Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s funding rate briefly turned negative in late June, historically a signal for upcoming rallies. A large concentration of short liquidations near $111,320 could fuel a short squeeze. BTC has broken out of a bull flag, targeting $117,500, new research suggests. Bitcoin (BTC) future’s perpetual funding rate dipped into negative territory in late…
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Key takeaways: Bitcoin price taps $110,000, but low spot buying demand suggests the upside could be limited. High retail FOMO and a near-overbought RSI signal a potential BTC price correction. Bitcoin (BTC) price has formed a series of lower highs and lower lows in the 1-hour time frame since reaching a three-week high of $110,300…
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Key takeaways ChatGPT is ideal for comparing protocols, understanding trends and filtering out noise for research-based decisions. X provides real-time sentiment and early signals, making it useful for catching trending narratives before they hit mainstream news. Each tool has risks: ChatGPT can be outdated without live data, while X carries high noise and misinformation risk.…
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Peter Märkl, general counsel at Swiss crypto exchange Bitcoin Suisse, said the European Union and Switzerland lack clarity in their respective stablecoin regulatory frameworks. Märkl told Cointelegraph on the sidelines of the German Blockchain Week that “there’s a lot to be done” when it comes to the classification and the rules applying to stablecoins under…
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More than 40 fake extensions for the popular web browser Mozilla Firefox have been linked to an ongoing malware campaign to steal cryptocurrencies, according to a report published Wednesday by cybersecurity firm Koi Security. The large-scale phishing operation reportedly deploys extensions impersonating wallet tools such as Coinbase, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Phantom, Exodus, OKX, MyMonero, Bitget…
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USDC, the second-largest stablecoin by market capitalization, has been losing market share against its main rival, Tether’s USDt, on the major payment platform BitPay in 2025. After dominating stablecoin transactions on BitPay in 2024, Circle’s USDC (USDC) saw its transaction share plummet against Tether’s USDt (USDT), according to BitPay data shared with Cointelegraph. In January…
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US federal prosecutors seized $40,300 in cryptocurrency recovered from an email scam that impersonated the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, according to a complaint filed by US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. The scheme tricked a donor into sending $250,300 worth of USDt (USDT) stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain to scammers posing as committee officials, the Department of…
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An industry trade group is urging the US securities regulator to reject a wave of relief requests from crypto companies seeking to offer tokenized stocks. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), which consists of securities issuers and finance firms, said in a letter on Monday that it has a “significant concern” about reports…
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The US Justice Department has launched a probe into a former ransomware negotiator, accused of striking deals with hackers to take a cut of the crypto used to pay the extortionists. In a statement to Cointelegraph, DigitalMint President Marc Grens confirmed that one of the firm’s former employees is the target of an ongoing criminal…
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Bitcoin could climb to $116,000 by the end of this month as three macroeconomic factors turn favorable for the asset, according to a crypto analyst. “I think $116,000 is possible,” 10x Research head of research Markus Thielen told Cointelegraph after highlighting three macro factors that could help bolster Bitcoin’s (BTC) price this month in a…
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