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The cryptocurrency market cap is steadily turning green, with altcoins accelerating their recovery bounce over the past day. The native token of perps DEX Aster is up nearly 10% over the past 24 hour

Russia moved to fully block WhatsApp on Thursday, with the Meta-owned company saying Moscow is trying to push over 100 million of its Russian users onto a state-controlled \\\"surveillance app\\\" as the Kr

America\\\'s largest banking lobby is telling the country\\\'s top bank regulator to pump the brakes on crypto charter applications, warning that approving new digital asset firms before Congress finishes w

Investors are now eyeing this week’s release of January’s delayed inflation print, following a hot labor report on Wednesday that showed the economy added 130,000 new jobs for the month. The release

Thailand’s Cabinet has approved key changes to expand the types of assets allowed under the country’s Derivatives Act. Under the new regime, crypto would be permitted to serve as underlying instrumen

The era of AI agents chatting is giving way to agents spending, and Coinbase aims to bridge autonomous software and digital commerce with security. On Wednesday, the company debuted Agentic Wallets,

More than a dozen senior researchers have left Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence lab xAI this month, part of a broader run of resignations, safety disclosures, and unusually stark public warnings th

Financial services firm Ripple could grow to a $1 trillion valuation in the future—at least, that’s what CEO Brad Garlinghouse thinks.  Talking to a group of XRP enthusiasts on the XRP Community Day

A Bitcoin wallet address cited in ransom notes tied to the high-profile disappearance of Nancy Guthrie recorded new activity this week, with a fresh demand for a Bitcoin ransom surfacing on Wednesday.

Paxful, the peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange that closed in 2023, was sentenced this week by a federal court to pay $4 million in fines after pleading guilty to multiple criminal charges. The company re

Bitcoin resumed its slide on Wednesday after a strong U.S. jobs report dampened hopes that the Federal Reserve would lower interest rates at its next policy meeting. The leading cryptocurrency by mar

Recent crypto market volatility hasn\\\'t been kind to crypto exchange Coinbase. At the time of writing, COIN has lost 8% since the opening bell on Wednesday and was changing hands for about $149 per sh

Democratic lawmakers skewered SEC Chair Paul Atkins at a hearing Wednesday, accusing the regulator of turning a blind eye to crypto scams with connections to President Donald Trump—and weakening the l

Crypto trading firm and lender BlockFills has suspended deposits and withdrawals on its platform amid volatile market conditions, the company confirmed to Decrypt. The firm, which lists over-the-coun