Riot Platforms has reiterated its strategy has evolved to “maximizing the value of our megawatts,” rather than just mining Bitcoin, despite posting record revenues in Q3 on the back of a Bitcoin production surge. During a conference call following the release of the firm’s Q3 results on Wednesday, Riot Platform’s vice president of investor relations,…
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Coinbase boss Brian Armstrong shook up two prediction markets in the final seconds of Thursday’s third-quarter earnings call by dropping a list of crypto buzzwords that Kalshi and Polymarket users bet would be mentioned in the call, resolving all markets to a “yes.” Several Kalshi and Polymarket users were ecstatic that their bets paid off…
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Shares in Strategy have risen nearly 6% after hours as the Bitcoin treasury company reported a net income of $2.8 billion for its third quarter, down from the second quarter but still beating analyst expectations. Strategy on Thursday reported diluted earnings per share of $8.42 for the three months ending Sept. 30, beating Wall Street…
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that the US would suspend restrictions designed to limit access to Chinese companies buying technology that the US government considers sensitive. The eased restrictions were given in exchange for China agreeing to suspend its export controls on rare earth minerals used in electronics and military defense applications,…
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Bitcoin miner Core Scientific failed to win approval for a merger with AI infrastructure company CoreWeave during a shareholders meeting on Thursday. The final results of the preliminary vote will be disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Friday, according to Core Scientific’s announcement. CoreWeave finalized the $9 billion acquisition in July,…
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Many US senators are reportedly moving to advance a bill for crypto market structure rules amid a government shutdown with no end in sight. According to a Bloomberg report published on Thursday, several Republicans in the Senate, including those with leadership positions on key committees, plan to pass legislation on digital asset market structure by…
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Key points: Bitcoin charts suggest downside to $103,800 and a final flush below $100,000 as the most likely outcome in the short term. Investors are concerned that the CAPEX expansion by Big Tech companies for their AI infrastructure reflects a speculative-driven market. Bitcoin’s (BTC) end-of-month sell-off accelerated as the price dropped to $107,328 shortly after…
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Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy is calling out Binance.US, alleging the cryptocurrency exchange played a role in US President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. In a Tuesday X post, Murphy responded to a social media post by Binance.US announcing the launch of trading for USD1, the stablecoin tied to the Trump…
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Bitcoin (BTC) miners have raised $11 billion in convertible debt — corporate debt that is convertible to stocks — over the last year, amid a pivot into artificial intelligence data centers. Miners completed 18 convertible bond deals following the April 2024 Bitcoin halving that slashed the block reward by 50%, according to TheMinerMag. The average…
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The United Kingdom has opened the floodgates for crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to retail investors — a market that was previously limited to professional traders — sparking a price war among issuers vying for market share, according to the Financial Times. In a report published on Thursday, the FT said several Bitcoin ETN issuers have…
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