Hyperscale data center operator AirTrunk has secured a 191.6 billion Japanese yen ($1.24 billion) green loan to refinance and expand its TOK1 data center campus in the greater Tokyo area, marking what it described as the largest data center financing completed in Japan. The loan will support the next development phases of the TOK1 campus, …
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The Tron network has joined the Linux Foundation’s Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) as a governing member to support the development of infrastructure for AI agents. In an announcement on Monday, Tron’s decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) said the network joined the Agentic AI Foundation and will serve on its governing board. Tron DAO said agentic AI …
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Bhutan, one of the world’s largest nation-state Bitcoin holders, has just moved 175 Bitcoin from its main holding address as cryptocurrency markets posted modest gains on Monday. Data from the blockchain analytics platform Arkham shows that the South Asian country moved $11.85 million worth of BTC to an address created a month ago, which had …
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has revealed the Ethereum Foundation used a simplified distributed validator technology called DVT-lite to stake 72,000 Ether in February, tech he says could make staking for institutions much easier. “My hope for this project is that in the process, we can make it maximally easy and one-click to do distributed staking …
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US prosecutors have requested a retrial of crypto mixer Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on two charges at his trial last year. US Attorney for Manhattan Jay Clayton asked federal Judge Katherine Polk Failla in a letter on Monday for a trial date to retry Storm …
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Investment advisors were the biggest buyers of the US-based spot Solana ETFs at over $270 million, while hedge fund managers came in next at $186 million. Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Electric Capital Partners and investment bank Goldman Sachs were the two largest buyers of spot Solana exchange-traded funds, which launched for trading in the …
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A US trade group made up of some of the country’s biggest banks is reportedly considering suing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), arguing that granting crypto firms bank charters could put Americans and the financial system at risk. According to a report on Monday by The Guardian, citing a “source familiar …
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Anthropic, the creator of the AI software Claude, has sued the Trump administration for what it says is an “unlawful campaign of retaliation” after the company refused to allow the military unrestricted use of its technology. Anthropic sued multiple government agencies and officials in a California federal court on Monday, asking the court to reverse …
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Nonfungible token platform Gondi said it has disabled the faulty smart contract that allowed a hacker to steal $230,000 worth of NFTs from the protocol, adding it is now in the process of compensating affected customers. Gondi said in an X post on Monday that the hacker exploited the “Sell & Repay” contract, which lets …
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The development team that left Electric Coin Company in January to launch Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL) has raised over $25 million from the likes of a16z Crypto and Coinbase Ventures to continue building the privacy-focused, self-custodial Zodl wallet. ZODL was founded by former ECC CEO Josh Swihart and includes the entire engineering and product …
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Bitcoin price started a recovery wave from the $65,500 zone. BTC is now consolidating and might aim for more gains above $69,500. Bitcoin started a decent recovery wave above the $67,500 zone. The price is trading above $68,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance …
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Bitcoin is slipping to a seven‑day low as oil is screaming higher on Iran war fears. But the real action is unfolding somewhere else entirely: Hyperliquid, where a new class of traders is turning to its tokenised oil perps. Hyperliquid And Its Oil Perps At The Center Of The Oil Panic As the Iran war …
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Altcoins have been under sustained pressure for months as the broader crypto market continues to grapple with a prolonged bear phase that began after the 2021 bull cycle. While Bitcoin has managed to preserve a portion of its macro uptrend, most alternative cryptocurrencies have struggled to regain momentum, with many still trading far below their …
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XRP has entered the new week with a technical setup that is beginning to tilt in favor of bulls, even though the price action is stuck inside a range. A bullish divergence has appeared on the daily chart, hinting that downside momentum may be fading and that a rebound could be close. However, XRP’s price …
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Keshav is currently a senior writer at NewsBTC and has been attached to the website since June 14, 2021. Keshav has been writing for many years, first as a hobbyist and later as a freelancer. He has experience working in a variety of niches, even fiction at one point, but the cryptocurrency industry has been …
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