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Bitcoin Miners Just Booked a 78% Revenue Jump. The Math Still Doesn't Work for Most of Them

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AI's $1 Trillion Borrowing Spree Is Stealing Bitcoin's Fed Pause Trade

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Abstract's Shutdown Exposes the Ugly Gap Between Owning Crypto and Moving It

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Bitcoin Miners Just Booked a 78% Revenue Jump. The Math Still Doesn't Work for Most of Them

Daily mining revenue climbed from $27 million in July to as high as $48 million as Bitcoin recovered to $83,000. But hashprice gains are a price story, not a business fix, and the fee market is still broken.

13 minutes ago · Marcus Chen

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Thailand Clears Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, but They'll Only Trade on One Exchange

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AI's $1 Trillion Borrowing Spree Is Stealing Bitcoin's Fed Pause Trade

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Abstract's Shutdown Exposes the Ugly Gap Between Owning Crypto and Moving It

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XRPL Holds $1.34 Billion in Stablecoins, and Almost None of It Needs XRP

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OSL Tokenizes the First Market-Neutral Stablecoin Fund in Hong Kong

PowerCompute Mined 8.1 BTC in September. It Spent 267 to Retire Debt.

China's P2P Stablecoin Wallets Grew 43x. Korea's Sitting on $450B.

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Bitcoin Miners Just Booked a 78% Revenue Jump. The Math Still Doesn't Work for Most of Them

Thailand Clears Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, but They'll Only Trade on One Exchange

AI's $1 Trillion Borrowing Spree Is Stealing Bitcoin's Fed Pause Trade

Abstract's Shutdown Exposes the Ugly Gap Between Owning Crypto and Moving It

XRPL Holds $1.34 Billion in Stablecoins, and Almost None of It Needs XRP

OSL Tokenizes the First Market-Neutral Stablecoin Fund in Hong Kong

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Bitcoin ETFs Shed $484.9 Million in One Session, and BlackRock's Name on the Redemptions Changes the Story

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Securitize Puts 12 US Stocks on Solana and Its Shares Jump 10%

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Bitcoin Fell Below $81,000 and an 85% Chance of a December Hike Explains Why

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Standard Chartered Adds Singapore Crypto Custody, Its Fourth Jurisdiction Since 2022

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Fidelity Says Tokenization Has No Off Switch. The Invalidation Point Is Regulation.

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Banks Are Racing Into Bitcoin-Backed Loans, Two Years After the ETFs Opened the Door

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Citi's $113,000 Bitcoin Call Needs a 36% Climb. The Flow Data Says That's the Easy Part

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Gold's 25% Drawdown Is Bitcoin's Next Bid: Trading the $126K Rotation

Bitcoin has spent a year grinding below its $126,000 peak while gold bleeds 25% off its record. The rotation math says that capital has to land somewhere, and the on-chain flows point at Bitcoin first. Here's the mechanics, the plumbing, and the three metrics that tell you if the thesis is working.

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Sui's Hashi Pulls $500M in Bitcoin Commitments Before Mainnet Even Launches

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THORChain's Record $3.01M September: 63% Came From the Bitget Hack Window

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Webull Falls 19%: Who Really Controls the Trading App?

Webull shares dropped 19.1% Wednesday after a House panel flagged potential Chinese intelligence exposure in the app's data. With founder Anquan Wang holding 79.2% of voting power, the selloff is a governance story before it's a custody one.

Marcus Chen

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Polymarket's Nov. 2 Upgrade Won't Move a Single Old Bet. That's the Point.

Polymarket's Protocol V2 rollout runs two parallel trading systems on purpose, and legacy CTF positions get left exactly where they're. It's messy, it's expensive for developers, and it's the right call.

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Zcash Just Cut Block Times to 25 Seconds on Testnet. Here's Why ZEC Holders Should Care.

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Grayscale Adds BitGo as Second Custodian for Its Hyperliquid Staking ETF

Grayscale has brought BitGo Bank & Trust in to custody part of the HYPE held by its Hyperliquid Staking ETF, per a new SEC filing. It looks like back-office housekeeping, but it shows how quickly altcoin and staking products are getting the same institutional plumbing as Bitcoin funds. And the custodians are the ones cashing in.

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Amazon's AI Agent Ban Is the Opening Paul Graham Has Waited Three Decades For

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Bitcoin Miners Just Booked a 78% Revenue Jump. The Math Still Doesn't Work for Most of Them

Thailand Clears Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, but They'll Only Trade on One Exchange

AI's $1 Trillion Borrowing Spree Is Stealing Bitcoin's Fed Pause Trade

Abstract's Shutdown Exposes the Ugly Gap Between Owning Crypto and Moving It

XRPL Holds $1.34 Billion in Stablecoins, and Almost None of It Needs XRP

OSL Tokenizes the First Market-Neutral Stablecoin Fund in Hong Kong

PowerCompute Mined 8.1 BTC in September. It Spent 267 to Retire Debt.

China's P2P Stablecoin Wallets Grew 43x. Korea's Sitting on $450B.

Bitcoin Miners Just Booked a 78% Revenue Jump. The Math Still Doesn't Work for Most of Them

Thailand Clears Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, but They'll Only Trade on One Exchange

AI's $1 Trillion Borrowing Spree Is Stealing Bitcoin's Fed Pause Trade

Abstract's Shutdown Exposes the Ugly Gap Between Owning Crypto and Moving It

XRPL Holds $1.34 Billion in Stablecoins, and Almost None of It Needs XRP

OSL Tokenizes the First Market-Neutral Stablecoin Fund in Hong Kong

PowerCompute Mined 8.1 BTC in September. It Spent 267 to Retire Debt.

China's P2P Stablecoin Wallets Grew 43x. Korea's Sitting on $450B.

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Bitcoin Miners Just Booked a 78% Revenue Jump. The Math Still Doesn't Work for Most of Them

Thailand Clears Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, but They'll Only Trade on One Exchange

AI's $1 Trillion Borrowing Spree Is Stealing Bitcoin's Fed Pause Trade

Abstract's Shutdown Exposes the Ugly Gap Between Owning Crypto and Moving It

XRPL Holds $1.34 Billion in Stablecoins, and Almost None of It Needs XRP

OSL Tokenizes the First Market-Neutral Stablecoin Fund in Hong Kong

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Bitcoin ETFs Shed $484.9 Million in One Session, and BlackRock's Name on the Redemptions Changes the Story

Securitize Puts 12 US Stocks on Solana and Its Shares Jump 10%

AI Coding Agents Drove a 14-Fold Jump in Bitcoin Payment Inquiries, Breez Says

WhiteBIT Adds Lightning at 0.15% Withdrawals, and Bitcoin's Fee War Just Got Sharper

Europol Wants Crypto to Start Its Quantum Migration Now. The Timeline Is Years, Not Months.

Sui's Hashi Opens With $500M Committed and Anchorage on the Door. Now Comes the Hard Part

Bitcoin Fell Below $81,000 and an 85% Chance of a December Hike Explains Why

Trading Volume Isn't a Scoreboard: 3 Questions That Decide Where Crypto Capital Lands

Uncle Sam Moved $1.8B in Bitcoin Over Three Days. Here's the Catch.

EDX Markets Joins VerifiedX as Validator, Putting 1:1 Bitcoin Backing on an Institutional Venue

Coinbase Puts USDC Inside Samsung Wallet, Reaching 82 Million Galaxy Devices

Standard Chartered Adds Singapore Crypto Custody, Its Fourth Jurisdiction Since 2022

Fidelity Says Tokenization Has No Off Switch. The Invalidation Point Is Regulation.

Banks Are Racing Into Bitcoin-Backed Loans, Two Years After the ETFs Opened the Door

Citi's $113,000 Bitcoin Call Needs a 36% Climb. The Flow Data Says That's the Easy Part

Gold's 25% Drawdown Is Bitcoin's Next Bid: Trading the $126K Rotation

StoneX's Vincent Deluard Says the Bond Market Breaks Before Stocks Do, and Bitcoin Wins From There

Money20/20 USA 2026: The Banks Finally Stopped Pretending Bitcoin Isn't Real

Sui's Hashi Pulls $500M in Bitcoin Commitments Before Mainnet Even Launches

THORChain's Record $3.01M September: 63% Came From the Bitget Hack Window

Webull Falls 19%: Who Really Controls the Trading App?

The Winklevoss Zcash ETF Wants $100 Million and a 0.25% Fee. Privacy Is the Wild Card.

The Winklevoss Twins Want a Zcash ETF. Here's What the Filing Actually Says.

SpaceX's $40B Nvidia Bet Meets a 16% Rally

Ethereum's 3x ETF Only Needs $362M to Slam Into CME's Futures Ceiling

Polymarket's Nov. 2 Upgrade Won't Move a Single Old Bet. That's the Point.

Zcash Just Cut Block Times to 25 Seconds on Testnet. Here's Why ZEC Holders Should Care.

Grayscale Adds BitGo as Second Custodian for Its Hyperliquid Staking ETF

XT Exchange at Eight: Arman Achmed Says the Quiet Years Built the Moat

Amazon's AI Agent Ban Is the Opening Paul Graham Has Waited Three Decades For

When the AI Trade Cracks, John Rogers Says Look at Peanut Butter

Sui Tunnels Just Hit 40.6M TPS With AI Agents. Here's What That Number Actually Means

Moonshot AI at $50 Billion: Cheap Only If You Squint at the Comparison

OpenAI's EU Watermark Fails Its Own Test, and Nobody Outside OpenAI Can Check

Russia's Digital Ruble Logged 220K Accounts in Month One, Nearly 4X the Central Bank's Forecast

Dan Niles Still Backs Alphabet and Meta. The Cloud Number Says Why

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