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Market analyst Jordi Visser believes Bitcoin will experience accelerated growth as global society enters what he calls a Fourth Turning period. According to Cointelegraph, Visser told Anthony Pompliano that Bitcoin is positioned to grow regardless of macroeconomic scenarios in coming years and decades. The Fourth Turning refers to a book
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Bitcoin mining difficulty climbed to a new all-time high of 142.3 trillion on Friday, according to Cointelegraph. The metric tracks the relative challenge of adding new blocks to the Bitcoin ledger. Mining difficulty hit successive all-time highs in August and September, driven by an influx of freshly deployed computing
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Crypto custody firm BitGo has filed for a United States initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to Cointelegraph, the Palo Alto-based company submitted its Form S-1 registration on Friday. The firm plans to list Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker
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Corporate crypto treasuries with long-term strategies will survive any market conditions if properly managed, according to HashKey Capital CEO Deng Chao. Cointelegraph reports that Chao argued digital asset treasuries are sustainable but require proper risk frameworks and diversification. HashKey recently launched a $500 million Digital Asset Treasury fund in Hong
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Michigan's House Bill 4087 advanced to a second reading Thursday after remaining inactive for seven months, marking progress toward establishing a strategic cryptocurrency reserve. According to Cointelegraph, the legislation moved to the Committee on Government Operations and would permit the state treasurer to invest up to 10% of
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The Royal Government of Bhutan transferred 913 Bitcoin worth approximately $107 million to new cryptocurrency wallets on Thursday, according to Cointelegraph. The move occurred just after the US Federal Reserve delivered its first interest rate cut of 2025, reducing the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to a range
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Anonymous cryptocurrency investors placed a 12-foot golden statue of Donald Trump holding Bitcoin outside the US Capitol on Wednesday. According to Cointelegraph, the installation appeared on 3rd Street across from Union Square on the National Mall. The statue arrived as part of a Pump.fun livestream marketing campaign. Organizers launched
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission approved Grayscale's Digital Large Cap Fund for listing as an exchange-traded product on Wednesday. According to Cointelegraph, the fund becomes the first multi-asset cryptocurrency ETP in the United States. The product offers exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano through a
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Next Technology Holding filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15 to sell up to $500 million in common stock. According to Cointelegraph, the Nasdaq-listed company plans to use proceeds for general corporate purposes, including Bitcoin acquisition. The filing states the firm will monitor market conditions before
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Cointelegraph reports that Standard Chartered's venture capital arm SC Ventures plans to raise $250 million for a cryptocurrency investment fund. The fund targets a 2026 launch date with backing from Middle Eastern investors. Operating partner Gautam Jain revealed the plans at the Money 20/20 event in Saudi
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According to Cointelegraph, Mert Mumtaz, CEO of remote procedure call node provider Helius, argued that cryptocurrency represents "Capitalism 2.0" rather than Web 3.0. Mumtaz stated that calling crypto "Web 3.0" actually diminishes its true significance as a complete overhaul of the capitalist system.
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France warned it may block cryptocurrency companies operating locally under licenses obtained in other European Union countries. Cointelegraph reported Monday that France's securities regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), expressed concerns about potential regulatory enforcement gaps. The AMF is considering a ban on operating in France under
Africa Bitcoin Corporation raised 11 million rand ($633,000) in its initial funding phase on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. According to Cointelegraph, the South African company completed its rebrand from Altvest Capital and became the continent's first publicly-listed Bitcoin treasury firm. The company targets raising $210 million total
Blockstream issued an urgent warning about a new email phishing campaign targeting users of its Jade hardware wallet. According to Cointelegraph, the infrastructure provider confirmed on Friday that malicious actors are sending fake firmware update emails to wallet users. The company stated that it never sends firmware files through email
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US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins declared that "most crypto tokens are not securities" during a keynote address at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Roundtable in Paris on Wednesday. According to Cointelegraph, Atkins outlined a sweeping plan to integrate crypto activities like trading, lending
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Cointelegraph reports that StarkWare has created a zero-knowledge verification system for Bitcoin that operates on mobile devices. The company announced its proof contains all Bitcoin block headers from genesis until present. The verification system compresses the entire Bitcoin blockchain history into just 1 megabyte. According to Abdelhamid Bakhta from StarkWare,