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Australian police seize $4.1M in Bitcoin tied to darknet market
NSW Police said the Bitcoin was allegedly linked to illegal darknet marketplace activity involving drugs and weapons.
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How AI became crypto's favorite reason to cut staff
Coinbase, Block and Crypto.com have all cited AI to justify recent cuts, though Scale AI’s Jason Droege suspects companies are using the technology as cover.
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CoinDesk 20 performance update: NEAR Protocol (NEAR) gains 6.3%, leading index higher
Internet Computer (ICP), up 5.8% from Thursday, was also a top performer.
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Stablecoins have their 'permission slip.' Now comes the hard part.
Executives from MoonPay, Ripple and Paxos said at Consensus Miami 2026 that regulation has accelerated stablecoin adoption, but infrastructure, privacy and distribution remain major hurdles.
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Coinbase bulls point to crypto legislation and stablecoins after earnings miss
Analysts say Coinbase’s long-term growth may depend more on stablecoins and U.S. crypto legislation than a rebound in trading activity.
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Stablecoins won’t strengthen global role of euro, ECB’s Lagarde says
ECB President Christine Lagarde said Europe should build tokenized settlement infrastructure anchored by central bank money rather than rely on private stablecoins.
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U.S. added 115K jobs in April, nearly doubling expectations
The data comes ahead of what's expected to be a new Federal Reserve chairman taking the reins at the U.S. central bank later this month.
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U.S. hiring slowdown could be great for bitcoin — unless wages spoil the party
Your day-ahead look for May 8, 2026
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Four signs that show Ethereum's rally is exhausted at $2.4K
Several Ethereum metrics suggest the ETH price could see further downside due to reduced demand and weakening network fundamentals.
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Coinbase blames AWS for hours-long crypto trading outage
Coinbase says the outage has been fully resolved but that it will investigate the incident fully.