MARA Holdings Chief Executive Fred Thiel says electricity used to support artificial intelligence data centers can generate far more revenue than the same power consumed by Bitcoin mining, highlighting the economic pressure pushing miners toward high-performance computing. Thiel said AI facilities produce significantly more revenue per unit of electricity than Bitcoin mines. The comparison is
Two numbers in CoinGecko’s newly published Q2 2026 Crypto Industry Report appear to tell completely different stories about USDC. On one hand, Circle’s stablecoin captured an all-time high 12.5% share of total cryptocurrency trading volume during the quarter, surpassing its previous record of 11% set in the fourth quarter of 2023. On the other, USDC
Bitcoin slipped toward $63,000 on Tuesday, handing back most of its late-July rally as the market derisked ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday. At press time, BTC is trading around $63,458, down about 0.4% on the day and 2.7% on the week, with the Crypto Fear & Greed Index sitting at 29, squarely
What Would ASEAN Crypto Passporting Change? Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has backed a regional passporting system that would allow cryptocurrency companies licensed in one ASEAN country to enter other member states through a simplified approval process. Speaking Tuesday during the “One ASEAN, One Digital Economy” fireside chat at the ASEAN Tech Summit Manila 2026,
Spending digital assets comes with an uncomfortable choice: you have to sell part of your portfolio first. On one hand, selling means giving up exposure to an asset you expect to appreciate. For long-term holders, especially Bitcoin investors, that’s often a difficult decision. The other side is all about taxing. In many countries, selling crypto
Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance utilizes an internal ethical hacking unit, known as its “red team,” to conduct mandatory monthly phishing simulation attacks against its global workforce. The initiative is designed to continuously measure and improve the operational security hygiene of company personnel in response to increasingly sophisticated social engineering threats. As the operator of the
Of 113 major crypto tokens launched since 2024, only eight still trade above their launch price, according to data from CryptoRank dated 21 July. The other 105 are underwater, and the median return across the whole group is -95.7%. The figure cuts against a week of headlines celebrating survivors like Hyperliquid, up more than 1,500%
What Happened To Garden Finance? Garden Finance temporarily took its app offline after an attacker compromised the off-chain database of an independent solver and inserted fraudulent transaction records, causing the solver to release funds for swaps that had not been funded by the counterparty. Blockchain security firm Blockaid initially estimated that about $450,000 in USDT
What Did Brazilian Police Uncover? Brazilian authorities have dismantled an alleged international drug trafficking organization suspected of moving about 6.5 metric tons of cocaine and laundering billions of reais through a network that included crypto-enabled illicit money brokers. Federal and state law enforcement officers arrested nine people last week as part of the operation. Authorities
Why Has SATA Recovered From Its June Selloff? Strive’s SATA preferred shares have recovered most of their late-June decline, rising from a low of $83.30 to about $97 and returning to within roughly 3% of their $100 par value. The rebound is important because SATA was designed to trade close to par rather than behave