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Bitcoin price started a decent increase above the $68,800 zone. $BTC is trimming gains and might revisit the $67,500 support zone. Bitcoin gained pace for a move above the $68,500 and $68,800 levels. The price is trading above $68,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $67,500 on the hourly chart of the $BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might extend losses if it stays below the $69,250 and $69,500 levels. Bitcoin Price Trims Gains Bitcoin price managed to climb higher above the $68,000 resistance zone. $BTC gained…

Grayscale Investments and Bitmine have collectively staked almost $500 million over the past 24 hours, according to on-chain data from Arkham Intelligence. Grayscale staked another 102,400 Ether worth about $237 million. The deposit was executed in 32 separate transactions from Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust wallet to Coinbase Prime. The leading digital asset fund manager activated staking for its Ethereum products, including Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF (ETHE) and Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF ($ETH) on October 2025 and has since accumulated nearly $38 million in net staking rewards, per its data. Grayscale CEO Peter Mintzberg said the firm’s low-cost Ethereum fund ranked…

U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) is working with Fannie Mae-approved mortgage firm Better Home & Finance Holding Co. (BETR), to enable crypto holders to use their digital assets as down payment collateral when buying a home. The mortgage is structured as a conforming loan backed by Fannie Mae, meaning it carries the same protections and standards as traditional mortgages, according to a press release on Thursday. Borrowers pledge bitcoin $BTC$70,046.42 or the $USDC stablecoin as collateral to fund their down payment, allowing them to keep their assets intact and avoid creating a taxable event by spending them. In the case…

Arizona’s Senate Bill 1649, introduced during the 2026 Second Regular Session, proposes creating a formal state-level digital asset reserve fund that explicitly names the Internet Computer Protocol ($ICP) as an approved asset, alongside Bitcoin and $XRP. The bill has already cleared the House Rules Committee with a unanimous 8-0 vote and now awaits a full House vote before it can move to the governor’s desk. What Does Arizona Senate Bill 1649 Actually Propose? The bill establishes a Digital Assets Strategic Reserve Fund administered by the Arizona State Treasurer. Rather than auctioning off seized or surrendered crypto, the fund would hold…

Carmine Agnello, the mob boss John Gotti’s grandson, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for defrauding the U.S. government’s Covid relief funding system out of $1.1 million, proceeds which he used to invest in crypto, the Department of Justice said. In a statement released Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Eastern District of New York office said Agnello fraudulently obtained multiple disaster relief loans from the government’s Small Business Administration (SBA) and used the funds in cryptocurrency investments. Gotti’s grandson “diverted [the proceeds] for his personal use, including by investing approximately $420,000 in a cryptocurrency business,” the attorney’s office said. The…

A dormant Ethereum whale from the 2014 Initial Coin Offering (ICO) has moved another $23.2 million in $ETH to an exchange. This action has reignited market fears of a large-scale sell-off. On-chain data shows the address transferred 10,000 $ETH to a multisig wallet. That wallet then sent the funds to the OKX exchange. $ETH ICO Whale Activity Raises Sell-Off Concerns Blockchain monitoring service ai_9684xtpa first flagged the transaction. The address, known as an $ETH ICO $1 million investor whale, moved the funds after about a week of inactivity. The receiving address, 0x26c…B9392, has now deposited a total of 12,001 $ETH…

Digital assets are making their way into the US housing market as mortgage giant Fannie Mae prepares to accept Bitcoin and other crypto holdings as part of down payments, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The move allows crypto holders to use assets like Bitcoin directly when buying a home through Fannie Mae-backed mortgages. Instead of selling their crypto for US dollars, they can pledge it as part of the down payment, making it easier to access traditional housing finance. The program is being rolled out with Coinbase and Better Home & Finance. The change comes after the US Federal…

Stablecoin issuer Circle has attracted attention with its large-scale minting operation on the Solana network. According to data, the company produced approximately 3.25 billion USD Coins ($USDC) in the last seven days, reaching its highest weekly minting level in 2026. According to information shared by the blockchain data platform SolanaFloor, this increase indicates both rising interest in the Solana ecosystem and a significant growth in stablecoin demand. Experts note that this rapid increase in $USDC supply is generally considered an indicator of new liquidity inflow into the market. The Solana network, in particular, has recently gained prominence due to its…

In brief Mississippi College School of Law now requires all first-year students to take an AI course. The move follows courtroom incidents involving faulty AI-generated legal work. Students are building prototype tools aimed at tasks like jury analysis and legal drafting. Mississippi College School of Law now requires all first-year students to complete a course on artificial intelligence, according to a report by Mississippi Today. The Jackson-based college is one of the first law schools to mandate AI instruction for all students. The requirement comes as courts confront both the potential benefits and the risks of using AI tools in…

There is no credible evidence that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) created Bitcoin, and comparisons between Bitcoin’s white paper and a 1996 NSA paper on electronic cash are extremely misleading at best. No Smoking Gun: The NSA’s 1996 Paper Is Not Bitcoin, and It’s Not Even Close Conspiracy theories flourish in the absence of facts, and among the most persistent in the cryptocurrency community is the claim that Bitcoin was created by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). This theory hinges on the existence of a 1996 research paper titled “How to Make a Mint: The Cryptography of Anonymous…