Metaplanet Announces Joint Study To Bring Bitcoin-Backed Digital Credit To Japan

Metaplanet wants to turn its bitcoin pile into a credit market. On Friday, Japan’s largest corporate bitcoin holder said it has opened a joint study with three partners to build…

Federal Reserve Taps A16z Co-Founder for Monetary Policy Task Force

The US Federal Reserve named Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen to help lead a task force studying how artificial intelligence and other new technologies could affect productivity and jobs.…

Bitcoin A ‘Screaming Buy,’ Analyst Says, Keeps $100K Target

Standard Chartered maintained its end-2026 Bitcoin price forecast of $100,000 in a note to investors on Friday, arguing that the recent weakness reflects a failure by Strategy to explain a…

DOJ Says Inmate Moved $290K Through Crypto Mixers

United States prosecutors have charged a man serving a federal prison sentence over the alleged removal and laundering of about $290,000 in crypto assets held in a Kraken account subject…

Circle Secures OCC Approval For National Trust Bank

USDC stablecoin issuer Circle on Friday announced it received final approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish First National Digital Currency Bank (FNDCB),…

TeraWulf Targets $3.5B Debt For Kentucky AI Campus

US-listed Bitcoin mining company TeraWulf is reportedly seeking to raise $3.5 billion in debt to expand its Justified Data campus in Kentucky, a facility leased by artificial intelligence company Anthropic…

Bitcoin Tries for New July Highs Amid Falling Oil, Dollar Strength

Bitcoin (BTC) eyed new July highs on Friday as US-Iran peace momentum kept oil lower. Key points: Bitcoin bulls keep upside momentum going as BTC/USD seeks a new multi-week record.…

MARA Stock Jumps on 2 GW Texas Power Site Acquisition

Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings shares rose about 15% in early trading Thursday after the company announced plans to acquire a Texas powered-land site with access to up to 2 gigawatts…

Ether Bridged To Robinhood Chain Tops $70M in First Week

The amount of Ether bridged to Robinhood’s new layer-2 blockchain exceeded $70 million in just the first week, according to Token Terminal.  Robinhood Chain, an EVM-compatible Arbitrum-based layer-2 network that…

EU Parliament Passes Message-Scanning ‘Chat Control’

The European Parliament has passed legislation allowing tech firms to scan messages for child sexual abuse material until 2028, a controversial law dubbed “chat control” by critics. EU lawmakers on…