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Elon Musk’s social media platform X is set to soon let users trade stocks and cryptocurrencies directly from their timelines as the company pushes deeper into financial services.The upcoming features, described by the company’s head of product, Nikita Bier, will include “Smart Cashtags.” These will allow users to interact with ticker symbols in posts and execute trades from the app.The announcement comes as the company prepares to launch an external beta of X Money, its in-house payments system. Musk said the tool is already live in internal testing and will be available to a limited group of users within one…

Galaxy Digital 高管：加密市场不会出现 V 型复苏，经历一段震荡期后才会逐步上涨 – BitRss – Crypto World News ChainCatcher 29 minutes ago 12 ChainCatcher 消息，Galaxy Digital 全球资产管理主管兼数字资产联席主管 Steve Kurz 认为，近期加密货币的下跌是由流动性和杠杆释放所致，而非系统性故障，这标志着加密货币周期比 2022 年更加成熟，大部分强制抛售可能已被市场消化。稳定币、代币化以及区块链与传统金融的融合正在加速发展，这使得加密货币既成为一种金融资产，也成为核心金融体系。Steve Kurz 预计加密货币不会出现 V 型复苏，而是会经历一段区间震荡期，随后随着机构资本的注入以及加密货币与传统金融“大融合”的持续推进，加密货币价格将逐步上涨。 BitRss shares this Content always with License. Read Entire Article Screenshot generated in real time with SneakPeek Suite Homepage International Galaxy Digital 高管：加密市场不会出现 V 型复苏，经历一段震荡期后才会逐步上涨 BitRss World Crypto News | Market BitRss | Short Urls Design By New Web | ScriptNet

They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that’s not just a metaphor, it’s a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on hibernate mode, however, his pursuits take a more mechanical (and sometimes philosophical) turn. Christian’s journey with the written word began long before the age of Bitcoin. In the hallowed halls of academia, he honed his craft as a feature writer for his college paper. This early love for storytelling paved…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he is starting to “worry” about the direction of prediction markets and suggested that they shift to become marketplaces to hedge against price exposure risk for consumers. Prediction markets are “over-converging” to “unhealthy” products that are focused on short-term price betting and speculative behavior as opposed to long-term building, Buterin said in an X post. Source: Vitalik ButerinInstead, onchain prediction markets coupled with AI large-language models (LLMs) should become general hedging mechanisms to provide consumers with price stability for goods and services, Buterin said. He explained how this system would work:“You have price indices on…

Institutional interest in crypto is accelerating even as markets fluctuate, according to Sui executives at Consensus Hong Kong 2026.Stephen Mackintosh, chief investment officer of Sui Group Holdings, called 2025 a “landmark year for institutional adoption,” pointing to the boom in digital asset treasury (DAT) vehicles and the success of spot bitcoin ETFs. “Post the Genius Act, we’ve seen so much more institutional demand and awareness for what the promise of crypto could deliver,” he said, particularly around tokenization and stablecoins.While sentiment has fluctuated, Mackintosh argued the structural shift is clear. “The market, despite all of the sentiment being low, has…

Blockchain technology is an effective medium for administering social benefit programs, but key compliance challenges remain, according to Julie Myers Wood, CEO of compliance and monitoring consulting firm Guidepost Solutions. Guidepost Solutions advised the Republic of the Marshall Islands’ government on a regulatory compliance and sanctions framework for its USDM1 bond, a tokenized debt instrument issued by the government, backed 1:1 by short-term US Treasuries.The Marshall Islands government launched a Universal Basic Income (UBI) program in November 2025 that distributes quarterly benefits to citizens directly through a mobile wallet. Wood told Cointelegraph:“Any benefit that is currently being distributed through analog…

Semilore Faleti is a cryptocurrency writer specialized in the field of journalism and content creation. While he started out writing on several subjects, Semilore soon found a knack for cracking down on the complexities and intricacies in the intriguing world of blockchains and cryptocurrency. Semilore is drawn to the efficiency of digital assets in terms of storing, and transferring value. He is a staunch advocate for the adoption of cryptocurrency as he believes it can improve the digitalization and transparency of the existing financial systems. In two years of active crypto writing, Semilore has covered multiple aspects of the digital…

Bitcoin price is attempting another breakout toward $70,000 after weeks of choppy consolidation. BTC ($69,741.00 · Live) trades at $69,815 at publication, sitting just below the $70,610 resistance level. The largest cryptocurrency is trying to recover recent losses, yet mixed on-chain and derivatives signals present an uncertain short-term outlook. Market participants are closely watching this psychological threshold. A sustained move above $70,000 could shift sentiment decisively. However, persistent bearish positioning suggests that volatility may intensify before a clear trend emerges. Bitcoin Shorts Resemble The Past Aggregated funding rate data across major crypto exchanges shows an extreme surge in short positioning.…

David Prinçay, chief executive of Binance France, was the target of a failed home invasion near Paris on Feb. 12, according to French outlet RTL. Three masked men forced entry into a residential building in Val-de-Marne during the early hours of the morning. The suspects entered the wrong apartment before reaching Prinçay’s residence.  The executive was not home at the time but the group took two mobile phones and left the building. Police believe the same suspects carried out a second break-in attempt later that morning in Vaucresson, west of Paris. Reports said a resident was assaulted during the incident,…

Figure Technology, a blockchain-based lending firm, was reportedly hit by a data breach after attackers manipulated an employee in a social-engineering scheme.The incident allowed hackers to obtain “a limited number of files,” a company spokesperson told TechCrunch. The company said it has begun notifying affected parties and is offering free credit-monitoring services to anyone who receives a breach notice.Details about the scope of the incident, including how many users were affected or when the intrusion was detected, were not disclosed publicly. Cointelegraph reached out to Figure for comment, but had not received a response by publicationThe hacking collective ShinyHunters claimed…