Jerome Powell and the Fed Have New Bearish Jobs Data to Mull

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With the federal government continuing in shutdown mode, there continues to be a dearth of official economic statistics, including the all-important monthly Nonfarm PayRolls Report, which plays a large role in informing the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. It’s thus elevated the status of some lesser-followed reports and at least one is flashing a major red […]

BTC Mining Firm Marathon (MARA) Scoops Up 400 BTC After Price Crash, On-Chain Data Show

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Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) appears to have taken advantage of Friday’s market turmoil to load up on bitcoin BTC$112,873.59, according to data curated by Arkham Intelligence. Marathon Digital Holdings, which holds about 52,850 BTC (worth roughly $6.06 billion), purchased an additional 400 BTC valued at about $45.9 million through FalconX early Monday, according to […]

Stalls Near $111K as Traders Brace for Data Week

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Bitcoin BTC$112,334.84 hovered around $111,500 on Monday, keeping a tight range as traders weigh macro catalysts for cues on positioning. Ether (ETH) traded near $4,312, XRP XRP$2.9657 held $2.96, BNB (BNB) at $880, and Solana’s SOL (SOL) climbed to $218. Dogecoin DOGE$0.2406 extended its 11.6% weekly gain to 24 cents, outpacing most major cryptocurrencies as […]

Bitcoin Eyes Record Price as U.S Reaches Trade Deal with China, Inflation Data Looms

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Bitcoin BTC$103,996.01 could soon hit record price highs, triggering accelerated gains in the wider altcoin market, as easing U.S.-China trade tensions may see markets react positively to a potential slowdown in the April CPI due this week. The U.S. has reached a trade agreement with China after two days of high-level negotiations in Geneva, U.S. […]

Coinbase Leaps Into Supreme Court Case in Defense of User Data Going to IRS

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Coinbase (COIN) filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case involving an Internal Revenue Service request for data on hundreds of thousands of its customers back in 2016, arguing the court should “protect Americans’ privacy interests in digital information stored by third-party service providers.” The U.S. tax agency — in an action during the […]

23andMe Is a Wake-Up Call on Data Sovereignty

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In all likelihood, the move by the Sei Foundation – the organization behind layer1 blockchain Sei – to buy bankrupt genetic data company 23andMe is a long-shot at best, and potentially just a publicity stunt. But, it remains an incredibly exciting idea that has got a lot of people thinking. Were such a deal to […]

Sei Foundation Explores Buying 23andMe to Put Genetic Data on Blockchain

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The Sei Foundation, the nonprofit development organization behind the layer-1 blockchain Sei (SEI), is exploring the acquisition of bankrupt personal genomics company 23andMe and putting the genetic data of 15 million users on blockchain rails. The foundation announced the initiative in an X post on Thursday, calling the plan its “boldest DeSci bet yet” — […]