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JUST IN: BITCOIN RECLAIMS $72.300.

JUST IN:Visa is ready for AI agents. So is Coinbase. They're building a very different internet.
The next trillion-dollar payments network won't have a payment page.
There will be no card number, no CVV, no human at the keyboard. Just machines paying machines, thousands of times per second, for fractions of a cent.

JUST IN: Is China secretly buying Bitcoin? This company holds $436 million in BlackRock ETFs.
The theory that China is buying Bitcoin is based on an investment detected in a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that shows Laurore Ltd.
as holding shares of BlackRock's IBIT ETF worth approximately $436 million.

JUST IN:Wintermute Cryptocurrency miners must put their Bitcoin to work to survive.
Wintermute said in a blog post on Thursday that Bitcoin (BTC) miners have spent years building large-scale power infrastructure in low-cost energy markets, and now find themselves "sitting on exactly what the AI industry most urgently needs and cannot easily replicate."
He said that Bitcoin mining is a "structurally rigid business model," and while the shift to AI is compelling, it is also a "drastic and capital-intensive step."

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JUST IN:Vitalik distanced himself from the non-profit organization to which he donated SHIB in 2021.
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, stated on Friday that he is no longer closely aligned with the Future of Life Institute, an organization that received SHIB tokens from him in 2021.
Buterin said the institute initially proposed a broad roadmap to reduce existential risks, including threats related to artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and nuclear weapons, along with broader public education and research initiatives. He stated that this vision helped motivate his donation of Shiba I

BREAKING:According to the latest on-chain data, Ethereum appears to be entering a state of undervaluation, with the potential to rebound to new heights. However, the question remains—is now really the time to buy ETH?
ETH could fall another 40% before the bear cycle ends.
In a new Quicktake post on the CryptoQuant platform, cryptocurrency analyst Burak Kesmeci shared that Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is starting to become relatively cheap.
The relevant on-chain indicator in this observation is the MVRV (Market Value to Realized Value) ratio, an indicat

JUST IN:Tether Holdings continues to accelerate its corporate metamorphosis.
The company, known primarily for its stablecoin USDT, has channeled over $1.6 billion in recent months to diversify its business model.
This move aims to consolidate it as an investment holding company with interests ranging from technology infrastructure and biotechnology to media and sports, thereby reducing its exclusive reliance on the cryptocurrency market.

JUST IN:Doppler Finance Partners with Hex Trust to Expand wXRP and Multi-Chain XRP Use Cases.
Doppler Finance, a leading XRPL-native yield infrastructure, today announced a strategic partnership with Hex Trust, the leading institutional digital asset financial institution, to expand institutional-grade use cases for Wrapped XRP (wXRP) and to support the evolution of XRP-based financial infrastructure across multiple blockchain ecosystems.

JUST IN:Venus Protocol is left with approximately $2 million in bad debt after a vulnerability manipulated the price of Thena's THE token.
An attacker manipulated the price of Thena's low-liquidity THE token on the Venus Protocol, borrowing millions with inflated collateral before being liquidated.

JUST IN:The 2026 World Cup will have the highest concentration of AI and will drive up token consumption.
The 2026 World Cup is expected to be the edition with the greatest use of artificial intelligence.
Projections indicate that daily global token consumption could reach 535 billion during the event, which would have a significant impact on blockchains and related projects.

JUST IN: A $5 million contract for Milei to promote LIBRA has been revealed.
The investigation into the cryptocurrency LIBRA in Argentina has uncovered a draft agreement on the phone of a key businessman, Mauricio Novelli, detailing multimillion-dollar payments in exchange for the public support of President Javier Milei.
The document, written in English and created days before the president's tweet, stipulated an advance of $1.5 million, another payment for promotion on social media, and a final installment of $2 million.

MARKET: $BTC continue above $71,500.

JUST IN:The Ethereum Foundation sold 5,000 ETH to BitMine Immersion.
Technologies for over $10.2 million USD in a transaction intended to fund research, development, and community grants.
The transaction comes as ETH trades above $2,000 USD again, further highlighting the growing role of corporate cryptocurrency treasuries.

JUST IN:A complaint circulating on social media has put the Colombian presidential market on Polymarket under scrutiny, after allegations surfaced of the use of a wallet allegedly created to systematically purchase contracts in favor of Iván Cepeda.
The case has reignited the debate about the integrity of prediction markets when politics, automation, and cryptocurrencies intersect.

JUST IN: Andreas Antonopoulos is taking a break from content creation due to health reasons.
The educator and writer is one of the most influential and respected voices in the global Bitcoin ecosystem.
Antonopoulos has been dedicated to educating about Bitcoin since 2012.
Some users have noted that Andreas had mentioned suffering from debilitating migraines.

JUST IN: The recent escalation of the conflict in the Middle East has generated high volatility in traditional markets.
In this environment of geopolitical uncertainty, decentralized assets like Bitcoin are beginning to be seen as a hedge.
The combination of inflationary pressure, monetary expansion, and the search for a safe haven could drive up the price of BTC.
Analysts like Arthur Hayes suggest that, if the upward trend continues, surpassing $250,000 in the next 18 months is a feasible scenario.

JUST IN: Cryptocurrencies are an innovative digital asset that have experienced monumental growth in recent times due to several contributing factors, including some governments deciding to give them a chance as legal tender; however, they have also suffered setbacks that have called their viability into question, such as the most recent episode known as the crypto winter.

JUST IN:Politicians around the world tremble before stablecoins, but Bitcoin may save them.
Stablecoins are redollarizing the world to an unprecedented degree, threatening the monetary sovereignty of other countries.
The global monetary landscape has changed, and the world's politicians and bankers realized it too late.