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Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms struck a reported $9.1 billion, 20-year compute deal with AI firm Anthropic, sending its shares sharply higher and extending the bitcoin-mining sector's pivot toward AI infrastructure revenue.
Strategy sold 1,690 BTC for $108.6M to fund a STRC preferred-share buyback while raising $653.1M from new MSTR stock sales, lifting its USD reserve to $4.65B.
Robinhood has folded no-fee crypto trading into its main UK app via Bitstamp, adding 50-plus tokens alongside stocks, ISAs, options and futures, and pairing the launch with an AI news-analysis widget.
A breakaway Bitcoin fork built around the BIP-110 anti-spam proposal mined just two blocks before stalling, drawing only about 2.53% of network hashpower and exposing divisions among miners over how to handle non-financial transactions.
A breakaway Bitcoin fork built around the BIP-110 anti-spam proposal mined just two blocks before stalling, drawing only about 2.53% of network hashpower and exposing divisions among miners over how to handle non-financial transactions.
The Senate left for August recess without clearing the CLARITY Act, pushing a procedural vote to September even as bitcoin held above $65,000 and a former defense secretary framed the bill as a national-security measure.
Pirate Nation's studio is closing after player counts collapsed despite $33 million in venture backing, open-sourcing its code as the shutdown plays out.
SDNY prosecutors say Few and Far founder Taj Tarsha spent investor token money on gambling, trading losses and a DJ career rather than building the NFT marketplace he pitched.
A bitcoin wallet tied to the Coldcard exploit now holds roughly $36 million in stolen funds.
A former Los Angeles police officer got life plus 15 years in state prison Tuesday for an armed home-invasion robbery that stripped $350,000 in bitcoin from a 17-year-old at a Koreatown high-rise.
