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After a steady stretch of flexing above the 1,000 exahash per second (EH/s) — a clean 1 zettahash per second (ZH/s) — line, Bitcoin’s network hashpower has dipped back under the 1 ZH/s bar and is now clocking in at 988 EH/s. Hashpower Pulls Back From Highs as Difficulty Relief Looms Bitcoin’s overall hashrate slipped […]

Strategy chairman Michael Saylor pushed back on critics who say companies that hold Bitcoin are reckless. He told a podcast that buying Bitcoin should be seen as a choice about where to put cash, not as a moral failing. Related Reading: Ethereum Staking Hits Record Levels As Buterin Urges Builders To Deliver Real Apps He said firms face few good options for idle money, and that Bitcoin is one of those options for companies that can stand big price swings. Corporate Bitcoin Treasury Choice Based on reports tracking public disclosures, publicly listed firms hold about 1.1 million BTC in total. That amount equals roughly 5.5% of the 19.97 million coins now in circulation. Strategy is the biggest public holder, with 687,410 BTC, according to BitcoinTreasuries data. Those...

Federal prosecutors charged Venezuelan national Jorge Figueira with laundering approximately $1 billion through cryptocurrency wallets and shell companies, marking one of the largest money-laundering operations prosecuted by the Justice Department.
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ZachXBT reported that the attacker rapidly laundered the funds through instant exchanges such as Thorchain.
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Ethereum trades above $3,312 as ETFs add $474M and Buterin’s 2026 roadmap boosts confidence. Breakout toward $3,405 possible.
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Metaplanet CEO has expressed his opinion about corporate Bitcoin adoption, stating the difference between companies holding Bitcoin and those that do not.

A $10 million class action settlement is on the table after one of the biggest student loan servicing pipelines in the United States suffered a data security incident. The case stems from an August 2022 cyberattack on Nelnet, which services student loans and also provides a web portal and payment processing technology to other servicers. […]
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