Speaking at the Reagan National Economic Forum, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed that the U.S. has seized roughly $1 billion in Iran-linked cryptocurrency as part of a broader campaign to choke off Tehran’s financial networks. The disclosures come amid one of the most intense military confrontations the Middle East has seen in decades. On February
Wintermute joins prediction markets as a liquidity provider, boosting trading depth in a $60 billion sector driven by real-world event contracts. Wintermute has entered the fast-growing prediction market industry as a liquidity provider. The company has now extended its two-sided quoting services to the top prediction market sites. Furthermore, the shift reflects the increasing popularity
The US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve already exists as an executive-order framework for retaining government-held Bitcoin. ARMA would seek to codify it in law and potentially extend it into an active accumulation strategy — with major implications for Bitcoin’s supply dynamics, reserve-asset status and the next phase of sovereign adoption. The US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR)
In crypto news today (May 29), the market has seemingly stabilized overnight, with the Bitcoin price climbing a modest +0.4% in the past 24 hours, with it sitting at around $73,500. However, ETH USD remains in a precarious position: while it is up +0.8% on the day, it trades at $2,010, barely holding above the
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Friday yet again sharply criticized Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and warned that the latest version of the Clarity Act could ultimately fail if lawmakers do not address concerns from traditional banks over stablecoin regulation. In an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business, Dimon appeared frustrated by the direction
Coinkite the Bitcoin-only hardware wallet manufacturer, recently released the MK5, a significant quality of life and user experience upgrade to the MK4 Coldcard, building on the strong security foundations set by its predecessor. The MK5 comes in many colors and styles. Today, I will review the Orange and Glow in the dark versions, as well
Sui mainnet stalled two days in a row due to a bug in v1.72. SUI price drops 3.21% as bearish signals dominate technical indicators. The Sui Network has had a rough week. The blockchain suffered back-to-back mainnet stalls on two consecutive days. Wu Blockchain reported the disruption, noting that the Sui mainnet had been in
Vitalik Buterin wants Ethereum to stop competing primarily on speed and focus instead on what the Ethereum Foundation calls CROPS, the cypherpunk properties of censorship resistance, openness, privacy and security. The success of that bet will ultimately depend on whether anyone values those properties enough to matter. Against a backdrop of growing competition from rival
In Bitcoin ETF news today, Tuesday, May 26, someone sold 29 million shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust in a single transaction worth approximately $1.29Bn, the largest block trade in IBIT’s fifteen-month history. Since then, Bitcoin has dropped nearly -5% before stabilizing between $73,000 and $74,000. Here is the central tension this article unpacks: if
As global trading trends race toward 24-hour, no-days-off markets, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission argued that it may be fine for the new blockchain-native players, but that expanded hours might not be appropriate for some of the traditional markets, the derivatives watchdog said in a Friday letter issued to the wide waterfront of firms
