Payward’s application would add a federally regulated trust company to the Kraken group’s existing Wyoming bank charter and Fed master account.

Price moved higher on a late volume burst, with traders watching whether compression near $1.39-$1.40 finally resolves into a larger move.

Internet Computer (ICP), up 5.8% from Thursday, was also a top performer.

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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Coinbase says the outage has been fully resolved but that it will investigate the incident fully.

BTC fell under $80,000 after U.S. strikes in Iran sent oil briefly above $100, triggering liquidations and a shift toward bearish positioning.

As Wall Street chases upside in stocks like never before, the implications for bitcoin appear bullish, though with an important caveat.

Screenshots showed BTC briefly far below global market prices, though it remains unclear whether any trades were executed at those levels or whether the move was a display issue.

Bitcoin no longer holds up as the cypherpunk-grade money it was meant to be, Zcash\\\'s Zooko Wilcox told an engaged audience.

DAO delegates approved releasing exploit-frozen ETH to an Aave-led recovery effort, though Arbitrum’s governance rules delay any transfer for at least eight days

CryptoQuant says traders are cashing out into strength, Enflux ties the move to easing Hormuz tensions, while Glassnode argues bitcoin has reclaimed key levels needed for a broader recovery.

Panelists at Consensus Miami said institutional investors are still largely absent from perp DEXs, citing security risks and KYC friction as key barriers.

Chappy Asel says autonomous software may be more natural users of wallets and stablecoins than humans, though agentic payments remain mostly theoretical.

Bitcoin pulled back from this week\\\'s $81,500 high after U.S. forces fired on Iranian targets, while crypto futures markets logged their 67th straight day of negative funding rates, the longest streak in a decade per K33 Research.