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Bitcoin miners pay Paraguay $350 million a year, but AI is pushing them out
Contracts that sell power to a 4% slice of the world’s bitcoin mining at $44 a megawatt-hour expire on Dec. 31, 2027. Paraguay’s state utility calls the date final, and it has just signed a 15-year deal to power a Founders Fund-backed AI campus.
Bitcoin plunges to $68,000 as Anthropic IPO frenzy adds to market jitters
Analysts see no direct link between Nvidia and bitcoin's decline, pointing instead to investor capital headed into Anthropic as well as a broader risk-off move.
U.S. Senate Banking Committee races toward hearing on new SEC nominations
The committee that needs to advance President Donald Trump's nominees responded quickly to set his SEC picks for review next week.
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Bitcoin heads for sixth weekly loss as Anthropic’s blockbuster IPO looms
Bitcoin is down 21% this year as investors weigh Anthropic’s anticipated listing, Nvidia’s leadership upheaval and rising Fed rate hike expectations.
Kraken parent Payward says expansion outside crypto trading helps cushion revenue decline
While earnings and the company’s newly introduced financial performance measure remained below year-earlier levels, there are signs of improvement from the second quarter.
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Bitcoin's momentum gauge is turning red, could send prices back below $60,000
Your day-ahead look for Nov. 13, 2026
Bitcoin hits 12-week low as dollar rallies on interest-rate outlook, liquidations top $1.6 billion
Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $70,000 for the first time since August and is down 3.5% since midnight UTC, as the dollar climbs and liquidations top $1.6 billion.
Live news: Bitcoin drops below 200-week moving average as dollar strength pressures risk assets
Bitcoin fell below its 200-week moving average as the Dollar Index held above 103, while gold struggled to recover and oil prices rebounded.
Ethereum treasury firm BTCS sold ether at a loss to keep $64 million Aave loan healthy
The Nasdaq-listed company has 46,676 ETH backing its borrowings, and the loan could become eligible for liquidation if ether slides to around $1,700.
Bitcoin firm Nakamoto owes Kraken $165 million, more than its entire market value
About 70% of the bitcoin treasury firm’s coins are pledged to the exchange, bought at roughly $118,000 each, and bitcoin now trades under $69,000.
Bitcoin ETFs are now down over $1.5 billion in net outflows for the year
Recent rapid redemptions explain the market swoon. Bitcoin's spot price fell below $70,000 on Friday, the lowest since August.
SpaceX-Tesla merger talks put 30,000 bitcoin back in focus
A deal could be announced as soon as December, putting $2.1 billion of bitcoin under one roof, a sliver of what the combined group would be worth.
Bitcoin dips below $70,000 as Dollar Index hits 19-month high
The crypto market selloff gathered pace early Friday. Bitcoin dropped below $70,000 and ether traded below $2,000, triggering large liquidations in futures market.
North Korea's Binance hack faces U.S. crackdown as DOJ targets $1.2 billion in stolen crypto
Federal authorities say they've taken infrastructure used in the FaceStealer scheme used to steal as much as $400 million in crypto assets.
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U.S. President names CFTC, SEC nominees for first time in a year
U.S. President Donald Trump has named two potential commissioners each to the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Kalshi ends Donald Trump Jr.’s advisory contract over 1789 Capital’s Polymarket investment
Trump Jr. joined Kalshi as a strategic adviser in January 2025, helping the prediction market expand its customer base and strengthen its market presence.
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Illinois crypto tax is impossible to enforce as written, crypto industry tells court
The legal battle to head off the crypto transaction tax in Illinois has drawn up a hefty roster of industry opposition, and they're saying the tax won't work.
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DTCC adds Solana to Wall Street tokenization plans, targeting 2027 rollout
The securities infrastructure giant plans to bring tokenized stocks, ETFs and U.S. Treasuries to Solana as it expands next year's roadmap beyond Stellar and Arc.
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Jupiter adds Anchorage-backed USDGO to its $1 billion Solana lending platform
OSL offers a yield on USDGO only to professional investors, but Jupiter said its market lets other holders earn onchain at rates set by borrower demand.