin Bulls Must Clear $76K To Avoid New Lows In 2026
Bitcoin’s (BTC) range-bound trading within the $60,000 to $73,000 range is impressive, especially when considering the macroeconomic backdrop of Brent crude oil rising to levels not seen since 2008, a hot war between the US, Israel and Iran, and...
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CFTC sues Illinois, Arizona, Connecticut for trying to shutter prediction market sports bets
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Department of Justice filed lawsuit against Illinois, Arizona, Connecticut and various state officials on Thursday over the state's efforts to shutter prediction market providers.Illinois, alongside numerous other states, sent cease-and-desist letters to...
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DeFi Is Optimizing For gas, Not For Markets
Opinion by: João Garcia, DevReal lead at Cartesi.Decentralized finance presents itself as a transparent alternative to Wall Street. Yet, what it has largely reconstructed is a simplified version of finance, engineered less around market resilience than around the constraints...
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Latest on Iran: U.S. airman rescued, Trump makes profanity-laced ultimatum
Charlie D'Agata and Taurean Small have the latest news on the Iran war, including details on the rescue of...