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Bitcoin News

Bitcoin Price Rally Surges Past $81K as Long-Term Holders Accumulate 330K BTC – Can It Reach $95K?

Bitcoin price rally has pushed the cryptocurrency past the $81,000 mark, driven by aggressive accumulation from long-term holders and strong institutional inflows. On Tuesday, Bitcoin (BTC) reached an intraday high of $81,300, marking a 2% gain in 24 hours. This surge extends weekly gains to 5% and monthly gains to 21%, signaling renewed bullish momentum. […]

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Bitcoin News

CME Group to launch regulated Bitcoin volatility futures in June

CME Group announced plans to launch Bitcoin Volatility futures on June 1, pending regulatory review, giving institutional investors a compliant way to trade expected Bitcoin price swings rather than price direction. The Chicago-based derivatives marketplace said the new contracts will settle to the CME CF Bitcoin Volatility Index, a 30-day measure of expected Bitcoin volatility […]

Modern business center in Ras Al Khaimah with digital blockchain identity interface overlay
Bitcoin News

UAE free zone launches blockchain-based business IDs for registered firms

Innovation City, a Ras Al Khaimah-based free zone focused on artificial intelligence and Web3, has launched what it claims is the first blockchain-based digital business identity system. According to a Monday release shared with Cointelegraph, every company registered in Innovation City receives a sovereign, cryptographically verifiable identity issued on OPN Chain, the public blockchain infrastructure […]

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Ethereum News

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Restricted Storage Layer to Tackle Ethereum State Bloat

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has introduced a new proposal aimed at addressing one of the network’s longest-standing technical challenges: state bloat. The proposal, formally known as EIP-7733, suggests introducing a ‘restricted storage’ layer that would limit how much data smart contracts can permanently retain on-chain. Understanding State Bloat Ethereum’s state refers to the complete set […]

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Bitcoin News

New York forces Uphold to pay $5M over fraudulent crypto investment scheme

New York Attorney General Letitia James has secured a $5 million settlement from cryptocurrency platform Uphold over its role in promoting a fraudulent investment product called CredEarn. The settlement, announced May 4, 2026, requires Uphold to compensate affected customers who lost money when the underlying company, Cred LLC, collapsed. How the scheme worked Between January […]