Bitcoin mining just got easier — but not for long, as hashrate roars back
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Bitcoin's network hashrate hit an all-time high of over 1.2 trillion on Tuesday and remains elevated despite a drop in difficulty.

China’s rare earth export controls to accelerate dollar collapse: Analyst
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Bitcoin and other hard money assets are the only way to fix the economic problems caused by currency debasement, analyst Luke Gromen said.

Andrew Cuomo pitches crypto-fueled comeback in NYC mayoral bid
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NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo wants to make New York City the world’s leading crypto and tech hub.

Corporate creep could corrupt Ethereum’s ethos, dev warns
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Ethereum developer Federico Carrone warns venture capital firm Paradigm’s growing influence on the network could eventually lead to a misalignment in values.

Strategy can buy $100M of Bitcoin within an hour of raising it: Saylor
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Michael Saylor says Strategy can convert $100 million in capital into Bitcoin within hours — a speed he claims outpaces any other investment class.

Aster’s quiet relisting on DefiLlama leaves ‘big gaps’ in data: Exec
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Aster’s return to DefiLlama came with missing historical data, leaving transparency questions unresolved across DeFi dashboards.

Crypto funds’ two-week inflow streak ends: Here’s what went wrong
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Onchain investors were more bearish about the Binance liquidity cascade, while crypto ETP traders largely shrugged off the Friday crash, according to CoinShares.

Grok, DeepSeek outperform ChatGPT, Gemini with epic crypto market long
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Grok 4 generated a 500% gain on the first day after identifying the crypto market bottom and switching to leveraged long positions.

XRP price targets $3 as whale wallet count hits new all-time highs
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XRP showed renewed strength after weeks of declines, emerging as one of day’s top performers among major cryptocurrencies.

Elon Musk posts his pet dog Floki on X; memecoin pumps 29%
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The Floki memecoin jumped almost 29% after Elon Musk posted a video of his Shiba Inu dog working as “CEO” of the social media platform X.