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In brief SEC Chair Paul Atkins says a formal “innovation exemption” could be finalized by year-end. The proposal follows years of regulatory uncertainty that pushed crypto development overseas. Industry leaders say a structured framework could bring compliant innovation back to U.S. markets. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to codify an “innovation exemption” that could give crypto and fintech startups room to operate under formal regulatory supervision, according to remarks from Chair Paul Atkins made Tuesday.Chair Atkins recounted how the crypto industry had faced “four years, at least” of “repression” that had resulted in “pushing things abroad, rather…

Wall Street bank JPMorgan (JPM) said the second quarter and summer of 2025 were transformative for bitcoin BTC$121,423.43 miners, marked by record cash operating profits and a pivot toward high-performance computing (HPC). Cipher Mining’s (CIFR) 244 megawatt (MW) colocation deal with Fluidstack and IREN’s (IREN) expansion to more than 23,000 GPUs underscored that shift, the bank said in the Tuesday report. Despite surging hashrates, the bank’s analysts noted that miners’ gross profits rose quarter-over-quarter, buoyed by higher bitcoin prices and more efficient fleets.Production costs rose modestly as competition intensified and high-performance computing (HPC) investments expanded, the analysts said. IREN and…

BlackRock, celebrated for its diverse suite of exchange-traded funds spanning decades of market trends, has a new crown jewel: its Bitcoin ETF.  The iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), launched just 21 months ago, is on the verge of reaching $100 billion in assets under management, making it BlackRock’s most profitable fund — outranking even products that have been in circulation for more than two decades. According to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas, IBIT currently generates roughly $244.5 million in annual revenue.  “Check out the ages of the rest of the Top 10. Absurd,” Balchunas noted on X, highlighting the speed…

CEA Industries (BNC) has revealed it now holds 480,000 BNB tokens, a 15% increase from a previous disclosure, as the price of the BNB Chain’s native token rises to a new all-time high.The company spent about $412.8 million to acquire the additional BNB at an average price of $860 per token, according to a Tuesday press release. BNB is currently trading at $1,303, down just a bit from a record high hit earlier in the session.Combined with $77.5 million in cash, the firm’s total treasury is now near the $700 million mark.The price of BNB has increased as activity on…

Strategy’s near-$80 billion Bitcoin treasury is catching up to the massive cash positions of tech giants such as Microsoft, whose shareholders rejected a proposal in December to explore adding Bitcoin to its books.Strategy posted to X on Tuesday that its 640,031 Bitcoin (BTC) stash briefly topped $80 billion in value on Monday as Bitcoin hit a record high of $126,080, boosting the value of its corporate treasury close to Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, which each hold between $97 billion and $95 billion in cash or cash equivalents. Strategy’s routine Bitcoin buys, combined with Bitcoin’s rise in value, have already pushed its…

The first week of October kicked off on a bullish note, with Bitcoin surging to a new all-time high and setting a positive tone for the market. As optimism spreads across the cryptocurrency market, traders and investors are focusing on altcoins that could benefit from improving market sentiment. Here are three notable made-in-USA cryptocurrencies poised for significant gains this week.Sponsored SponsoredALEO Aleo Network is a privacy-focused Layer-1 (L1) blockchain platform designed to enable developers to build scalable decentralized applications with enhanced privacy using zero-knowledge technology. Its native token, ALEO, is one to watch this week as the project gains traction amid significant ecosystem…

ADA jumps nearly 10% as Cardano sees steady usage; $0.90 has been flagged as an important level for traders eyeing $1.10. Cardano (ADA) slipped from 9th to 10th in terms of circulating market cap by the end of Q3, underperforming its Layer 1 peers. However, the blockchain has maintained stable usage, as engagement from users and developers alike continued to grow. In a significant milestone, the Cardano network has processed over 1 million transactions in the past 30 days alone. $0.90 Break Could Trigger New Rally The steady on-chain activity comes as ADA gained almost 10% in the past…

While most eyes remain fixated on Bitcoin’s price swings and ETF inflows, the real revolution is unfolding quietly in its code. This silent evolution is redefining how value, contracts, and trust can operate on the leading secure blockchain. How Layer-2s Are Turning Bitcoin Into A Dynamic Ecosystem Bitcoin’s new all-time high (ATH) is dominating the timeline, but it’s not the real story. Under the surface of price charts and speculation, a quiet technological revolution is taking shape and could redefine BTC’s utility in the ecosystem. In an X post, High Tower revealed the real ATH is in the code, and…

In brief Market breadth has weakened as capital concentrates in high-liquidity, high-certainty assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Experts cite institutional ETF flows and a loss of patience with purely narrative-driven altcoins. Any future altcoin rally is expected to be highly selective, favoring tokens with real-world utility. Bitcoin and Ethereum continue to capture investor interest, while the broader altcoin market struggles to keep pace, creating a divergence that experts believe is a result of the markets maturing. While major assets like Ethereum, XRP, and Solana have notched double-digit year-to-date gains, the performance across the rest of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market…

Brazil witnessed something new today on its B3 stock exchange — a company going public not for its products, but for its Bitcoin. OranjeBTC, a Brazilian firm founded by former Bridgewater Associates executive Guilherme Gomes, began trading today on B3, the São Paulo–based exchange that anchors Latin America’s capital markets.  Backed by some of the biggest names in global crypto, the company enters public markets holding 3,675 BTC instantly becoming the region’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder. At current prices, its holdings are worth more than $444 million. Their haul dwarfs the 605 bitcoin held by fellow Brazilian fintech Méliuz, which…