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Mantro CEO John Patrick Mullin pledges to burn all personal OM tokens amid controversy surrounding the native OM token.  Mantra proposes a DAO vote to burn 300M team-allocated tokens, alongside launching a buyback program. The OM token crashed 90% on April 13, with the team attributing the decline to forced liquidations and market manipulation concerns. …

Arizona has passed a bill proposing a state-managed cryptocurrency reserve including Bitcoin, stablecoins and NFTs. The bill authorizes the state treasurer to lend digital assets and invest through state-registered crypto products to generate returns. The governor’s veto threat over unrelated budget issues clouds the bill’s future, despite bipartisan momentum for Arizona’s crypto legislation. Annual digital…

SPAR has begun accepting Bitcoin payments at its Zug, Switzerland location, marking another milestone in Switzerland’s progressive approach to bitcoin adoption. The implementation uses the Lightning Network through DFX Swiss’s OpenCryptoPay solution, enabling instant transactions at the point of sale. The store’s location in Zug, often called “Crypto Valley,” reflects Switzerland’s embrace of technology. The…

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Win McNamee | Annabelle Gordon | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday lobbed his latest criticism at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, as the White House’s discontent for the economic policy leader hits a fever pitch. During a Friday afternoon question-and-answer session with reporters, Trump…

This is the third article in a series deep diving into individual covenant proposals that have reached a point of maturity meriting an in-depth breakdown. TXHASH and CHECKTXHASHVERIFY (TXHASH), put forward by Steven Roose and Brandon Black with a BIP number currently unassigned, is a “template based” covenant that can conceptually seen as an extension…

The cryptocurrency market capitalization holds firm around the $2.7 trillion mark on Friday. The US SEC pushed back its April 17 deadline on whether Grayscale can permit staking to its  Ethereum ETFs. Bitcoin price consolidates near $85,000, while XRP and Solana prices stalled below $2.10 and $135, respectively. Cryptocurrency markets continued to move sideways on…

Sign at the entrance to a Capital One bank branch in Manhattan. Erik Mcgregor | Lightrocket | Getty Images Capital One Financial’s application to acquire Discover Financial Services in a $35.3 billion all-stock deal has officially been approved by the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the regulators announced on Friday. “The Board…

Bitcoin’s 2025 journey hasn’t delivered the explosive bull market surge many expected. After peaking above $100,000, the 2025 Bitcoin price retraced sharply to as low as $75,000, sparking debate among investors and analysts about where we stand in the Bitcoin cycle. In this analysis, we cut through the noise, leveraging on-chain indicators and macro data…

Bitcoin is the first instantiation of digitally scarce capital—allowing companies to raise, deploy, and prove value faster than ever before. In legacy finance, capital formation is a slow, friction-filled process. A company raises funds, deploys them over months or years into infrastructure, products, or real estate—and only then begins the long wait to see whether…

Bitcoin price steadied this week, holding $84,000 support despite lingering macroeconomic uncertainty. Fed Chair Jerome Powell highlights the impact of larger-than-expected tariffs, high inflation risk, and slow economic growth. Gold upholds its bullish streak and hits new highs at $3,357 as investors sidestep Bitcoin as a safe-haven asset. BTC shows immense strength amid a developing…