Bank of England Publishes Policy Statement and Draft Rules for Systemic Stablecoins

The Bank of England published its policy statement and draft Code of Practice for systemic stablecoin issuers on Monday, replacing the per-person holding caps it consulted on last year with an issuer-level issuance ceiling and a more generous reserve-asset mix. Industry feedback can be filed until... Read the full story at The Defiant

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Fidelity rebuts claims Bitcoin becomes less secure after halvings

The asset manager argues Bitcoin's fixed supply schedule does not undermine network security, even…

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A Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP-110) pushing to ban Ordinals-style data inscriptions at the…

BitGo Slashes Workforce as CEO Bets on AI, Stablecoin and Settlement Growth

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Bitcoin ETF Investors Pull $5.94 Billion Over Six Weeks as Price Hits 21-Month Low

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Bitcoin faces fresh capitulation risk as 50K BTC moved at a loss

Nearly 50,000 BTC shifted to exchanges at a loss while short-term Bitcoin holders' stress level…

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Bitcoin and Stablecoins Become Lifelines After Venezuela Earthquakes

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Miners Absorb 18% Hashprice Crash as Bitcoin Difficulty Jumps 7.15%

Bitcoin’s difficulty climbed sharply this week, rising 7.15% and notching the second-largest…

Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $1.79B in a Week as Cumulative Inflows Crater to $51.6B

Spot Bitcoin ETFs just had one of their worst weeks ever. Investors pulled $1.79 billion out last…

Billionaire Grantham Uses Extreme Words to Describe Bitcoin

Jeremy Grantham says Bitcoin is 'proof of unnecessary work' and predicts crypto will dwindle over…

Michael Saylor Reaffirms Strategy’s Bitcoin Focus as Market Volatility Intensifies

Strategy leaders reinforced the company’s bitcoin treasury strategy as volatility pressured the…