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Strike CEO Jack Mallers: Wall Street involvement does not threaten Bitcoin’s core principles

Strike CEO Jack Mallers has pushed back against concerns that Wall Street’s deepening involvement in Bitcoin undermines the asset’s original ethos, arguing that institutional participation is a natural and necessary part of Bitcoin’s evolution as a global monetary asset. Mallers: Bitcoin must withstand all participants Speaking on the What Bitcoin Did podcast published Thursday, Mallers […]

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CLARITY Act Advances: Senate Markup Scheduled for May 14

The US CLARITY Act, a legislative effort to provide clearer rules for the cryptocurrency industry, is scheduled for a markup vote before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, May 14. Senate Banking Committee chair Tim Scott confirmed the date on Friday, prompting a wave of reactions from industry leaders who have been awaiting progress on […]

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Bitcoin Holds Near $80,000 as Surprise US Jobs Data Shakes Rate Cut Expectations

Bitcoin’s price consolidated near the psychologically important $80,000 mark on Friday, as traders weighed a surprisingly strong US jobs report that reshaped expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate policy. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has been locked in a tight trading range, with bulls attempting to establish support above $80,000 while bears defend the […]

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Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini pushed to weaken token listing rules in US Senate bill, report says

Three of the largest US-based cryptocurrency exchanges — Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini — successfully lobbied US senators to remove a key provision from a digital asset market structure bill that would have required platforms to only offer trading on tokens “not readily susceptible to manipulation,” according to a report published Friday by Politico. Behind the […]

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Estonia’s financial regulator warns investors over Zondacrypto’s MiCA breach

Estonia’s Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority (FSA) has issued an investor warning against BB Trade Estonia OÜ, the operator of the Zondacrypto digital asset exchange, citing a breach of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. The regulator found that the company failed to publish a required white paper for its “TeamPL” crypto token […]