Bitcoin mining company IREN (IREN) has signed a multi-year GPU cloud services contract with Microsoft, highlighting the growing integration between traditional mining infrastructure and the expanding demands of Big Tech for AI computing power.
The five-year agreement, valued at $9.7 billion, will p

Key Takeaways:
Dash’s technical setup mirrors Zcash’s pre-breakout structure, implying a potential for a multi-hundred percent rally.
Failure to break out could trigger a correction toward $69 or even the $14–$16 range.
Dash (DASH) has emerged as one of the top performers in the crypto market, r

Michael Saylor’s Strategy has added another 397 Bitcoin worth about $45.6 million, but the firm’s buying pace continues to slow compared to its pre-October accumulation streak.
Strategy acquired 397 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $45.6 million last week at an average price of $114,771 per coin, according to a

Opinion by: Robin Nordnes, co-founder and CEO of Raiku
Many decentralized finance (DeFi) diehards assume that the future of institutional adoption will be driven by sparkly, sky-high yields. The reality is that the mainstream will be most impressed with consistency and reliability.
DeFi opened the

Key takeaways
XRP ETF talk has moved from Crypto Twitter to Wall Street trading desks.
Analysts say the first few months of inflows could top $1 billion.
SEC rule changes have streamlined spot crypto fund listings.
Approval isn’t guaranteed, but momentum is building fast.
Talk of a spot XRP (

Animoca Brands, a major venture capital investor in the cryptocurrency industry, is planning a Nasdaq listing next year via reverse merger with the AI-focused public fintech company Currenc Group.
Currenc has entered a non-binding term

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Lawmakers in France have voted to advance an amendment to the country’s tax laws that would impose levies on “unproductive wealth,” including some types of property and crypto holdings.
Centrist MP Jean-Paul Matteï filed the amendment on Oct. 22, with members of the National Assembly, the country’s

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is seeking to grow the tokenization ecosystem as part of its four-pronged growth strategy for its fintech sector over the next five years
In a statement on Wednesday during Hong Kong Fintech Week, HKMA said its Fintech 2030 strategy will focus “on four strat

Denmark, which holds the European Council presidency, has reportedly withdrawn the proposal that would have forced platforms like Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal to allow authorities to screen messages before they’re encrypted and sent
The proposed legislation, known as the Chat Control law, was