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Crypto retail checkouts now have two levers that can move quickly, merchant rails that reduce processing cost, and consumer apps that toggle on crypto buying and spending.
Walmart’s OnePay sits at the intersection of both, as a recent Zero Hash partnership allows the app to support Bitcoin and Ethereum trading, hosted wallets, peer-to-peer transfers, and on-chain deposits and withdrawals if the...
Bitcoin is bracing for the release of the September US Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Oct. 24, the first major data point since the federal shutdown began.
Analysts at The Kobeissi Letter emphasized the importance of this update, noting that it will be the first CPI release on a Friday since January 2018 and comes just five days before the Federal Reserve’s Oct 29 meeting.
Moreover, with the Labor...
The leverage era in Bitcoin trading has faded into something more deliberate. What once resembled a perpetual motion casino now behaves more like a bond desk.
Options activity has overtaken perpetuals, realized volatility has narrowed, and the largest Bitcoin fund in the world, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), has become a vehicle for income strategies rather than directional speculation...
For nearly five years, XRP was the crypto token that couldn’t shake its courtroom shadow.
This resulted in its price stagnating, exchanges delisting it, and institutional desks quietly stepping away as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursued Ripple Labs over allegations of unregistered securities sales.
During that time, other assets sprinted ahead. Bitcoin and Ethereum cemented...
The internet is not dead, but it may be rotting.
New research by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A...
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Tether’s USDT fell from 70% market dominance in November 2024 to 59.9% by October 2025, the second sub-60% reading in a single year, while Circle’s USDC climbed from 20.5% to 25.3% over the same span.
The shift coincides with Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation enforcement, but the dynamics tell a more complex story than simple regulatory displacement.
The European Union’s MiCA...
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) began trading in the UK on Oct. 20, opening a market that could funnel between $1.5 billion and $2 billion into the fund over time as UK retail investors gain regulated access to Bitcoin (BTC) exposure.
The launch capitalizes on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) recent reversal of its ban on crypto-based exchange-traded products (ETPs).
BlackRock’s...
OpenAI has set in motion a $300 billion hardware expansion that binds its chip suppliers, financiers, and energy providers into a single feedback loop.
The company has locked in multi-year agreements with AMD and Broadcom to deliver tens of millions of AI accelerators between 2026 and 2029, deals that together represent roughly 16 gigawatts of new compute power, enough to rival the entire...
A Spain trademark registration for the Bitcoin logo is prompting removal of merchandise on Amazon and Etsy, creating immediate friction for sellers as platforms enforce against listings worldwide on the strength of a single national filing.
Per the WIPO Global Brand Database entry referenced by affected sellers, the record tied online to ES5020240 M4296236 names an individual applicant. Reports...