Traders betting against Bitcoin are getting liquidated as BTC’s price pushes through $81,000. A total of $547 million in leveraged crypto bets have closed out in the last 24 hours, says CoinGlass. Most of that comes from shorts, with long liquidations at just $57.10 million. Short liquidations are $469.19 million. Bitcoin led the wipeouts with about …
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The US commodities regulator submitted a new crypto market regulatory action for White House review days after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has submitted a new regulatory action covering crypto asset transactions and markets for White House review, as the agency moves forward with its approach …
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Coinbase, Strategy and other crypto-linked stocks rallied Friday as the CFTC and SEC moved ahead with crypto-related actions under existing authority. Crypto-linked stocks rebounded sharply on Friday, reversing losses that followed the Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act earlier this week, as Bitcoin climbed back above $80,000. Strategy led the gains, rising more than …
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Visa and Mastercard are paying $167.5 million to settle claims they blocked independent ATMs from offering lower fees. ClassAction.org reports the deal covers U.S. consumers who paid unreimbursed surcharges at non-bank ATMs from October 24th of 2007 through August 14th of 2026. The lawsuit said the networks’ rules stopped independent ATM operators from discounting access …
Banks now represent nearly one in four providers on ESMA’s MiCA register after roughly doubling their presence since late June. Banks are rapidly expanding their presence in Europe’s regulated crypto market, with traditional lenders now accounting for nearly one in four providers listed under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework (MiCA). The number of …
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Bitcoin price action made swift gains at the start of Friday’s Wall Street trading session as US 30-year bond yields began rising again. Bitcoin (BTC) jumped past $80,000 around Friday’s Wall Street open as fuel-crisis woes spread through global markets. Key points: Read more Go to Source
A former bank employee hired to stop financial crime has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from elderly customers. The sentence was handed down in federal court in Cleveland and covers roughly that loss figure after prosecutors had cited about $2 million at trial, reports Cleveland.com. U.S. District …
Federal prosecutors have obtained a guilty plea from a Connecticut content creator accused of evading taxes on more than $3 million. Seathra Zmeena Orr, 39, of Stamford waived indictment and entered the plea on September 15, 2026, before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of …
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A newly uncovered Android malware strain is using artificial intelligence to take over infected phones and steal banking credentials. Zimperium’s zLabs team says the malware, called RatHat, appears linked to threat actors that appear to be operating in China and spreads through smishing and malvertising that push malicious APK downloads outside Google Play. Once installed, …
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HYPE hit a record $90.92 after Hyperliquid opened manual borrowing, letting users borrow stablecoins against HYPE and Bitcoin collateral. HYPE, the native cryptocurrency of the Hyperliquid layer-1 blockchain and decentralized trading platform, set a fresh all-time high above $90 on Friday as the protocol rolled out manual borrowing. HYPE surged as high as $90.92 shortly …
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The non-profit signaled support for reducing Ethereum block times, citing increasing institutional activity moving onto the smart-contract network. Ethereum Institutional signaled support for Ethlabs’ motion to reduce block times and create a faster Ethereum to address increasing competition from other networks. “Make Ethereum faster,” wrote the non-profit organization in a Friday X post, arguing that …
The Fisher Transform indicator produced a rare crossover for only the fourth time in Bitcoin’s history. Bitcoin (BTC) is showing strong signs that its latest long-term floor is already in, according to a classic trading indicator. Key points: Read more Go to Source
Industry watchers are debating the fate of the Zcash development fund after the ZEC token’s rally pushed its value above $95 million. Crypto-focused venture capital firm Dragonfly’s managing partner, Haseeb Qureshi, proposed winding down the Zcash developer fund after it expires under current rules in 2028. “I’m of the opinion that this should be the …
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A Virginia pair has used stolen USPS arrow keys to steal mail and pull $84,000 from victims’ bank accounts. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia says Tremont Hancock, 25, and Olden Ellerbe III, 27, of Richmond conspired to steal U.S. mail and commit bank fraud. From May of 2023 through April …
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Federal prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking approximately $61 million in cryptocurrency generated by black-market sales of sanctioned Iranian oil. The proceeds were intended to finance Iran’s government and military components, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated terrorist organization, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. …
