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On Tuesday, Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ:RIOT) priced its upsized private offering of $525 million 0.75% convertible senior notes due 2030. Riot also granted the notes’ initial purchasers an option to purchase up to an additional $75 million in aggregate principal amount of the notes. The offering was upsized from $500...

Michael Saylor, co-founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), has called for a dramatic shift in U.S. economic strategy, urging the country to abandon gold as a reserve asset in favor of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). What Happened: Speaking on a yet-to-be-released episode of the Galaxy Brains podcast, Saylor labeled...

On December 9, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai revealed “Willow,” a quantum computing chip that he claims represents a pivotal milestone in the quest for scalable quantum systems —raising immediate questions about its implications for Bitcoin’s long-term cryptographic security. While quantum computing has long promised breakthroughs, Willow’s reported ability to...

With the Bitcoin price setting a fresh all-time high over $100,000, BTC miners are once again in the spotlight. Meanwhile, market prognosticators suggest that the crypto rally has only just begun, with predictions for the Bitcoin price reaching $200,000 already adding to the momentum.  One company that may be...

Retail investors are flocking to memecoins, with Reddit data revealing PEPE (CRYPTO: PEPE) as the current frontrunner in capturing retail mindshare, according to a recent analysis of cryptocurrency subreddit growth trends. What Happened: The analysis, shared in a detailed thread on X on Dec. 5, highlights the importance of...

Speaking to CNBC’s Dan Murphy yesterday, Eric Trump (Donald Trump’s second son) announced there’ll be clearer US crypto regulations: ‘Hopefully, the rest of the world follows.’ He conveyed his opinions in conjunction with Hester Pierce (US SEC Commissioner), who recently outlined three significant points that the SEC’s new leadership...

Memecoins underperform the wider crypto market after double-digit daily losses surpass the sell-off in BTC and ETH....

Yesterday, Google introduced Willow – a quantum computing chip that takes minutes to make calculations the fastest supercomputers would spend a septillion years on. This is a big deal, but it isn’t the first quantum chip. IBM, Intel, and Google released chips years ago. What makes Willow unique is...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) faces mounting pressure to hold above the critical $100,000 mark, with market participants divided over whether the cryptocurrency will sustain its momentum or retreat further before year-end. Following a sharp liquidation cascade, where over $1.58 billion was wiped out, Bitcoin is currently trading at $97,620, down...

Speaking to CNBC’s Dan Murphy yesterday, Eric Trump (Donald Trump’s second son) announced the US crypto sector will soon have clearer regulations that “hopefully the rest of the world follows.”  He conveyed his opinions in conjunction with Hester Pierce (US SEC Commissioner), who reportedly outlined three significant points that...