The decision concerns 61,000 BTC seized by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation into Zhimin Qian, who pleaded guilty to defrauding thousands of people in China.
Blur’s planned website closure revived criticism of the royalty policies and token rewards that helped it overtake OpenSea during the NFT boom, but hurt creators.
About $800 million in leveraged positions were wiped out over 24 hours, 86% of them bullish. Chip-stock contracts on crypto exchanges took a chunk of the damage.
Blur will close its website on Nov. 12 after monthly trading fell from about $1.43 billion at its 2023 peak to under $7 million, ten days after sister project Blast announced its own shutdown.
Bitcoin climbed back above $83,000 after an early dip, decoupling from a sharp slide in Korean chip stocks and weakness in Nasdaq futures ahead of Thursday’s US CPI report.
With just 22 days until the US midterm elections, a crypto-aligned committee has announced another major ad expenditure to support “pro-crypto” candidates in 2026.
A Tempo report examines how proposed US accounting rules could change corporate stablecoin holdings, with direct redemption rights determining which tokens qualify as cash.
The Bitcoin mining industry needs roughly $50 billion to complete planned AI infrastructure projects, with IREN, Riot Platforms and HIVE Digital facing major funding gaps.
The Palantir UK chief said the U.S. is racing ahead on enterprise AI while Europe hesitates, and explained why he thinks the company faces intense political attacks.
The Bitmine chairman said he expects younger investors to drive demand for digital assets as his ether treasury company inches closer to owning 5% of the total supply.