Latest Crypto & Bitcoin News

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Alcoa is nearing a deal to sell its idle upstate New York Massena East smelter to NYDIG as US industrial sites increasingly shift toward Bitcoin mining and AI data centers.

RaveDAO denies involvement in RAVE token price surge and crash as Binance and Bitget launch investigations into suspected market manipulation.

Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities executives have separately aired interest in prediction markets, but each is looking to steer clear of sports offerings.

A federal judge has tossed a class lawsuit over Caitlyn Jenner’s memecoin, saying it did not plausibly allege that the token was an unregistered security.

SEC chair Paul Atkins is under fire from Senator Elizabeth Warren, who says he “may have been deliberately trying” to mislead Congress about the agency’s enforcement activity.

The attack triggered a "cross-protocol contagion" that has hit at least nine crypto protocols, blockchain security firm Cyvers said.

The average block time at publication is about 9.8 minutes, falling slightly short of the 10-minute block target, according to CoinWarz.

The Iranian government chose Bitcoin as a payment method for oil tolls due to its confiscation-resistant properties, but only dollar stablecoins have been used so far.

Poland’s parliament has once again failed to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of the crypto regulation bill.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $1 billion in weekly inflows, their strongest performance in over three months amid improving risk sentiment.

The SEC has sued crypto executive Donald Basile over an alleged $16 million scheme involving false claims about an “insured” Bitcoin Latinum token.

The USDC Bridge adds to Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, which often sees over $500 million worth of USDC transfers each day.

X’s Cashtags feature has been integrated into Canadian-based online brokerage Wealthsimple, but has not yet been adopted by a US trading platform.

Most of the integrations are aimed at fighting deepfakes as the rise of AI-generated content makes it increasingly difficult to distinguish humans from AI.

Individuals and groups would be required to register with the Bank of Russia before offering certain crypto services, or potentially face fines and prison time.

Traders on the Polymarket prediction market platform place the odds of the Strait returning to normal traffic by May 31, 2026, at 73%.

A letter from US Senator Richard Blumenthal said he was concerned about “mounting allegations of dangerously lax anti-money laundering prevention by Binance.”