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EverGen secures a $13m Farm Credit Canada loan and extends its private placement to refinance debt, fund working capital, and support its RNG growth strategy into 2026. Summary EverGen’s Fraser Valley Biogas unit locked in a $13m term loan plus a $250k operating line with Farm Credit Canada, pending closing conditions.​ The company is extending its second-tranche, non-brokered private placement to raise up to $2m after a $5m first tranche in May 2025.​ Proceeds will be used to repay corporate debt, strengthen liquidity, and back EverGen’s RNG platform and North American expansion plans. EverGen Infrastructure Corp. announced progress on debt…

France’s government may consider restricting the use of VPNs as part of efforts to keep children 15 years old and younger off social media, according to Digital Affairs minister Anne Le Hénanff. Virtual private networks, or VPNs, are services that provide an encrypted connection to the internet, shielding your internet protocol (IP) address from prying eyes. Speaking in an interview with Franceinfo, Hénanff said that the social media ban for under-15s was “only the beginning” and that there are other measures they could consider, including restrictions on VPNs. “VPNs, I’m not naive, we know the digital environment in which we’re…

Bitcoin briefly slid to $72,863 on Bitstamp on Tuesday, but publicly traded mining stocks managed to post mixed-to-positive daily performances even as U.S. stock indexes closed firmly in the red. Bitcoin Miners Defy Red Screens Amid Geopolitical Jitters Bitcoin’s dip followed a risk-off jolt after Reuters reported the U.S. shot down an Iranian drone approaching an aircraft carrier, unsettling global markets. While stocks like Strategy (MSTR) and Coinbase (COIN) weakened alongside the move, bitcoin steadied near the $76,000 level by press time, helping miners avoid deeper damage. Among the top miners by market capitalization, according to bitcoinminingstock.io stats, IREN Limited…

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the largest Ethereum-focused treasury firm, continued its weekly ether $ETH$2,276.43 purchase streak even as a sharp crypto sell-off deepened its unrealized losses and sent its stock to new 7-month lows. The firm said in a Monday update that it bought 41,788 $ETH last week, its largest weekly token haul so far this year, worth around $96 million at current prices. The purchase lifted BitMine’s total $ETH holdings to 4,285,125 tokens, or about 3.55% of Ethereum’s circulating supply, according to a company update released Monday. The firm also holds 193 bitcoin BTC$77,528.46, $586 million in cash, a…

US President Donald Trump signed the budget bill that ended the partial government shutdown that began over the weekend. Thus, the first government shutdown of 2026 was resolved quickly. Unlike last year’s record-breaking 43-day shutdown, this time the process moved quite quickly. The bill passed by Congress, which provides for the reopening of the government, was sent to President Trump’s desk. With Trump’s signature, the process for federal agencies to resume full-capacity operations was initiated. The approved regulation provides funding for most of the federal government until September 30, while the Department of Homeland Security’s budget has been temporarily extended…

Bitcoin BTC$76,073.52 mining stocks kicked off 2026 on a strong note, buoyed by falling network competition and fresh enthusiasm around high-performance computing (HPC), Wall Street bank JPMorgan said in the Monday report. The bank noted that the 14 U.S.-listed bitcoin miners and data center operators it tracks ended last month with a combined market capitalization of $60 billion, up 23% month over month, far outpacing the S&P 500’s 1% gain. The rally was helped in part by news that Riot Platforms signed a HPC agreement with AMD at its 700-megawatt Rockdale facility, underscoring miners’ push to diversify beyond bitcoin. Facing…

It was a Friday night bombshell that nobody saw coming. Three days before his second inauguration last January, President Donald Trump’s social media accounts lit up with news of the launch of Official Trump ($TRUMP), a Solana-based meme coin bearing his name and political brand. The token jumped to a $10 billion market cap within hours, reaching a peak of $73 and sending degen traders into a frenzy, triggering more than 8 million requests per minute that overwhelmed Phantom Wallet’s infrastructure. A year on, and the $TRUMP token is trading just below $5, down about 93% from its all-time high,…

The US-based crypto exchange Coinbase is facing new legal scrutiny from Nevada regulators, who argue it is providing illegal sports betting services. The case is adding to the pressure from state authorities, which say that crypto prediction markets resemble gambling, even though they are allowed at the federal level. Regulators say the company offered contracts linked to sports events that amount to illegal betting under Nevada law. The Gaming Control Board is requesting that a court grant both a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against the business. If successful, the orders would prevent Coinbase from operating any derivatives…

Vitalik Buterin sold 211.84 Ethereum ($ETH) approximately 20 minutes ago, earning 500,000 USD Coin ($USDC). According to on-chain data, Buterin later transferred the 500,000 $USDC he earned from the sale to Kanro’s address. The transaction was completed at approximately $2,374 at current prices. The total amount sold was 211.84 $ETH, while half a million dollars worth of $USDC was received in return. The timing of the transfer and the destination address were interpreted as suggesting that the transaction may have been for donation or funding purposes. According to Arkham data, Vitalik Buterin holds over $578.8 million worth of crypto assets…

First, markets were talking about quantum computing, and then one of Wall Street’s top strategists stopped trusting Bitcoin. Now, a new argument is emerging that even aliens could trigger chaos in financial markets, and Bitcoin may be caught in the middle. Helen McCaw, a former senior analyst at the Bank of England (BoE), is warning that official confirmation of extraterrestrial life could trigger financial chaos unlike anything modern markets have seen. Ex-Bank of England Analyst Warns of Financial Chaos if Aliens Are Confirmed In her view, Bitcoin ($BTC) may emerge as a last-resort refuge, even as traditional institutions crumble. McCaw,…