CRYPTO
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Wyoming Senator Revives Crypto Tax Exemption Debate
Cynthia Lummis, one of Wyoming’s two US senators, who announced plans to leave the chamber in 2027, has revived a push for a de minimis tax exclusion on small cryptocurrencies transactions as the Senate debates a digital asset market structure bill. In a CNBC interview on Wednesday, Lummis said that the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee…
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Pakistan’s Parliament Green Lights The Virtual Assets Act
Pakistan’s parliament passed the Virtual Assets Act, 2026 on Wednesday, cementing the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA), a government agency, as the country’s digital asset regulator. The framework gives PVARA, established in July 2025, the authority to enforce licensing requirements and oversight over digital asset service providers, according to an announcement from the regulator. PVARA is also tasked with…
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Ether Exchange Supply Falls To 6-Year Low on Binance
The balance of Ether (ETH) held on exchanges has slid to a multi-year low, with more than 31 million ETH leaving centralized exchanges in February, marking the largest monthly withdrawal since November. While the ETH price remained near $2,000, derivatives data show a split between small buyers and larger sellers, raising the question of how the price may respond if…
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Buying Bitcoin? Hold BTC for at Least Three Years to Avoid Losses
Bitcoin (BTC) rewards investors the most who hold it for at least three years, according to data shared by André Dragosch, head of research at Bitwise Europe. Key takeaways: Holding BTC for at least three years has historically slashed losses to just 0.70%. Bitcoin price predictions for 2026–2027 cluster around $100,000–$150,000 in bullish scenarios. Long-term Bitcoin holders rarely lose A…
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Hut 8 Posts Q4 Loss, Signs $7B AI Data Center Lease
Hut 8 (HUT) reported a fourth-quarter net loss Wednesday of $279.7 million, from income of $152.2 million a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was $88.5 million, compared with $31.7 million in the same period a year earlier. In its earnings report released Wednesday, Hut 8 said compute revenue for the three-month period totaled $81.9 million, up from $19.2…
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Bitcoin May Rebound to $85K as CME ‘Smart Money’ Slashes Short Bets
Bitcoin (BTC) bottomed after CME futures speculators turned net bullish in April 2025. A similar positioning shift is resurfacing in 2026, raising the odds of a BTC price recovery in the coming weeks. Key takeaways: BTC futures, technicals hint at $85,000 price target Non-commercial Bitcoin futures traders cut their net position to about -1,600 contracts from roughly +1,000 a month…
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Bitcoin Holders Defend Range As $55K Floor Looms: Glassnode
Bitcoin’s (BTC) market structure shifted into a corrective phase after losing a key onchain valuation level in late January. Glassnode data shows that BTC’s price is compressing within a 2024-era demand zone as liquidity conditions soften. At the same time, BTC’s supply is steadily shifting into long-term, retail-linked wallets while exchange activity has cooled. This mix of technical and onchain…
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Bitcoin ‘Fakeouts And Shakeouts’ Liquidate Traders This US Bank Holiday
Bitcoin round tripped gains after a spike to $70,000 as liquidity traps began to characterize BTC price action on the US bank holiday. Bitcoin (BTC) took out long and short positions during Monday as low-volume trading sparked short-term volatility. Key points: Bitcoin sees low-time frame manipulation clear both longs and shorts on the US bank holiday. BTC price action offers…
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Anchorage Enables SOL Borrowing Without Moving Custody
Anchorage Digital has partnered with Kamino and Solana Company to roll out a structure that allows institutions to borrow against staked Solana without moving assets out of regulated custody, potentially addressing a key friction between traditional finance and decentralized lending markets. In a Friday announcement, Anchorage said the initiative expands its Atlas collateral management platform by integrating with Kamino, a…
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UK Central Bank to Launch Onchain Settlement Infrastructure Pilot
The Bank of England has launched a new industry experimentation initiative to explore how tokenized assets could be settled using synchronized, atomic settlement in British pounds sterling as part of efforts to modernize the UK’s real-time gross settlement (RTGS) infrastructure. The Synchronisation Lab initiative will allow 18 selected companies to test delivery-versus-payment and payment-versus-payment settlement between the BoE’s next-generation RTGS core ledger,…
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