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Crypto mining stocks deliver triple-digit gains, beating bitcoin amid AI infrastructure shift
The crypto mining sector's market cap gains this year suggest these stocks are functioning as leveraged bets on Bitcoin....

The Daily: ‘Powell’s pullback,’ Uphold’s XRP rewards card, SpaceX’s bitcoin move, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons....

Treasury Dept.’s renderings of $1 Trump coin draws criticism from lawmakers over ties to TRUMP memecoin
News that the Treasury Department is working on $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump drew ire from lawmakers....

JPMorgan executes first fund-servicing transaction on its Kinexys blockchain
The Kinexys system uses smart contracts to automate capital calls and reduce manual fund processes, building on an earlier onchain repo tool....

Bitcoin rewards app Lolli acquires Slice, accelerating its adoption of the Lightning Network
Thesis-owner bitcoin rewards app Lolli has acquired the Slice browser extension, which rewards users for their passive internet activity....

Sam Altman-backed World’s ‘proof of human’ IDs coming to FIFA, NFL and Pudgy Penguins games
Mythical Games will leverage World's "proof of human" digital ID technology to distinguish real gamers from bots....

Lombard Finance acquires BTC.b, Avalanche’s bridged bitcoin asset, from Ava Labs
With both BTC.b and LBTC, Lombard is the only platform offering both yield and non-yield bitcoin assets, founder Jacob Phillips said....

Bernstein initiates coverage on Ethereum treasury firm SharpLink with 75% upside target
The analysts also reiterated their prediction that ETH will rise from less than $4,000 today to $15,000 by 2030 and $25,000 by 2035....

Core Scientific shareholder vote sinks $9 billion CoreWeave deal, halting merger of AI cloud and bitcoin miner
CORZ holders rejecting the merger shows that bitcoin miners’ infrastructure is becoming a lucrative key to the AI data-center boom....

Western Union files ‘WUUSD’ trademark after Solana stablecoin reveal
The filing suggests Western Union may be planning a broader digital-asset strategy beyond the USDPT stablecoin announced earlier this week....