Category: Bitcoin News

AI, Bitcoin Mining Firms Tap High-Yield Bonds for Data Centers

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The AI and data center boom partly driven by Bitcoin miners is increasingly being financed through high-yield bond issuance, underscoring how lenders are pricing both risk and opportunity in the sector. According to TheEnergyMag’s latest newsletter, companies tied to AI data center development have raised about $33 billion in long-term senior notes over the past 12 months, excluding convertible debt — bonds that can later be converted into equity and typically carry different risk dynamics. The interest rate spread is notable: While regulated utilities and traditional energy companies generally borrow…

Court sets deadline for US to address Sam Bankman-Fried‘s potential trial

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Lawyers representing the US government in the case against Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried have two weeks to respond to the former FTX CEO’s motion for a new criminal trial. In a Wednesday filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Lewis Kaplan said that the US government shall respond by March 11 to SBF’s motion for a new trial. The former FTX CEO, who was convicted of seven felony counts in 2023 and later sentenced to 25 years in prison, requested a new trial earlier…

Cycles, Liquidity and a Divided Market

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In an interview with Cointelegraph, CEO Nic Puckrin breaks down the forces behind Bitcoin’s bear market and what could come next in 2026. In an exclusive Cointelegraph interview, crypto YouTuber and CEO of Coin Bureau Nic Puckrin says he expects 2026 to play out as a “tale of two crypto markets” — institutional conviction on one side, and near-total retail apathy on the other.  While headlines have been dominated by exchange-traded funds, policy shifts and big-money adoption, he argues that the everyday investor isn’t showing up the way they did…

Jane Street 10 AM Bitcoin Dump Claims Split Analysts

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Cryptocurrency investors accused quantitative trading company Jane Street of pressuring Bitcoin’s price with a daily, programmatic sell-off at the US market open, but market analysts and data suggest the pattern is not consistent, and no single company can force Bitcoin into a prolonged bear market. The claims surged online a day after Terraform Labs’ court-appointed administrator sued Jane Street, alleging insider trading tied to transactions that worsened the collapse of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin ecosystem in May 2022. Several market watchers, including crypto influencer Justin Bechler, have argued that Jane Street’s…

Mastercard, MetaMask Launch Self-Custody Crypto Card in US

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Self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask is rolling out its Mastercard-enabled spending card in the United States, with first-time availability in New York. MetaMask parent company Consensys on Thursday announced the general availability of the MetaMask Card across the US following initial pilots in 2025 and 2024. With the US launch, MetaMask Card joins existing availability in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, European Economic Area countries, Mexico, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, with additional markets to follow, the company said in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph. “This is the first time MetaMask Card is…

American Bitcoin’s Trump‑Backed Mining Bet Nets $59M Q4 Loss

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American Bitcoin Corp. (ABTC) reported a fourth quarter 2025 net loss of $59.5 million, even though its revenue climbed to $78.3 million, up 22% from the third quarter, according to its latest earnings release and 8‑K filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The Trump family‑backed Bitcoin (BTC) miner posted a Q4 gross margin of 53% and said it had “mined Bitcoin at a 53% discount” to spot purchasing. A sizable non‑cash loss on digital assets contributed to a full-year 2025 net loss of $153.2 million, driven…

Grvt Integrates Aave for Traders to Earn Yield on Perp Collateral

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Decentralized perpetual futures exchange (perp DEX) Grvt said it has integrated the Aave lending protocol to let traders earn yield on collateral posted for margin while keeping their derivatives positions open. The company said Thursday that the feature is designed to reduce the opportunity cost of margin collateral that typically sits idle on trading venues. Perpetual futures are crypto derivatives that track an asset’s price and do not expire. “On most platforms, your capital can only do one thing at a time,” Hong Yea, CEO of Grvt, told Cointelegraph. “Your…

Bitcoin Price Eyes $80,000 Liquidity Grab as ETFs Resume Buying BTC

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Bitcoin (BTC) tapped $70,000 during Wednesday’s New York session as bulls targeted sell liquidity. Key takeaways: BTC price support must hold above a key trendline at $68,000 for the rebound to continue. $80,000 is a key level to watch as the next big liquidation cluster above. Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows attracted half a billion dollars in inflows on Wednesday. BTC/USD hourly chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin must close week above $68,000 Data from TradingView showed the BTC/USD pair at $68,480 on Bitstamp. This is just above the 200-week exponential moving average…

Gate Secures Malta PSD2 License for EU Payment Services

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Crypto exchange Gate has secured a Payment Institution license in Malta, a license under the European Union’s PSD2 framework, giving the crypto exchange a regulated foothold to offer payment services across the bloc alongside its existing crypto permissions. The company said Thursday that its Malta-based entity, Gate Technology, received the license from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). Gate said the approval supports its strategy of linking traditional payment infrastructure with Web3 services in Europe. The authorization adds payment capabilities to Gate’s existing EU crypto permissions. On Oct. 1, 2025,…

OCC Stablecoin Proposal Targets Yield, Sets Stage for CLARITY Act

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The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has dropped a 376‑page proposal to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act that looks to settle the ongoing stablecoin yield fight. The proposal is open to public comment for 60 days from Wednesday’s publication date, and sets out detailed rules for permitted payment stablecoin issuers under the OCC’s jurisdiction. Supervised entities would be barred from paying any form of interest or yield, whether in cash, tokens, or other consideration, “solely in connection with the…