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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched a new phase of its “Crypto Sprint” initiative while lawmakers have slipped an anti-CBDC provision into a “must-pass” defense bill. Acting CFTC Chair Caroline D. Pham said in a statement that the regulator will begin “stakeholder engagement” on all of the recommendations made in a 166-page report released by the President’s crypto working group, and will now take public input from crypto market participants. “The Administration has made it clear that enabling immediate trading of digital assets at the Federal level is a top priority,” Pham said in the statement. “The public feedback will assist the CFTC in carefully considering relevant issues for leveraged, margined or financed retail trading on a CFTC-registered exchange as we implement the President’s directive,” she added.  CFTC To Help Deliver Trump’s Promise To “Win On Crypto...

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The UK is following the US’s approach to sanction-evading crypto networks in Russia by enacting its own measures against crypto exchanges, stablecoins, and a Kyrgyzstan bank used to fund military goods.  The UK government announced its sanctions today, claiming that Russia is relying on “the Kyrgyz financial sector to channel money through opaque financial networks, including through the use of cryptocurrencies.” They also target the Grinex and Meer crypto exchanges, the Kyrgyzstan-based Capital Bank of Central Asia, CJSC Tengricoin, Old Vector LLC, and Altair Holding SA. US re-sanctions Russian crypto exchange before Trump-Putin talks Read more: Garantex reportedly tied to violent Russian debt gang and KGB successor Sanctioned individuals include the director of the A7A5 ruble-pegged stablecoin, Leoniid Shumakov, Zhanyshbek Uulu Nazarbek, and Capital Bank Director Kantemir Kaparbekovich Chalbayev.  The UK claims that A7A5, issued by the Kyrgyzstani firm ...

China’s free-to-use AI models like DeepSeek, Alibaba, and others are gaining traction worldwide and becoming global standards. The development has given a jolt to American companies and policymakers who fear China’s growth in the artificial intelligence sector could eclipse the US. The Communist country heralded DeepSeek and its R1 reasoning model, becoming the talk of the town. The model was ChatGPT on steroids, and began trending on social media, attracting a bigger base of users. AI companies in the US are now feeling the heat as pressure is growing through intense competition. The US, which led the path of technological innovation, is being elbowed by China’s AI models becoming the global standard. American firms enjoyed a technological monopoly for decades with Microsoft’s operating systems, Google’s search engine, Apple’s iPhone, and the Android systems. However, in the AI sector, the US is unable to monopolize despite boasting of top talent in ...

BlackRock’s Bitcoin holdings have reached some pretty crazy levels, and right now the world’s largest asset manager is sitting on over 662,500 BTC through its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). This is more than 3% of all the Bitcoin that exists, worth around $72.4 billion at current prices. This huge institutional Bitcoin accumulation is changing how we think about crypto investment strategies, and it’s also messing with Bitcoin price volatility in ways nobody really expected. BlackRock Bitcoin accumulation over time – Source: Bitbo.io You can see from the chart how they’ve been steadily buying up Bitcoin since IBIT launched back in January 2024. The growth has been pretty wild. How BlackRock Bitcoin Holdings Affect Price, Volatility, And Investments Source: Watcher.Guru How Fast This All Happened So here’s the thing – these BlackRock Bitcoin holdings managed to do something that took SPDR Gold Shares over 1,600 trading days to pull off, except they...

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Ethereum’s (ETH) recent rally has cooled, with the asset slipping below the $4,500 mark.  However, the Ethereum Rainbow Chart suggests that higher levels could still be in play by the end of the month for the cryptocurrency. The chart, which applies logarithmic growth curves to long-term valuation bands, categorizes Ethereum’s price into colored ranges. Notably, the model doesn’t predict short-term moves but helps investors gauge whether the asset is undervalued or overheated. Ethereum Rainbow Chart. Source: BlockhainCenter For August 31, 2025, the chart outlines nine possible valuation zones. At the bottom, the ‘Fire Sale’ band spans $899 to $1,217, followed by ‘Undervalued’ ($1,217–$1,680), ‘Accumulate’ ($1,680–$2,359), and ‘Still Cheap’ ($2,359–$3,355). The ‘Steady’ band, often viewed as fair value, ranges from $3,355–$4,832, close to Ethereum’s current trading level. Above that, ‘HODL!’ covers $4,832–$7,015, ‘Is this The Flippening?’ spans $...

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