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US-Iran Negotiations: Middle East Tensions Could Reignite Bitcoin's Safe-Haven Bid US-Iran talks in Switzerland ended with both sides saying they want a deal within 60 days. Fine. That is the calm version. My take: markets may not stay calm for long. The backdrop is still tense, and Dona ...

Murad's Meme Coin Portfolio Drop Puts His "Supercycle" Theory Under Pressure Murad, a former Goldman Sachs analyst and co-founder of the crypto fund Adaptive Capital, has watched his public portfolio fall 83.5%, from about $67 million last July to roughly $11 million today. He still has ...

FBI Goes After Crypto Scammers as Pressure Builds The FBI is spelling it out for crypto scammers. Its Director said "crypto fraudsters have for too long defrauded and profited from Americans. This will no longer happen. The FBI will find you and hold you accountable!" Subtle, it is not. ...

Upbit and Bithumb Listings Point to Altcoin Demand as Regulators Keep Watch South Korean exchanges Upbit and Bithumb are adding new listings, and that could pull fresh liquidity into a small group of altcoins fast. Crypto is still under heavy regulatory pressure in South Korea, the US, ...

Asteroid memecoin jumps 158% after SpaceX merch listing An asteroid memecoin ripped 158% in a hurry. The trigger was almost comically small: SpaceX added a plush toy to its merch store that looks like the token's logo character. That's it. No treasury buy. No payment deal. No official t ...

CryptoBandits USB Crypto Virus: New Threat Hits Wallets, Tests Market Nerves Microsoft has identified a crypto-stealing malware strain called CryptoBandits. It spreads through USB drives and goes straight at crypto wallets. That is the nasty part. My take: this is more dangerous than ano ...

Trump's Economic Bragging Rights and Iran Deal: What it Means for Crypto Donald Trump's latest comments on the US economy and Iran, especially his claim that "Iran will never be able to have nuclear weapons," could change how traders frame crypto as a safe haven. He was not talking abou ...

IPO stock market crash fears: what it means for crypto "A rush of big Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) can spook crypto traders, because hot IPO markets have sometimes appeared near the end of stock bull runs." Crypto traders on X are circling an old market anxiety: when ...

Japan Central Bank USD/JPY Intervention Shakes Risk Assets, Crypto Included Japan's central bank may have stepped into the currency market today. USD/JPY dropped 0.5% in one minute. That is not background noise. My take: when a move that sharp hits FX, BTC, ETH, and leveraged altcoin boo ...

Google's Camera ReCAPTCHA: A Privacy Problem for Crypto Adoption Google is testing a camera based ReCAPTCHA that asks users to wave a hand instead of clicking traffic lights. The logic is obvious: AI bots are harder to stop than they were even a year ago. Fine. But a camera prompt is not ...