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Hyperliquid adds portfolio margin to let traders use less capital

Decentralized trading platform Hyperliquid will roll out an upgrade that activates portfolio margin for real trading accounts, letting traders offset risk across multiple positions and post a net collateral requirement instead of separate collateral for every trade. The feature is set to move from pre-alpha testing to an alpha phase

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Tokenized Stocks Exceed $1 Billion as Ondo and xStocks Lead

Tokenized stocks have surpassed $1 billion in total value on-chain, marking a milestone for the real-world asset sector. RWA.xyz data shows blockchain-based exposure to traditional equities is drawing greater trading activity and liquidity. Activity is concentrated among a few platforms. RWA.xyz and a Foresight Ventures report show Ondo

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Bitcoin ETFs Gain $167M While Altcoin Funds See Outflows

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds posted $167 million of net inflows on Monday, snapping a two-session stretch of outflows after roughly $577 million left on Thursday and Friday. Bitcoin rose toward $70,000 and was trading at $70,015 at the time of writing, as investor demand returned to the

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Institutions Bought $540M in US Spot Solana ETFs in Q4

Data compiled by Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart shows the top 30 institutional holders of US spot Solana (SOL) exchange-traded funds bought more than $540 million worth of the ETFs in Q4. Silicon Valley venture firm Electric Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs led the list with $137.8 million and

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Gondi Disables Smart Contract Bug After $230K Exploit

Gondi disabled the faulty smart contract that allowed a hacker to steal $230,000 worth of NFTs and said it is compensating affected customers. The attacker exploited the Sell & Repay contract, which lets borrowers sell escrowed NFTs and automatically repay loans. An updated version of that contract was deployed

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Bitcoin Could Rally to $79,200 if Oil’s Trend Repeats

Oil prices surged to $101 per barrel on Sunday, a 55% rise in ten days that marked the largest move in history and pushed the SPX to its lowest level in 10 weeks. Bitcoin briefly jumped 16% between Feb. 28 and Wednesday before erasing those gains by Sunday. Traders are

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The usability imperative for securing digital asset devices

When Tony Fadell began work on the iPod, usability often took precedence over security and teams fixed vulnerabilities iteratively. For devices built expressly to protect digital assets, however, security must be the top priority; features added without thorough review can be very hard to undo, Fadell says, after developing Ledger

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Bitcoin ETF Flows Rise as Gold Demand Cools

Bitcoin exchange-traded fund flows have shifted to net positive over the past 30 days, while gold ETF demand has begun to slow after nine straight months of inflows. GLD, the largest US gold-backed ETF, recorded a $3 billion outflow on Wednesday — its biggest daily withdrawal in more than two years

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Aon Tests Stablecoin Payments for Insurance Premiums

Aon has completed a pilot that settled insurance premiums for clients, including Coinbase and Paxos, using USDC on Ethereum and PayPal USD on Solana. The trial substituted blockchain transfers for traditional bank wires when moving premium payments. Tim Fletcher, CEO of Aon’s financial services division, said the pilot reflects

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Jito Foundation acquires SolanaFloor days after platform shutdown

Jito Foundation has acquired SolanaFloor days after the platform shut down. The purchase is intended to revive journalism covering the Solana ecosystem. It follows a $40 million treasury wallet breach at SolanaFloor's parent, Step Finance, which led to the platform's shuttering. jito foundation, solanafloor, step finance,

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Bitcoin could gain if a U.S.-Iran conflict drags on, strategist says

Macro strategist Mark Connors says bitcoin may be a chief beneficiary if a U.S.-Iran conflict stretches on for several months, as higher government spending, rising debt and lower interest rates create conditions that have historically supported the cryptocurrency. Connors previously led research at 3iQ and global portfolio and

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Can you still mine Bitcoin on a PC in 2026?

Mining Bitcoin on a desktop in 2026 may sound straightforward, but whether it makes financial sense is another matter. Rising network difficulty and higher energy costs have narrowed the margin for profitability, eroding the advantages that once made PCs a viable option for mining. Those trends prompt a simple question:

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Paradigm, a16z, Winklevoss Capital and Balaji back Zcash lab

Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL), formed by the former core team of the Electric Coin Company, has raised more than $25 million in seed funding. Investors in the round include Paradigm, a16z crypto, Winklevoss Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Cypherpunk Technologies, Chapter One, Balaji Srinivasan and several angel backers. The lab was

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RWAs will run on two blockchain rails, says RedStone co‑founder

Institutional adoption of real-world assets is splitting between public blockchains and permissioned networks, highlighting a trade-off between the liquidity of chains like Ethereum and the confidentiality offered by systems such as the Canton Network. Marcin Kaźmierczak, co‑founder of blockchain oracle provider RedStone, said product development is likely to occur

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Nasdaq partners with Kraken to distribute tokenized stocks globally

Nasdaq will work with crypto exchange Kraken to build a system for issuing and trading tokenized versions of public stocks and exchange-traded products. Kraken will act as a distribution partner, offering one-to-one tokenized shares to its customers outside the United States, particularly in Europe and other international markets. The platform

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Bitcoin Shows Strength at $67K Amid Oil Surge and Inflation Fears

Bitcoin traded above $67,000 on Monday after posting its first bullish weekly close in seven weeks. Oil futures jumped to $119 per barrel in early Asian trading as the Middle East conflict raised fears of supply disruptions. Iraq warned roughly 3 million barrels per day of production could be

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Nigel Farage invests in UK bitcoin treasury firm Stack BTC

Nigel Farage invested 215,000 pounds ($286,000) in Stack BTC (STAK), a U.K.-listed bitcoin treasury company, as part of a fundraising round that also involved Blockchain.com. The company raised 260,000 by selling 5.2 million new shares at 5 pence each, and the new shares

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US Banks Need Clear Crypto Rules to Stay Ahead, ex-CFTC chair says

Chris Giancarlo, former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, warned that US banks most urgently need clear crypto rules to avoid falling behind in payment innovation. He made the remarks on Scott Melker’s The Wolf Of All Streets Podcast. Giancarlo said the crypto industry will keep building

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Bitcoin could face deeper downside as odds of U.S. market meltdown rise to 35%

Bitcoin traded at $67,378 on Monday morning, up 1.1% over the past 24 hours and essentially flat on the week. Ether rose 2.3% to $1,981, BNB gained 1.4% to $624, Dogecoin added 1.8% to $0.09, and Solana climbed 1.8% to $83.69

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Orbital Data Center Startup to Mine Bitcoin in Space

Starcloud, an Nvidia-backed orbital data center startup, said it will begin mining Bitcoin from space later this year when its second spacecraft launches, positioning the company to be the first to mine the cryptocurrency off Earth. CEO Philip Johnston posted the claim to X after discussing the plan in an

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Limited U.S. exposure to oil shocks may be helping bitcoin

The week-long war between Iran, the U.S., and Israel has pushed oil prices on both sides of the Atlantic past $100 a barrel, shaking Asian markets and sending bond yields higher. Still, bitcoin has barely moved, hovering around $67,000, roughly where it was 24 hours earlier. A likely

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NYDIG: Bitcoin-tech stock correlation is overstated

NYDIG says Bitcoin’s recent parallel with US software stocks reflects shared exposure to macro events rather than a structural convergence. Greg Cipolaro, the firm's head of research, noted the weeklong rally prompted some to call the cryptocurrency a proxy for the sector. “While the visual fit of

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Binance tells Senate it found no accounts that sent crypto directly to Iran

Binance, via its lawyers, told a U.S. Senate investigation it found no evidence that accounts on its platform transacted directly with Iranian entities, refuting allegations that $1.7 billion in crypto flowed through the exchange to Iran-linked groups. The response, in a March 6 letter to Sen. Richard Blumenthal’

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Bitcoin tumbles below $66,000 as oil surges nearly 20%

Bitcoin tumbled below $66,000 after little sign over the weekend of any de-escalation in the U.S. war against Iran. The jump in oil prices set the tone for markets as the new week began on the wrong foot. April WTI crude futures rose 19.1% to $108.35

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Short-term holders send $1.8B in bitcoin to exchanges after $74,000 rally

Bitcoin climbed to a one-month high of $74,000 this week before slipping to about $69,000 as short-term traders took profits. CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost says short-term holders transferred more than 27,000 BTC — roughly $1.8 billion — to exchanges in profit over the past 24 hours, one of the