Infrastructure
Bitcoin Network Activity Is Rising as BTC Falls Nearly 50% Below Peak Price: CryptoQuant
Activity on the Bitcoin network is surging, CryptoQuant said, but it’s not correlating with price movement for its native asset. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co…
DeFi
Crypto industry looks to stablecoins and DeFi revisions in MiCA 2.0
The European Commission is seeking comment on how it can tweak MiCA, its regulatory framework for the crypto and blockchain industries. Read Full Story at…
AI
Texas questions whether AI data centers should pay for the grid they strain
Texas spent years courting AI companies, cloud providers, and Bitcoin miners with cheap electricity, abundant land, and a sales tax exemption that’s grown into one…
Markets
How STRC lost its par: The timeline behind Strategy's preferred-stock meltdown
From a bond buyback and dwindling cash reserves to a bitcoin bear market, the sequence of events that turned STRC’s par-value challenge into a marketwide…
AI
AI is pushing crypto media into a fight over trusted market data
Artificial intelligence is commoditizing news and routine research across the industry, and it’s pushing crypto media companies to rebuild themselves as data platforms, analytics providers,…
Markets
Pudgy Penguins expands retail footprint with Target trading card rollout
The NFT-born franchise is bringing its Vibes Series 3 trading cards to Target stores across the US as it expands into physical products and mainstream…
DeFi
Bitcoin’s ‘digital credit’ yield trade breaks below par as margin calls hit $10 billion market
Bitcoin’s emerging digital-credit trade broke below its promise of calm this week. This week, Strategy’s STRC preferred shares fell as low as $82.50 before rebounding,…
Markets
Philippine SEC signals readiness for RWA tokenization
Philippine SEC Commissioner Rogelio Quevedo told Cointelegraph that tokenized assets could give Filipinos more legitimate investment options while helping steer them away from scams. Read…