President of America, Donald Trump, reasserted his support for cryptocurrency during his recent speech as part of the growing relevance of cryptocurrency in international financial markets. In an interview, Trump stressed the need for America to stay ahead as digital assets expand internationally. Trump said: “I’m a big crypto guy
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Johannesburg, South Africa – 7 July 2026 – With 100 days to go, Bitcoin Events is counting down to the 12th edition of the Blockchain Africa Conference (BAC26), taking place on 15 October 2026 in Johannesburg. As Africa’s longest running blockchain and digital assets conference, BAC26 will once again bring together bankers, regulators, institutional investors, developers, and founders to chart the continued mainstreaming of digital assets across the continent. Now entering its second decade, the conference has grown into one of the most established gatherings of its kind on the continent, having welcomed more than 11,270 attendees, hosted over 410 speakers, and drawn delegates from more than 165 countries over the course of its history. Date: 15 October 2026 Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa BAC26 will bring together industry lea
Bitcoin futures demand flips positive as CryptoQuant flags a bull setup, but exchange stablecoin reserves near $63.2B say the cash to fund it keeps leaving. The cash sitting on exchanges keeps thinning out. That would normally end the conversation. Bitcoin futures demand apparently decided otherwise. Futures positioning for BTC has flipped positive, according to a […]
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Just after 2 a.m. UTC on July 7, 2026, an Ethereum trader watched $2 million worth of Ether effectively vanish in a single block — not to a hacker, not to a scam, but to a routing vulnerability that silently redirected the swap through a near-empty liquidity pool. The incident is now one of the starkest documented cases of an Ethereum trader loss exploit involving same-block backrun extraction, and it exposes a structural tension at the heart of decentralized finance. Key takeaways An Ethereum trader swapped 1,126.44 ETH (~$2.01 million) and received only 5,776 LIT tokens worth roughly $14,500 — a 99.3% loss. The swap was routed through a low-liquidity AVAIL/WETH pool on Uniswap v3, executing at approximately 120 times the sustainable price for AVAIL. Block builder Titan extracted $1.8 million as a builder reward in the same block via same-block backrun arbitrage. GoPlus Security class
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The post Bitcoin Price Update: Bulls and Bears Both Get Tested as Market Eyes $60,000 Support appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Bitcoin was sitting under pressure around $61,200 when it suddenly reversed and shot all the way up to $64,600 in a sharp, fast move that took most traders by surprise. Before that bounce, a wave of buyers got wiped out at the bottom. Their positions were forcibly closed, clearing the way for the price to … Source: https://coinpedia.org/news/bitcoin-price-update-bulls-and-bears-both-get-tested-as-market-eyes-60000-support/
The divergence in USDT and USDC usage highlights evolving stablecoin roles, impacting global payment systems and decentralized finance growth.
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The intertwining of sports and crypto highlights evolving fan engagement, with digital assets' value increasingly tied to team performance.
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Tether has invested $20 million in Brazilian crypto platform Mercado Bitcoin to support the company’s expansion into tokenized assets, stablecoin payments, lending and other blockchain-based financial services across Latin America. Since its 2013 launch, Mercado Bitcoin has expanded beyond crypto trading into regulated financial services, including tokenized assets, credit, stablecoin payments and cross-border services. The company said it has more than 4.5 million users, has issued more than 2 billion Brazilian reais (about $370 million) worth of tokenized assets, and operates under nearly a dozen licenses across Brazil and Europe, including a payment institution license from Brazil’s central bank. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said Mercado Bitcoin has built one of Latin America’s most comprehensive regulated onchain financial platforms, citing its licensing, tokenization infrastructur
Egypt's World Cup success could redefine sports-driven crypto market dynamics, highlighting the volatile interplay between sports and digital assets.
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