May 2, 2026
Bitcoin

Astana Financial Services Authority increases Bitfinex Securities platform limit to $310m as tokenisation continues to grow 

Astana, Kazakhstan 19 December, 2025 – Bitfinex Securities is pleased to announce that the Astana Financial Services Authority (“AFSA”), an independent regulator of financial services and related activities in the Astana International Financial Centre (“AIFC”), has increased the platform limit of Bitfinex Securities’ AIFC entity by an additional $100 million, to a total size of

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The Monero Price Hits a Wall: Why $370 is the Make-or-Break for XMR

The Monero price is currently trading near $365, struggling to stabilize after a violent rejection at the critical $370 resistance level. Although XMR is up +4.6% on the day, a failure to flip $370 has printed a textbook double top on the daily chart, forcing traders to choose between a breakout bet and a defensive

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Stablecoin yield in crypto Clarity Act won’t allow rewards on balances, latest text says

Crypto industry insiders got their first look at the revised market structure bill in the Senate, and the opening impression was that the language on allowable stablecoin yield was overly narrow and unclear, according to a person familiar with the current draft. The new language, which was announced Friday by Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Thom

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MoonPay Launches Open-Source Wallet Standard For AI Agents

MoonPay recently launched an open-source wallet standard to equip artificial intelligence (AI) agents with the ability to manage funds and conduct transactions across multiple blockchains. By doing so, MoonPay says it is trying to confront the challenges posed by the existing fragmentation in wallet and key management systems that autonomous software often encounters. The escalating

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 4.661 Million Tokens, and Total Crypto and Total Cash Holdings of $11.0 Billion

Bitmine has 3,142,643 staked ETH, representing $6.5 billion at $2,072 per ETH; MAVAN staking solution on track to launch Q1 2026 Bitmine now owns 3.86% of the ETH token supply, over 77% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 8 months Bitmine owns $95 million of ORBS, now one of the only

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Stripe Introduces the Machine Payments Protocol

Stripe launches the Machine Payments Protocol, an open standard letting AI agents pay autonomously via stablecoins, cards, and BNPL in just a few lines of code.’ Stripe just made agents pay for things real. The payment company announced the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), an open standard built to let AI agents transact directly with services

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Bitfinex Alpha | BTC Eyes the $72-$82k Air Gap

23 March, 2026 Last week was a game of two halves for BTC, as it rallied to a high of $76,000 on Tuesday only to trade down to almost $68,000 on Sunday as the market responded to PPI data, Fed comments and ongoing tension in West Asia. BTC, however, remains above its March open, in

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Trump Crypto Revolution: How the GENIUS Act Impacts Your 401(k)

The SEC and CFTC just rewrote the rulebook on crypto. A joint guidance released on March 17 ends a decade of regulatory ambiguity in one fell swoop. Most cryptocurrencies, including many stablecoins and digital tools, are now classified as commodities or collectibles rather than securities. The era of regulation by enforcement is over. But the

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) gains 2.3%, leading index higher

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2025.84, up 0.2% (+3.37) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Seven of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: BCH (+2.3%) and SOL (+1.0%). Laggards: APT (-5.3%) and ICP (-3.6%).

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Upgrade Verse Staking Rewards Program to Increase Capital Efficiency? You Decide

Greetings Verse Community, We are thrilled to bring you another exciting proposal as we continue to shape the future of Bitcoin.com’s Verse Ecosystem. Verse Staking V1 In April 2023, we launched the Verse Staking Program which rewarded participants with VERSE for staking their VERSE on Ethereum. Verse Staking V2 In 2024, we introduced the next iteration of

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