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6 days ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Jahnu Jagtap
MARA, a Bitcoin mining company, saw its stock outperform its competitors on Friday, despite missing earnings estimates for the first quarter. Investors seemed unfazed by the disappointing earnings and instead focused on the company’s efforts to reduce costs, which analysts believe will pay off in the long run. At press time, MARA stock is up by 9%, trading at $15.52 on Friday, May 9.
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6 days ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Jahnu Jagtap
Coinbase has officially launched 24/7 trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum futures. With this, the exchange is now the first CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange in the U.S. to offer continuous access to crypto futures contracts. According to the announcement made on Friday, Coinbase’s new offering allows traders to buy and sell futures contracts for Bitcoin and Ethereum at any time.
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1 week ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Jahnu Jagtap
Five sources say the company is in talks with crypto firms to explore using stablecoins for global payments. These talks are still in the early stages, and Meta has not made anything official yet. For context, stablecoins are digital tokens that don’t jump up and down in price. They are usually linked to the U.S. dollar. This makes them useful for sending money quickly without exorbitant fees.
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1 week ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Jahnu Jagtap
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking at new rules that could make it easier for companies to issue digital tokens tied to real-world assets, according to a speech by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce published on May 8. The changes would apply to firms using blockchain to issue, trade, and settle securities, and may include an exemptive order that reduces some of the usual registration rules.
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1 week ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Jahnu Jagtap
Dogecoin (DOGE) price is up 12% today thanks to the overall momentum from the crypto market. As of writing, the SHIB price is trading at $0.1905, with a strong 124% over the same period to $1.56 billion, according to data from CoinMarketCap. The rally started yesterday after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it would keep interest rates unchanged. DOGE’s market cap has since jumped 5%, now at $28.4 billion.
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1 week ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Jahnu Jagtap
Australian cryptocurrency exchange Swyftx has barred user access since around 2 AM AEST, preventing logins and halting withdrawals. The status page of the company confirmed that there was a problem and a fix is coming. But as of 5:18 AM AEST, there was no word yet, making users nervous and searching for answers. Users are becoming increasingly concerned and some of them are utilizing social media platforms to request more details, yet the firm has not provided any information.
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1 week ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Jahnu Jagtap
Bitcoin price has surged past $100,000 again but for the first time since January 2025. Right now, the price is at $100,794 after climbing up to 4.11% from its intraday low of $96,150. This is the third instance of Bitcoin breaching the six-figure mark after it first shattered the record on December 5, 2024. The second peak occurred on January 20, before US President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
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1 week ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Jahnu Jagtap
Rootstock, a smart contract platform built on Bitcoin, saw an increase in mining activity and network security in the first quarter of 2025, even as overall user activity slowed. According to Messari’s “State of Rootstock” Q1 2025 report, merged mining participation reached an all-time high of 81%, up from 56.4% in the previous quarter, thanks to support from top mining pools Foundry and SpiderPool.
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1 week ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Jahnu Jagtap
The Ethereum blockchain underwent a major upgrade today, known as the Pectra fork. This upgrade introduces new features and unlocks powerful tools for developers and users alike. However, within just an hour of the update, warnings began to spread across the Ethereum community. According to Protos, a new risk emerged that could let scammers drain wallets, just by getting someone to sign a message.
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1 week ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Jahnu Jagtap
At least some of the top holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin, who are eligible to apply for a private dinner with the former president, appear to be based outside the United States. A Bloomberg analysis found that 19 of the top 25 wallets on the TRUMP token leaderboard used foreign crypto exchanges that do not allow U.S. customers, hinting these holders could be foreign nationals or Americans living overseas.
