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The world of cryptocurrency is constantly evolving, and now, a familiar daily ritual is set to intersect with digital finance. Imagine grabbing your favorite latte and, right there, accessing your digital assets. This isn’t a distant future; it’s happening now! Nasdaq-listed coffee chain Reborn Coffee recently announced an exciting pilot program to install crypto ATMs in select Southern California stores, marking a significant step towards mainstream adoption. What Does This Mean for Everyday Crypto Access? Reborn Coffee, known for its commitment to innovation and high-quality coffee, is taking a bold leap into the digital asset space. Following an earlier announcement…

Ethereum traded between $4,298 and $4,335 over the past hour as the broader market contends with signs of exhaustion near key resistance levels. With a market capitalization of $519 billion and a 24-hour global trade volume of $41.92 billion, ethereum continues to dominate intraday liquidity, fluctuating between $4,239 and $4,563 in the last 24 hours. Ethereum On the daily chart, ethereum remains within a long-term uptrend, but recent price action reveals a short-term bearish correction. After surging from approximately $2,932 to a peak near $4,795, the price has since retreated, forming lower highs and closing below previous levels. Increased selling…

A coalition of 112 crypto companies, investors and advocacy groups has called on the US Senate to include protections for software developers and non-custodial service providers in upcoming market structure legislation. In a letter sent Wednesday to the Senate Banking and Agriculture Committees, the industry spoke “with one voice,” urging lawmakers to ensure developers and non-custodial actors are not misclassified as intermediaries under outdated financial rules. “Provide robust, nationwide protections for software developers and non-custodial service providers in market structure legislation,” the letter said. “Without such protections, we cannot support a market structure bill.” The signatories include Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple,…

Richard Teng, the CEO of Binance exchange, has praised users on the platform for their engagement and contribution to building the ecosystem. His appreciation was contained in a post on X to celebrate Binance hitting the 280-million-user milestone. Binance growth driven by user adoption, community feedback Teng emphasized that Binance was beyond being just an exchange for cryptocurrency transactions. He said it is users’ adoption that makes the exchange a force to be reckoned with in the industry. He explained that each user has their own stories and reasons for using the exchange, and Binance acknowledges them. 280M users |…

Ethereum is entering a decisive week as traders brace for heightened volatility and shifting market dynamics. With a current price of around $4,267 and a market capitalization of over $515 billion as of press time, cryptocurrency has witnessed a sharp 6.5% downward correction in the last 24 hours. Despite its strong performance earlier this year, pressure from liquidations and global economic events is casting uncertainty on its immediate trajectory. A $5 Billion Liquidation Wall The latest data revealed that Ethereum liquidations have neared $5 billion, with significant clusters concentrated at $3,940 and further down around $2,150. This positioning exposes the…

This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. The decentralized wireless company Helium is planning to funnel 100% of Helium mobile subscriber revenues to HNT token burns, co-founder and CEO Amir Haleem tweeted yesterday. It’s not clear if Helium plans to buy HNT on the open market or simply burn tokens from its treasury, but the initiative is going into effect “this week, barring any weird logistics,” he said. In any case, that’s an estimated $2.3 million in monthly gross revenues offchain that otherwise would have gone to Helium’s parent company, Nova Labs, now being…

The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Wednesday against a web of North Korean, Russian, and Chinese individuals and companies for their alleged role in stealing cryptocurrency from American businesses by posing as IT workers. The sanctions provide some insight into North Korea’s sophisticated, globe-spanning IT worker operation, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for the pariah state over the last several years. The operation has placed spies posing as remote workers within foreign companies and used them to eventually rob the companies of cryptocurrency from the inside.  Similar schemes have also involved gaining access to such companies…

Pi Network community excited as Coinbase listing rumors heat up, fueled by Pi Barter Mall. Speculation grows after Coinbase’s Paul Grewal teased Pi logo on Pi Day celebration photos. Pi Network targets September 2025 mainnet launch, aiming to fix transparency and technical issues. The Pi Network community is buzzing with excitement after a 2021 Pi Network hackathon winner, Pi Barter Mall, stated in a tweet post that the Pi token could soon be listed on Coinbase, one of the biggest crypto exchanges in the world. Meanwhile, Pi Coin is still struggling to recover from its recent drop, trading close to…

While talks of a new ATH for Ethereum (ETH) have begun and are only one step away, data from the US has upset the bullish picture. Ethereum, which rose to $4,780, fell to $4,280 with an unexpected sharp decline. While this decline wiped out billions of dollars worth of long positions, analysts believe the danger in ETH is not over yet. At this point, Mechanism Capital founder Andrew Kang predicted that long position liquidations could reach up to $5 billion if the Ethereum price continues to fall. Sharing from his X account, Kang stated that long liquidations in Ethereum could…

Bitcoin aside, the best investment in crypto is its “picks and shovels,” according to the CEO of $1.6 trillion asset manager Franklin Templeton.Jenny Johnson, the third-generation leader of the manager, spoke at the SALT conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Tuesday, doubling down on what in her opinion will be the biggest use cases of blockchain technology and where investors should put their money. In her view, bitcoin functions as a “fear currency” — a financial refuge for people in countries where governments can block access to funds or where national currencies lose value over time. But despite its appeal…