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The exchange announced it will adjust the asset structure of its Secure Asset Fund for Users, known as SAFU, by gradually converting its original one billion dollars in stablecoin reserves into Bitcoin. The conversion will be completed within 30 days from the announcement date. SAFU is Binance’s emergency insurance fund. It exists to protect users if the exchange suffers a security breach or unexpected loss. Binance launched the fund in 2018 and committed to keeping its value at around one billion dollars. Now, instead of holding that value mainly in stablecoins, Binance is tying SAFU more closely to Bitcoin. Why…

The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday that will fund most of the government through the end of September.Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have approved a bill that will mostly reopen the government after a four-day partial shutdown.In a Tuesday House vote of 217 to 214 in favor of the bill, the chamber approved a roughly $1.2 trillion package already passed by the Senate that will ​​fund most of the US government through Sept. 30. The measure passed with some support from Democrats, many of whom were opposed to provisions within the bill over immigration…

Art Basel’s first edition in Doha opened this week with a noticeably different rhythm from the fair’s established outposts in Basel, Paris, Hong Kong, or Miami Beach. The Qatari fair’s format focused on fewer galleries, solo presentations, and a layout that encourages visitors to move slowly. The change was significant and widely praised on the floor by dealers and visitors. Disparate booths were suddenly in conversation with each other yet there was room for both the art, and the visitors, to breathe deeply. Sales, however, were more selective. Many dealers described the opening days less as a rush to transact…

Ethereum’s price crash continued its strong downward trend this week, reaching its lowest level since June 23 as the crypto market dive accelerated. Summary Ethereum price continued its strong downward trend this week. The network’s transactions and active users have soared in the last 30 days. Technical analysis suggests that ETH price has more downside to go in the near term. Ethereum (ETH) token dropped to a low of $2,180, down by over 54% from its highest level since August last year. This retreat has brought its market value to over $274 billion. Ethereum has crashed despite the ongoing network…

Crypto’s Tuesday has turned from bad to worse as a broader sell-off in the tech sector and financials is unfolding.Bitcoin BTC$78,937.14 has fallen back 5% to $75,000 in the early U.S. afternoon hours, only a few hundred dollars above its low from last weekend. Ethereum’s ether ETH$2,325.24 has dropped 6.5% to near $2,200, while Solana SOL$104.79 slipped below $100, down 5.5%.Shopify (SHOP), Adobe (ADBE), Salesforce (CRM), Intuit (INTU) were just a few names of the broader tumbled 7%-12% during the session. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF (IGV) declined 5% today. The thematic fund has now lost 14% in just a…

The cryptocurrency market of early 2026 is defined by a renewed focus on building lasting infrastructure. After years of hype cycles driven by short-lived meme coins and unstable speculation, investors have shifted their attention toward projects that promise scalability, efficiency, and genuine real-world use. The prevailing narrative now centers on “fat protocol” investments, where Layer 1 blockchains take center stage as the foundation for long-term growth. The race is no longer about quick profits but about discovering the next Solana or Kaspa that can shape the future of decentralized systems. Within this evolving environment, a major turning point arrived yesterday.…

During Devconnect Buenos Aires, the Ethereum Foundation and Secureum TrustX brought together Ethereum security practitioners for Trillion Dollar Security Day, a focused event exploring what it would take to securely support a trillion-dollar Ethereum economy. The event brought together around eighty participants from across the Ethereum Security Ecosystem—spanning Infrastructure, Interoperability, Layer 1 & 2, Onchain, Offchain, Privacy, and Wallets—to assess the current security landscape, surface shared challenges, and identify concrete next steps across the stack. The discussions and outputs from this event contribute to the Ethereum Foundation’s ongoing One Trillion Dollar Security (1TS) initiative. Why a Trillion Dollar Security Day?…

VistaShares has launched BTYB, an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) listed on the New York Stock Exchange that allocates most of its assets to US Treasurys while using options strategies to provide weekly income and Bitcoin-linked price exposure.According to the Tuesday announcement, the fund allocates about 80% of its portfolio to US Treasury securities and related instruments, with the remaining 20% tied to Bitcoin (BTC) price movements through a synthetic covered call strategy. Holdings data shows the fund’s Bitcoin-linked exposure comes from call options on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT).In this particular context, a synthetic covered call strategy uses derivatives…

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Bitcoin (BTC) returned to range-bound moves on Tuesday as gold returned near the key $5,000 mark.Key points:Bitcoin trades sideways as gold and silver attempt to reclaim prior losses.Analysis remains split over how the Bitcoin versus gold relationship will play out next.Bitwise CIO says that the latest “crypto winter” is closer to over.$80,000 Bitcoin price stays out of reachData from TradingView showed BTC price action shying away from a retest of $80,000, now functioning as resistance. BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewBTC/USD displayed familiar indecisiveness on the day, again putting it in contrast to precious metals, which were actively attempting to recoup…