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Circle’s cirBTC Is Live on Ethereum but Has Only 40 BTC Outstanding

Circle National Trust custodies the backing, while published Bitcoin addresses and Chainlink Proof of Reserve provide onchain visibility; Arc support remains forthcoming. Read Full Story…
Institutional

Russia picks Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT for public trading as retail faces $58,000 cap

The Bank of Russia’s proposed gate caps non-qualified residents at ₽300,000 per broker while qualified investors retain broader access. The post Russia picks Bitcoin, Ethereum…
Infrastructure

Barça Mobile Plans Stellar Wallet With Wirex and Crossmint

Wirex will provide payment and card infrastructure, Crossmint will handle wallet onboarding, and Stellar will supply the blockchain layer for the planned feature. Read Full…
Markets

Russia moves to restrict retail crypto trading to bitcoin, ether and USDT

Non-qualified investors face a 300,000-ruble (approx. $3,600) annual purchase limit per intermediary, while qualified investors have no cap. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Institutional

Bank of England to test stablecoin, digital currency use in cross-border finance

The BOE-led Digital Pound Lab will test trade-finance interoperability, in which exporters receive stablecoins while importers settle in a potential digital pound. Read Full Story…
Payments

Stablecoin Card Issuer Rain Buys Merchant Wallet Startup Ansa

Ansa builds branded prepaid wallets that hold dollar balances for merchants, with no stablecoin leg. Founder Sophia Goldberg joins Rain as head of payments, and…
Payments

On-chain data shows $50 million at risk as Tether’s Alloy shutdown deadline boils down to 5 forgotten gold vaults

Five open positions held 399,088.74 aUSD₮ of debt, while the cutoff hour and any later platform route remain unpublished. The post On-chain data shows $50…
Markets

Bitcoin sell pressure ‘closer to exhaustion’ after $4B USDT market-cap drop: CryptoQuant

Bitcoin analysis suggested that sell pressure would not increase given the historically large contraction in USDT market cap over a 60-day period. Read Full Story…
Industry News

Ravencoin could roll back four days of transactions after critical block flaw

Two mining pools controlling most of Ravencoin’s hashpower are building a replacement chain from before Friday’s first invalid block, putting deposits, withdrawals and payments made…
Payments

BTCPay Server Offers a 3 Bitcoin Bounty for Recovery of Stolen Funds After Wallet Exploit

Bitcoin Magazine BTCPay Server Offers a 3 Bitcoin Bounty for Recovery of Stolen Funds After Wallet Exploit The open-source payment processor is funding a recovery…