Iren Acquires Spanish AI Data Center Developer Nostrum Group
Iren buys Nostrum as crypto miners chase AI data centers Iren Limited said Monday that it is buying Nostrum Group, a Spanish AI data center developer. The deal gives Iren 490MW of secured, grid connected power in Spain. That number is the story. Not the branding, not the acquisition lan ...
AVAX Jumps Despite Social Media Doubts: Solana & Sui Competition
AVAX Climbs While Traders Debate Solana and Sui Threats Avalanche (AVAX) moved higher while crypto social media sounded miserable. The token gained more than 3% in 24 hours and reached an intraday high of $7.06 after FIFA confirmed it will use a custom Avalanche blockchain for 2026 World ...
India Should Mine Bitcoin Domestically to Curb Dollar Outflow
India Eyes Domestic Bitcoin Mining to Stem Dollar Outflow, Gold Import Woes "India's long fight with dollar outflows from gold imports has led to an unusual idea: mine Bitcoin at home," crypto educator Kashif Raza said. Raza, founder of the crypto education platform Bit ...
Ethereum’s Biggest Overhaul Nears Finish Line: What It Means for You
Ethereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade Enters Final Stage, Changing ETH Economics Ethereum's biggest protocol update in years has moved into its last development stretch. Not the glamorous part. Developers are running devnets for "Glamsterdam," an upgrade expected in the second half of the year ...
CoinDesk 20 Update: Uniswap (UNI) Soars 12.9% as Index Dips
Uniswap Jumps 12.9% While CoinDesk 20 Slips Uniswap (UNI) rose 12.9% since 4 p.m. ET on Monday, June 15, while the CoinDesk 20 moved lower. That split matters. The market was soft, yet UNI still found buyers. My read: this was less a random green candle than a fairly direct vote for one ...
This AI Builds Your Business, Runs It & Settles Payments in USDC
Y Combinator AI builds businesses, settles payments in USDC Y Combinator's new AI agent, Locus Founder, says it can turn a short text prompt into an internet business and handle the money in $USDC. Crypto investors will stare at the second part first. I would ...
Mystery Trader: $4M to $9M After Spain’s World Cup Draw
Polymarket Trader Wins $9M After Spain's 0-0 World Cup Draw A Polymarket trader bet about $4 million against Spain and walked away with roughly $9 million in profit after Spain's surprise World Cup draw with Cabo Verde. I'll be honest: this is the kind of trade that makes prediction mark ...
Syscoin Recovers & Burns 5 Billion SYS After Minting Incident
Syscoin Recovers 5 Billion SYS Tokens After Unauthorized Mint Syscoin, the blockchain project behind the SYS token, says it recovered and burned 5 billion SYS tokens after an unauthorized mint. Five billion. Even in crypto, that number lands with a thud. The team says it stopped the extr ...
IMF: Nigeria’s Stablecoin Surge Strains Monetary Policy
IMF: Nigeria's stablecoin surge puts pressure on monetary policy The International Monetary Fund says Nigeria's growing use of stablecoins is making monetary policy harder to manage. Put more plainly: when people lose faith in the local currency, they start looking for somewhere else to ...
Breaking: XRP Ledger v3.2.0 Upgrade & Core Server Rebrand!
XRP Ledger v3.2.0 upgrade points to adoption and developer use The XRP Ledger has released v3.2.0 of "xrpld," its core server software. Let's not dress that up: this is a server upgrade, not a magic price button. But for investors watching $XRP, it matters because the work is happening ...