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Bitcoin price is rangebound today between $88,990 to $89,473 over the last hour, perched just below the psychological $90K marker as traders wrangle over its next move. With a market capitalization of $1.78 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of $21.62 billion, the coin remains the heavyweight champ of crypto—though its footing looks increasingly cautious. […]

Recent opinion pieces have drawn parallels between bitcoin and tulips because of the speculative frenzy surrounding the latter in the 1600s. I explain why those comparisons are unfair and why analyzing bitcoin solely as a store of value misses the point entirely. Bitcoin Is Not a Digital Tulip, Even if the NGU Thesis Has Stalled […]

This content is provided by a sponsor. The Beldex blockchain upgraded to Obscura at block height 4939540, on December 7, 2025. Obscura strengthens a core pillar of privacy-preserving blockchains: delivering strong privacy while ensuring transaction processing remains efficient and scalable. To address this, the upgrade introduces Bulletproofs++, a more compact zero-knowledge range-proof system designed to […]

A former high-ranking Drug Enforcement Administration official has been indicted in Manhattan for allegedly conspiring to launder millions of dollars for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Accusations of Financial and Material Support A former senior Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent who once oversaw the agency’s financial operations has been indicted for conspiring to launder millions […]

Pakistan presses ahead with a national digital asset framework as leaders and major crypto executives align on building a secure, transparent ecosystem to advance regulation, innovation, and financial inclusion. Pakistan Advances National Digital Asset Overhaul Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance shared on social media platform X on Dec. 5 that it hosted a consultative meeting on […]