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In brief Zcash (ZEC) surged over the past week to its highest level since April 2022, leading a sector-wide rally for privacy coins including Railgun and Dash. The rally comes as concerns mount over financial surveillance and sanctions, with investors seeking assets that offer greater privacy and protection from capital freezes amid geopolitical uncertainty. Analysts say the sector’s long-term momentum depends on whether regulators extend banking secrecy principles to cryptocurrency assets. Zcash (ZEC) has climbed 48% over the past week, leading a sector-wide privacy coin rally as investors pile into privacy-focused assets amid mounting surveillance concerns.The surge pushed Zcash to…

Luxembourg is officially joining the ranks of governments investing in Bitcoin.  The country’s Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSIL) will allocate 1% of its total portfolio — over €7 million — to Bitcoin and other crypto, Finance Minister Gilles Roth announced Wednesday during his 2026 budget presentation in the Chamber of Deputies. “This is really great news for crypto-assets because this is the first investment of a public fund in bitcoin in Luxembourg,” said CSV lawmaker Laurent Mosar following the announcement. The move positions Luxembourg as the first Eurozone nation to allocate sovereign wealth into Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, marking a significant…

After an impressive rally that propelled Bitcoin (BTC) to new heights above $126,000, the cryptocurrency market is now facing a wave of uncertainty. Major cryptocurrencies, including BTC, have seen a retracement to critical support levels, leaving many investors questioning the market’s direction.  Bitcoin And Ethereum Prices Projected To Skyrocket Market expert Ash Crypto recently shared insights on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), suggesting that this pullback serves to liquidate bullish positions, particularly among retail investors. He predicts a potential rebound in mid-October, expressing optimism that the market will rally significantly by the end of the month. Related Reading According…

Bitcoin’s BTC$121,533.02 price swoon is marked by a veteran trader placing a bearish bet worth millions of dollars.A bitcoin “OG” placed a leveraged short of 3,600 BTC, valued at $438 million, on the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid during overnight trading, as BTC’s spot price briefly dipped below $120,000, according to blockchain analyst LookOnChain.The liquidation price for the short trade is $139,900. In other words, this is the level at which the position will encounter a margin shortage and risk being forcibly closed by the exchange.The term “OG” (Original Gangster) refers to an entity involved in the bitcoin market since its early…

A back-to-roots trade is emerging as market participants take notice of the privacy corners of the crypto ecosystem, bringing attention back to what dominated much of the 2017-18 bull market cycle.Tokens in the sector are up 15% on average in the past 24 hours, CoinGecko data shows. ZEC$229.92 is up more than 40%, bringing seven gains to over 85% in a run that has made it the best-performing large-cap token in the market.ZEC’s performance is accompanied by upswings in DASH$20.57, XVG$0.005123, DCR$16.27 and TORN$11.13, which are up from 13-35% in the past 24 hours. Privacy smart contract system Railgun’s RAIL…

How did 115 orphaned children end up on their first bus ride to a zoo to celebrate a real-world Bitcoin transaction 15 years ago? It’s a question I found myself asking in disbelief as I coordinated their entrance at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre — commonly known as the Entebbe Zoo — on Bitcoin Pizza Day, May 22. The morning sun was warm, and the air buzzed with excitement and laughter. Children who had rarely strayed beyond their rural village in Bugiri, Uganda, were now getting off buses, eyes wide at the expectation of giraffes and elephants. Many of these…

Hyperliquid, the on-chain decentralized exchange, has rolled out Based Streams, a livestreaming platform that merges creator content with real-time trading interactions. The new tool allows users to schedule broadcasts, chat live, and overlay their on-chain trades while growing their communities.Donations run via Hypercore, allowing viewers to send Hypercore tokens to streamers directly. At the same time, viewers may earn “Based Gold” just for tuning in. Hyperliquid invites creators and traders alike to try Based Streams, bridging the gap between live content and DeFi-native monetization, which can help audience engagement into yield-driven community experiences.The platform goes live at 12:30 UTC today,…

China stepped up rare earth export controls on Thursday in a rare move that could have widespread implications for global supply chains and both traditional and crypto market sentiment.China’s Ministry of Commerce announced sweeping new export restrictions on rare earth materials, processing technologies and derivative products used in semiconductors, AI systems and defence.The new rules, set to take effect on Dec. 1, will require foreign companies exporting products containing Chinese-origin rare earth elements or related technologies – including those outside China – to obtain a dual-use license from the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM).This is a major escalation as China dominates…

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The SEC finally cleared the road to fast-track altcoin ETFs, but a government shutdown may keep applications for a ADA$0.8146 ETF stuck in limbo until 2026 – and bettors on Polymarket are undervaluing that.After scrapping 19b-4 filings and approving “generic listing standards” to fast-track altcoin ETFs, traders are betting 90% odds that ADA’s ETF approval would arrive by year-end 2025. But with a 36% chance of a month-long government shutdown, that 10% “No” side may prove the smarter play as even “absurdly fast” approvals can’t happen when the lights are out.According to the SEC’s contingency plan, only about 390 of…