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When most people download Bitcoin Core, their interaction with the build system is over in a few clicks. They grab the executable binary of the software, verify a signature (hopefully!), and start running a Bitcoin node. What they immediately see is running software. What they don’t see is the build system and extensive processes that produced that software. A build system that represents Bitcoin’s principles of decentralization, transparency, and verifiability. Behind that download lies years of engineering work designed to answer a simple question: “Why should anyone trust this software?” The answer is: you shouldn’t have to. You should be…

Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Fira said on Tuesday it was launching with about $450 million in deposits, highlighting demand for fixed-rate onchain credit.Fira said the protocol’s fixed-rate credit market allows users to lock borrowing costs and lending returns for defined periods by organizing lending around maturities rather than floating utilization-based rates, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph.The fixed-rate model differs from most DeFi lending protocols, where borrowers cannot lock funding costs, and lenders cannot predict returns, making long-term DeFi lending less predictable. Fira’s said its model organizes markets by maturity and determines interest rates by supply and…

BitGo, a digital asset custody and trading platform, and Susquehanna Crypto will collaborate to give institutional clients over-the-counter access to prediction markets, allowing them to trade event-based contracts using cryptocurrency or stablecoins held in custody.According to Tuesday’s announcement, trades will be routed through BitGo’s platform, with liquidity provided by Susquehanna, which will enable hedge funds, family offices and other large investors to execute bilateral trades without moving assets off platform or converting holdings, including Bitcoin or stablecoin, into cash.Positions are backed by crypto collateral and documented using derivatives-style agreements, with minimum trade sizes starting at $100,000.Examples of event contract listings…

A clip of Eric Trump bragging about profiting over $1 billion from crypto is going viral — just as the family’s crypto business empire plots its next spectacle.This time, the first family’s memecoin machine is back with another high-stakes pitch: buy in, and you might get a seat at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on April 25. The team behind the TRUMP ($3.27 · Live) memecoin is inviting its biggest 297 holders to a gala lunch, with Donald Trump billed as the keynote speaker alongside “the world’s power players” including Ark Invest chief Cathie Wood, Tether CEO Paolo…

Bitcoin BTC$70,024.94 slipped back toward $69,000 on Tuesday morning as a broader pullback in equities spilled over into crypto markets.After trading near $71,000 earlier in the session, BTC fell to around $69,600 in the early U.S. hours, tracking a broader reversal in risk assets. Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL) and XRP (XRP) were also down 2%-3% over the past 24 hours.Bitcoin appears to be continuing to follow a familiar trend over the past three months. It has typically risen by just over 1% on Mondays and then fall slightly under 1% on Tuesdays, according to Velo data. The move also came…

Ethereum (ETH) has returned to focus after new market data pointed to a possible bullish setup. Analysts are tracking valuation metrics, treasury buying, and exchange flows as ETH tries to build on its recent rebound. Summary Ethereum price entered a buy zone after MVRV fell below 0.8, matching past cycle bottom signals. Bitmine bought $140 million in ETH this week, raising holdings toward its 5% supply target. Coinbase premium stayed negative, showing weaker U.S. demand even as Ethereum posted a sharp rebound. The latest discussion centers on Ethereum’s Market Value to Realized Value ratio, or MVRV, which has moved below…

Bitcoin’s price action is looking uncertain on the surface, but one crypto analyst believes the real story is playing out far from the charts that most traders are watching. According to crypto analyst Crypto Tice, all of that Bitcoin price noise obscures a single, quietly reliable signal that has accurately traced out every major Bitcoin cycle in history: the Purchasing Managers’ Index. In a post on X, Tice noted that the PMI cycle is the only one that matters, and right now, it is flashing. The PMI Cycle Has Defined Every Bitcoin Bottom The PMI is a monthly economic indicator…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum is beginning to formalize its post-quantum security push in public. ETH Foundation researcher Will Corcoran used a presentation at the Institutional Ethereum Forum in New York to lay out both the threat model and the protocol work already underway. The effort matters well beyond ETH, he argued, because the core bottleneck is not unique to one chain: every proof-of-stake network built on today’s cryptographic assumptions will eventually face the same scaling problem. Alongside the talk, the Ethereum Foundation launched pq.ethereum.org, a new portal that packages the…

Australia’s Hostplus pension fund is exploring offering Bitcoin and other digital assets to its nearly two million members, in a move that could signal a broader shift among institutional investors. The A$150 billion ($105 billion) superannuation fund is assessing how to integrate crypto exposure through its Choiceplus self-directed investment platform, according to comments from chief investment officer Sam Sicilia and reporting from Bloomberg.  The platform currently accounts for about 1% of total assets but allows members greater control over a portion of their retirement savings. Sicilia said a rollout could come as early as the next financial year, though any…

French cryptography startup Zama is integrating its protocol with Apex-backed T-REX Ledger to add a confidentiality layer for ERC-3643-based tokenized assets, a standard that lets issuers embed identity checks and transfer restrictions into tokenized securities.Zama, which raised $73 million in Series A funding in 2024 to commercialize fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), said the integration is aimed at making confidentiality a built-in part of tokenized asset infrastructure rather than an add-on layered over existing systems.The companies said the integration would allow regulated institutions to use public blockchain infrastructure without exposing sensitive positions and transaction data, a sticking point that has slowed…