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Financial Times (FT) reports that Brandon Lutnick is in late-stage talks with Blockstream founder Adam Back on a roughly $4 billion deal to acquire bitcoin using a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Unnamed Sources Tell FT $4B Bitcoin SPAC Deal in Works Between Lutnick, Adam Back Cantor Equity Partners 1, a SPAC backed by Cantor […]

Twelve House Republicans blocked a key procedural vote Tuesday, stalling Pentagon funding and cryptocurrency legislation. The Hill reported that the House’s vote to begin debate on the fiscal 2026 Pentagon funding bill—along with three crypto-related measures—fell flat on Tuesday, blocked by a 196-223 tally. The trio of blocked proposals included the GENIUS Act to shape […]

Sequans Communications has acquired 683 BTC, bringing its total holdings to 1,053 BTC worth approximately $120 million. The move reinforces the company’s commitment to bitcoin as a core treasury asset. Semiconductor Firm Sequans Deepens Bitcoin Strategy With 683 BTC Buy Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS), a leader in cellular IoT semiconductor technology, has deepened its […]

Tether’s USDT0 stablecoin is now operational on the Rootstock Bitcoin sidechain. Rootstock Integrates Tether’s Omnichain USDT0 The integration makes the omnichain version of USDT accessible natively on Rootstock through Layerzero’s OFT standard. Rootstock combines Bitcoin’s proof-of-work (PoW) security via merged mining with Ethereum Virtual Machine compatibility. Rootstock’s infrastructure includes the PowPeg two-way Bitcoin bridge, block […]

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) clocked their eighth straight day of inflows with $297.40 million, led by a hefty push from Blackrock’s IBIT. Ether ETFs continued their hot streak as well, pulling in $259.04 million in fresh capital. ETF Rally Continues: Bitcoin and Ether Funds Add Over Half a Billion in One Day Momentum in crypto […]

U.S. authorities have closed investigations into crypto-betting platform Polymarket, signaling a regulatory shift under the Trump administration. Bloomberg reports that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) formally notified Polymarket this month that their probes into the prediction market are ending. The investigations, which intensified late in the Biden administration, […]