Steak ’n Shake’s Bitcoin trial could reset retail’s approach to crypto payments
Will Steak ’n Shake’s experiment with Bitcoin force traditional retailers to reconsider the balance between payment efficiency and brand relevance? Steak ’n Shake’s Q2 surge In the second quarter of 2025, Steak ‘n Shake recorded a 10.7% increase in same-store…...
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NEAR Faces Whipsaw Action as Institutional Flows Bolster Long-Term Outlook
NEAR Protocol saw sharp intraday swings on Aug. 12, with prices climbing from $2.643 to $2.678 by 13:35 before reversing swiftly. The sell-off, concentrated between 13:38 and 13:49, erased most hourly gains as the token fell to $2.634 on heavy volume exceeding 200,000 tokens per minute. Profit-taking at the...
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Ether Pumps to 5-Year High of $4.47K Alongside Tom Lee’s Massive ETH Treasury Bet and Fed Rate Cut Hopes
Ether (ETH) has climbed 5% in the past 24 hours to $4,470, its highest price since December 2021. Helping the bullish action in crypto in general was Tuesday morning’s Consumer Price Index report. While the data was mixed and inflation remains above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, market participants...
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Monero’s 51% Attack Problem: Inside Qubic’s Controversial Network Takeover
Monero, the leading privacy-focused cryptocurrency, is facing one of the most serious security challenges in its history. Qubic, a project led by IOTA co-founder Sergey Ivancheglo, says it now controls more than 51% of the network’s hashrate. In blockchains secured by proof-of-work algorithms, that’s the same method used by...
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Ethereum hits new multiyear high as Tom Lee’s BitMine plans $20B ETH raise
Ether price action targets all-time highs amid excitement over BitMine’s giant accumulation plan, shifting the focus away from rangebound Bitcoin....
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Terraform’s Do Kwon Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Wire Fraud in UST Blow-up
NEW YORK — Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and wire fraud Tuesday morning, three years after the dramatic collapse of the Terra/Luna stablecoin ecosystem. Wearing a canary yellow prison jumpsuit, the 33-year-old Korean national said he “knowingly engaged in a scheme to...
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Crypto News: What’s Operation Chokepoint And Why Did Donald Trump Shut It Down?
‘Operation Chokepoint’ is a term that became common under the regulatory regime during the Joe Biden administration. This operation marked part of the government’s initiatives to stifle the crypto industry back then, something which Trump has corrected since entering office. What Operation Chokepoint Was About Details about Operation Chokepoint...
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BitMine’s $24.5b stock offer tests Vitalik’s warning: ‘Don’t turn ETH into leveraged poker’
Vitalik Buterin recently cautioned against overleveraged ETH treasuries. Yet BitMine’s upsized stock offering suggests corporations are ignoring him. SharpLink, The Ether Machine, and others are also part of the wave, racing to hoard ETH. But what happens when the music…...
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Do Kwon pleads guilty to defrauding crypto investors in $40 billion Terra collapse
The guilty plea highlights the urgent need for stricter regulations and oversight in the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency market. The post Do Kwon pleads guilty to defrauding crypto investors in $40 billion Terra collapse appeared first on Crypto Briefing....
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ICP Price Bounces Back After Testing $5.29 Support Amid Heavy Volatility
Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) endured a volatile 24 hours of trading, swinging between $5.29 and $5.63, a 5% intraday range that highlighted both selling pressure and opportunistic accumulation, CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model shows. The token fell as low as $5.29, establishing a key support zone between $5.32...
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