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Shares of Strategy (MSTR) are down about 3.6% today, weighed by a slide in Bitcoin. The broader crypto market is under pressure. Bitcoin slipped roughly 2% over the past 24 hours, retreating from recent highs. That drop is rippling into crypto-linked equities — Strategy is one of the most exposed. Strategy (MSTR) is currently trading at $319.84 Strategy, co-founded by Michael Saylor, reported $3.9 billion in fair value gains for the third quarter of this year. The company holds roughly 640,000 Bitcoin, with an average purchase price of $73,983 per coin. Investors see Strategy now as nearly a pure Bitcoin…

BNB, the native token of BNB Chain and widely used for transaction fee discounts on Binance, fell more than 2% in the last 24-hour period amid a trading volume spike and as BNB Chain memecoin trades unwind.The token dropped from $1,308 to a low of $1,255 earlier in the session, recovering to $1,270, where it’s currently trading. The selloff was met with high-volume buying near the $1,255-$1,280 range, signaling potential institutional accumulation at lower prices, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model.Despite a modest bounce, BNB struggled to reclaim key resistance near $1,320, leaving short-term bearish pressure intact.This turbulence came…

FIL$2.3019 fell as much as 7% in the last 24 hours, tumbling from $2.39 to $2.23, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model.The model showed that the token posted a $0.19 range representing 7.9% volatility. Sellers dominated at the $2.41 resistance level as transaction volume exploded to 5.92 million tokens traded, crushing the 3.42 million daily average. Bulls defended $2.23 support, with volume spiking above 4.8 million, according to the model.Classic capitulation patterns emerged as selling exhaustion signaled potential base formation above critical $2.23 floor, the model said.In recent trading, Filecoin was 5.1% lower, around $2.26.The wider crypto market also…

Roger Ver — once dubbed “Bitcoin Jesus” for his early evangelism of bitcoin — has reached a tentative deal with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve criminal tax fraud charges, according to The New York Times reporting. The agreement, still awaiting court approval, would require Ver to pay roughly $48 million in back taxes. In return, prosecutors would drop the case if he meets the terms of a deferred-prosecution deal. The case against Ver, filed in 2024, accused him of evading taxes tied to his massive bitcoin holdings before renouncing his U.S. citizenship in 2014. He was arrested in Spain…

Early Bitcoin BTC$121,619.39 investor and BCH$580.04 advocate Roger Ver is close to settling tax fraud charges with the U.S. Department of Justice, the New York Times reported Thursday.Often known as “Bitcoin Jesus” due to his early evangelization for the crypto, Ver was indicted last April and arrested in Spain on allegations he failed to file tax returns on capital gains he made after selling “tens of thousands” of bitcoins and giving up U.S. citizenship, the DOJ charged at the time. Ver fought his extradition to the U.S., filing a lawsuit earlier this summer.According to the Times, the proposed settlement is…

In brief Bitcoin bull Arthur Hayes thinks BTC’s traditional four-year cycle is over. The entrepreneur says increased money supply will benefit the asset. Hayes, however, has previously labeled his bullish predictions as “pretty shit.” Crypto entrepreneur Arthur Hayes continues to say that an increased money supply will benefit Bitcoin—and now believes that the leading cryptocurrency’s traditional four-year cycle is over.In a Thursday blog post named “Long Live the King,” Hayes wrote that while some crypto traders are expecting Bitcoin to reach its cycle top soon and crash next year, he believes that things will be different this time around.Bitcoin’s typical…

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has secured a Virtual Asset Platform Operator License from the Securities and Commodities Authority of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), eight months after the regulator granted the company in-principle approval.In a Thursday notice, Bybit said approval from the UAE financial regulator would allow the exchange to offer its global products and services to the region. Authorities in Austria granted the company similar licensing approval in May, and the exchange registered in India in February after briefly suspending its service and paying a $1-million fine over compliance violations. “Receiving the full Virtual Asset Platform Operator License from the SCA…

The crypto industry is recoiling from a document reportedly outlining a U.S. Senate Democratic pitch on handling decentralized finance (DeFi) as a component of the wider effort toward regulating crypto in the U.S.The proposal — a detailed outline describing an approach to DeFi, first reported by Politico — suggests that a firm or individuals that handle customer needs on the front end of a DeFi operation should have to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and be regulated as a broker.The language defining who would be roped into regulation as an intermediary would…

Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), a Bitcoin mining and infrastructure company, is ramping up its self-mining operations amid weakening demand for mining rigs — highlighting how some hardware makers are shifting strategies to stay competitive during the current Bitcoin bull market.According to an Oct. 9 Bloomberg report, Bitdeer is accelerating its pivot toward mining Bitcoin (BTC) on its own equipment, effectively competing with the same clients that purchase its rigs. The report cited Bitdeer’s latest filings showing a major year-over-year expansion of its mining capacity in August and its stated goal of becoming one of the world’s top five Bitcoin miners.Bitdeer…

Peru’s banking regulator has authorized a pilot crypto platform, marking the country’s first regulated foray into digital assets. The project, dubbed Cryptococos, will allow select clients of Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP) to buy and hold Bitcoin and USDC under BitGo’s custody.To participate in the pilot, users must register, prove a minimum banking history with BCP, and complete an investment risk assessment before purchasing, according to Thursday’s announcement.Approved users will be able to buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC) and USDC (USDC) within a closed-loop system, meaning all transactions occur exclusively on the platform. This setup prevents transfers to external…