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Bitcoin Bears Face $2.6B Trap as Funding Rate Turns Negative: Is a Short Squeeze Brewing?

Bitcoin bears have aggressively built short positions as the price slid toward $60,000, creating a potential $2.6 billion liquidation trap between $63,000 and $66,000. With perpetual funding rates turning negative, analysts are questioning whether a short squeeze could rapidly shift momentum back in favor of bulls. Bearish Tap into Builds a $2.6B Trap Data from […]

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Travala launches AI agent hotel booking with USDC on Base, keeps human approval

Singapore-based crypto travel platform Travala has introduced a protocol that allows artificial intelligence agents to search, reserve, and pay for hotels using USDC on the Base layer-2 blockchain. The move extends agentic AI stablecoin payments into the travel booking sector, though final payment authorization still requires manual approval from the traveler. How the Travala Travel […]

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Russia sanctions British teenager for exposing stablecoin used to bypass sanctions

Russia has imposed sanctions on Alexander Browder, a 17-year-old British student, after he published a report alleging that the ruble-pegged stablecoin A7A5 is being used to circumvent Western financial restrictions linked to the war in Ukraine. The case marks an unusual escalation in Russia’s response to individual transparency efforts, and raises fresh questions about the […]

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SEC makes digital assets a strategic priority through 2030, promising clearer rules

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally elevated digital assets to a strategic priority, outlining a five-year roadmap that promises clearer regulatory rules for cryptocurrencies, tokenization, and blockchain-based market infrastructure through 2030. The shift was detailed in the agency’s draft Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2026–2030, published Tuesday. Alongside broader goals focused on […]