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MIAMI — Decentralized finance (DeFi) is not dead but moving further into the financial mainstream with the rise of artificial intelligence agents and cryptocurrency executives at Consensus Miami 2026 on Thursday. “Cryptocurrencies are definitely entering the mainstream,” said Hunger Horsley, co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Asset Management. “Stablecoins, tokenized assets and DeFi are all part…
MIAMI – Bitmine (BMNR), the largest Ethereum finance company, may slow down the pace of its Ethereum (ETH) accumulation as the company inches closer to its accumulation target, Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine (BMNR), said Thursday at the Consensus 2026 conference in Miami. Lee said the company holds more than 5.1 million ETH, worth about…
The longer funding rates stay in the red, the louder the calls for a short squeeze get. Bitcoin Bitcoin$79,624.85 It traded at $79,614 during the Asian session on Friday, down 1.6% in 24 hours, but still up 3.3% for the week, retreating from Wednesday’s high of $81,500, its highest level since late January. Ethereum fell…
MIAMI — The cryptocurrency industry sees the 2026 U.S. midterm elections as a key test of whether Washington’s recent embrace of digital assets is sustainable, said Jesse Spiro, head of government affairs at Tether.io. “We’ve seen a lot of good input and progress over the last year,” Spiro said during a panel discussion at Consensus…
MIAMI — Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said that reviving Binance.US is a possible way to get better prices for U.S. cryptocurrency traders. Binance wants to help restore access to global cryptocurrency liquidity to U.S. users, CZ said, noting that a resurgence of Binance.US could be one avenue after years of limited participation in the U.S….
Coinbase (COIN) shares fell more than 5% in after-hours trading Thursday after the cryptocurrency platform reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter results as falling cryptocurrency prices dampened trading activity in one of the company’s main sources of revenue. The company reported a loss of $1.49 per share, while analysts expected a profit of $0.27 per share. Revenue was…
Large companies looking to modernize payments and artificial intelligence agents conducting autonomous transactions are emerging as the two biggest growth drivers for stablecoins, executives from Bridge and Deus X Capital said Thursday at the Consensus 2026 conference in Miami. Lindsey Einhaus is responsible for the strategy and operations of stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge, which was…
Large companies looking to modernize payments and artificial intelligence agents conducting autonomous transactions are emerging as the two biggest growth drivers for stablecoins, executives from Bridge and Deus X Capital said Thursday at the Consensus 2026 conference in Miami. Lindsey Einhaus is responsible for the strategy and operations of stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge, which was…
Public blockchains make transactions transparent enough to be tracked, audited, and regulated, but this visibility may come at the expense of user privacy. Traditional compliance systems often address liability issues by identifying people, but this could undermine one of the original promises of cryptocurrencies: the ability to transact without revealing a person’s identity by default….
Public blockchains make transactions transparent enough to be tracked, audited, and regulated, but this visibility may come at the expense of user privacy. Traditional compliance systems often address liability issues by identifying people, but this could undermine one of the original promises of cryptocurrencies: the ability to transact without revealing a person’s identity by default….