The institution announced that this measure targets the country’s shadow economy, which accounted for nearly 41% of its GDP by 2015. The Bank of Thailand is already applying the proposed checks on large cash transactions and on gold bullion movements, reducing volumes considerably. Bank of Thailand Targets Stablecoins Transactions in Gray Economy Crackdown The Bank […]
Combating Illicit Flows: Thailand Implements Strict New Checks on High-Volume Stablecoin Trades
A hobbyist running a single Bitaxe device just won Bitcoin’s biggest lottery. On July 9, 2026, at approximately 03:30 UTC, a solo miner using a palm-sized Bitaxe device mined block 957382 through Public Pool, claiming the full 3.1382 BTC block reward. That includes the 3.125 BTC subsidy plus roughly 0.0132 BTC in transaction fees, worth […]
Bitcoin’s Lottery Jackpot: Solo Home Miner Wins $200,000 With a $150 Mining Device
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Analysts are not yet ready to call it a recovery in institutional demand for Bitcoin.
Bitcoin ETFs draw $197M, snap 8-week outflow streak
Ripple nearly shut down after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the company, with CEO Brad Garlinghouse considering whether to end operations, distribute XRP holdings to shareholders, and close the business. Ripple Considered Closing After SEC Lawsuit Put Company at Risk Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse revealed that the company considered shutting down after […]
Ripple Almost Shut Down and Distributed XRP After SEC Lawsuit, CEO Reveals
Campbell Harvey, a Duke University finance professor, says an attack on Bitcoin that once looked economically self-defeating may now be financially viable because deep derivatives markets could let an attacker profit from the resulting price collapse. Harvey outlined the argument on Scott Melker’s “The Wolf of All Streets” podcast, describing a theoretical operation in which […]
$8 Billion Bitcoin Attack Could Become Profitable Through Derivatives, Duke Professor Says
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Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor says bitcoin could evolve into a global digital capital asset by 2036, becoming a foundation for reserve capital, institutional collateral, and high-value settlement while powering a new generation of financial products built on a stable base protocol. Saylor Sees Major Changes Coming by 2036 Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman
Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Predictions: How BTC Could Become a Global Digital Capital Asset by 2036
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Robinhood L2 sparks ETH optimism, Saylor 'muddies waters.' Hodler's Digest, July 5-12, 2026
Grayscale identified XRP as a “global payments” asset, placing the crypto token among digital assets the firm associates with specific financial and technological functions. Grayscale Places XRP at the Center of the Global Payments Narrative Crypto asset manager Grayscale highlighted XRP’s role in global payments as part of a framework that categorizes digital assets by […]
Grayscale Places XRP at the Center of the Global Payments Narrative
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Saylor stressed that the real danger of this action is invalidating currently valid transactions, even as they pay mining fees. He has stressed that spam is not currently a problem for the Bitcoin network. Michael Saylor Labels BIP-110 As ‘Dangerous’ As the activation of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal-110 (BIP-110), a so-called anti-spam fork for Bitcoin, looms, […]