Retail giant Amazon is preparing to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to customers in a settlement over the company’s return and refund practices. The class action lawsuit alleges that customers properly returned items in compliance with Amazon’s policies, but were wrongly denied refunds. The deal creates a $309 million non-reversionary fund to cover unpaid …
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ETH chart pattern projects rally to $2.5K if key conditions are met: Data
Ether (ETH) opened the week with a drop below the psychological $2,000 level, placing the altcoin into a 20% loss for February. Still, onchain data shows long-term investors accumulating ETH and rising network usage. Now, analysts are examining how ETH’s technical outlook and the derivatives data align with its emerging demand to determine if a …
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Paradigm reframes Bitcoin mining as grid asset, not energy drain
The rapid buildout of AI data centers has revived a long-running debate over energy consumption, with critics arguing that large computing operations, including Bitcoin mining, strain power grids and drive up electricity prices. As Cointelegraph previously reported, the surge in AI data center construction has fueled local resistance in several US regions, with residents and …
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Price predictions 2/16: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH
Key points: Bitcoin remains under pressure as bears are selling on rallies near the $74,508 resistance The bears are mounting a solid defense in several major altcoins at higher levels, indicating a negative sentiment. Bitcoin (BTC) has started the new week on a cautious note as bulls attempt to maintain the price above $67,500. Investors …
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Hong Kong regulator adds Victory Fintech to list of approved trading platforms
The addition is the first crypto company to be licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission since June 2025, when the regulator approved Hong Kong BGE. Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has added another company to its list of formally licensed cryptocurrency trading platforms, according to a Friday announcement. The SFC’s list of …
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Bitcoin weekly RSI echoes mid-2022 bear market as BTC plays liquidity games
Bitcoin round tripped gains after a spike to $70,000 as liquidity traps began to characterize BTC price action on the US bank holiday. Bitcoin (BTC) took out long and short positions during Monday as low-volume trading sparked short-term volatility. Key points: Bitcoin sees low-time frame manipulation clear both longs and shorts on the US bank …
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Harvard endowment reduces stake in Bitcoin ETF, adds Ether exposure
The Harvard Management Company, which manages the eponymous university’s endowment, has reduced its stake in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund and opened a new position in the asset management company’s Ether ETF. In a Friday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Harvard’s endowment reported that it had reduced its position in the BlackRock …
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Tokenized RWAs climb 13.5% despite $1T crypto market drawdown
Demand for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) continued to grow over the past month, even as broader cryptocurrency markets faced heavy selling pressure, underscoring the sector’s resilience and growing institutional footprint. The total value of onchain RWAs increased 13.5% over the past 30 days, according to data from RWA.xyz. The increase reflects both higher asset issuance, …
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How South Korea is using AI to detect crypto market manipulation
Key takeaways South Korea is transitioning crypto market surveillance to AI-driven systems, in which algorithms automatically detect suspicious trading activity, replacing manual processes. The new detection model employs a sliding-window grid search technique, scanning overlapping time segments to spot abnormal patterns such as unusual volume surges. Through 2026, the Financial Supervisory Service plans to enhance …
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Crypto services platform Nexo relaunches in the United States
Nexo is set to relaunch its digital asset services and crypto exchange platform in the US on Monday, more than three years after it left the market following battles with federal and state regulators. Now, citing improved regulatory clarity for digital assets in the US, the rebooted Nexo platform will offer flexible and fixed-term yield …
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Ray Dalio’s world order warning revives case for Bitcoin as neutral money
Ray Dalio warned that the post-World War II order has “officially broken down,” with the world now sliding into what he bluntly calls a “law of the jungle” phase, where power, not rules, decides outcomes, and crypto investors are using the moment to renew the case for assets designed to operate outside state control. In …
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Wells Fargo Refuses To Cash, Reject, Return $10,000 Check Deposited at ATM, Placing Customer’s Funds in Limbo for Weeks: Report
Wells Fargo declined to cash, reject or return a check worth thousands of dollars to a customer who waited weeks without a response, according to a new report. Southern California resident Marylinn Loveless says she deposited a $10,000 check into a Wells Fargo ATM, but the machine never printed a receipt, reports the NBC-affiliated WRAL …
Metaplanet revenue jumps 738% as Bitcoin generates 95% of sales
Japanese public company Metaplanet has reported explosive revenue growth after pivoting its business around Bitcoin, with the cryptocurrency now accounting for nearly all of its operating activity. According to the firm’s fiscal year 2025 earnings report, revenue climbed to 8.9 billion Japanese yen ($58 million) from 1.06 billion yen ($7 million) a year earlier, a …
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Binance denies report on Iran-linked sanctions breaches and investigator firings
Crypto exchange Binance pushed back against a recent report by Fortune, rejecting allegations that it enabled sanctions-violating transactions tied to Iran and fired compliance investigators who raised concerns. Fortune reported Friday that internal investigators at Binance discovered more than $1 billion in transfers linked to Iranian entities moving through the platform between March 2024 and …
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$75K or bearish ‘regime shift?’ Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week at an important crossroads as analysis sees the chance for a new short squeeze Bitcoin closes the week above a key 200-week trend line, leading to fresh belief in a trip to $75,000. Liquidations stay elevated, with a trader noting that longs should be in the driving seat going …
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