Cryptocurrency News

Kraken launched Bitcoin Vault on Wednesday, giving long-term bitcoin holders a way to earn up to 2.5% annual percentage yield on idle BTC without selling or giving up price exposure. Kraken Bitcoin Vault Goes Live: BTC Holders Can Now Earn Yield The new product sits inside Kraken’s Earn suite alongside its existing decentralized finance (…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Miami IT Worker Arrested in $1.9 Million Bitcoin Theft from Former Boss A Miami man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly stealing nearly $2 million in bitcoin from a former employer, with the theft going unnoticed for years as the funds remained locked in a safe. This post Miami IT Worker Arrested…Read More

Bitcoin trended downward on Wednesday, dropping beneath the $75,000 threshold to trade at $74,570 at the time of writing. This slide erased nearly 3% of its weekly value and dragged its market capitalization back below $1.5 trillion. Onchain Metrics Signal Fading Momentum For the second consecutive day, bitcoin trended downward, slipping below the $75,000 threshold…Read More

Onchain data has flagged a smart money whale running heavily leveraged short positions on bitcoin and ether simultaneously with long positions on traditional financial (TradFi) market indexes through Hyperliquid. Long TradFi, Short Crypto: The Trade in Detail The wallet holds a $5.09 million long position on the XYZ100 index perpetual at 4x leverage, currently sitting…Read More

Robinhood launched a beta product on Wednesday that lets users connect third-party artificial intelligence (AI) agents to dedicated brokerage accounts for autonomous stock trading. Robinhood AI Trading Beta Lets Users Deploy ChatGPT and Claude in Sandboxed Accounts The feature, called Agentic Trading, allows users to link AI systems built on platforms like Claude or ChatGPT…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Casa Launches Four Security Features to Combat Rising Social Engineering Attacks on Bitcoin Holders Bitcoin security firm Casa has released a suite of four features targeting social engineering, the attack vector responsible for the bulk of crypto theft in 2025. The features are live now for Casa customers, arriving as the FBI reports…Read More

Mastercard Transaction Services (U.S.) LLC received a Virtual Currency License from the New York State Department of Financial Services on Wednesday, giving the global payments company formal standing to operate digital asset services in one of the most tightly regulated financial jurisdictions in the country. Mastercard Wins NYDFS Bitlicense, Opening New York Digital Asset Access…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Mastercard Secures New York BitLicense to Advance Digital Asset Strategy Mastercard has secured a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services. This post Mastercard Secures New York BitLicense to Advance Digital Asset Strategy first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Kraken Launches Bitcoin Vault, Offering Yield on BTC Holdings Kraken has launched Bitcoin Vault within its Earn suite, enabling long-term holders to generate BTC-denominated rewards on their Bitcoin without selling. This post Kraken Launches Bitcoin Vault, Offering Yield on BTC Holdings first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Fold Launches New Bitcoin Credit Card Rollout Fold Holdings has launched a bitcoin rewards credit card, issued by Visa and powered by Stripe. This post Fold Launches New Bitcoin Credit Card Rollout first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.Read More