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Sam Bourgi
Sam Bourgi is a business editor at Coinpectra, where he brings a decade of experience in economic analysis and financial market writing. Past roles included think tanks, boutique research firms and the wild world of freelance crypto. His passions include Bitcoin, Austrian economics and writing. Also heavy music and strong coffee.
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US crypto ETF approval odds surge to ‘90% or higher’ — Bloomberg analysts The SEC likely views cryptocurrencies Litecoin, Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano and others as “commodities.”
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Wyoming stablecoin commission names Aptos highest-ranking blockchain The commission evaluated more than 10 blockchains, including Ethereum, Avalanche, Sui, Stellar and Polygon.
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Uber pitches AI labeling services following Meta’s Scale acquisition — Report The ride-hailing giant has reportedly offered AI “coders for hire” since at least November.
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Musk’s X plans payments, investment features rollout for 2025 — Report The social media app will soon be embedded with various financial services, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said.
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Visa, Yellow Card push digital dollar use across African countries Yellow Card plans to roll out stablecoin payments with Visa in at least one African country this year amid a trend driven partly by limited access to US dollars.
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ZisK spins off from Polygon with ‘core minds behind Polygon zkEVM’ Polygon co-founder Jordi Baylini continues to serve Polygon in an advisory capacity.
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JPMorgan pushes JPMD pilot on Base, says deposit tokens beat stablecoins Once the pilot phase ends, Coinbase’s institutional clients can begin using JPMD for transactions.
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Cycles eyes sustainable crypto credit after 2022 liquidity crisis “The panic of ‘22 showed that much like in TradFi, liquidity and solvency are intimately bound up with each other,” said Cycles’ Ethan Buckman.
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Solana Foundation, Bitget Wallet join Ondo Finance’s ‘market alliance’ Eight crypto exchanges, custodians and wallets have joined a group formed to accelerate the adoption of tokenized assets.
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Eric Trump is ‘biggest fan’ of Justin Sun, but denies involvement in Tron’s public venture Tron will go public in the US through a reverse merger with SRM Entertainment, a Nasdaq-listed company.
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ETH price slips, but institutions flock to Ethereum staking — Lido Exec Ether price has significantly underperformed in 2025, but institutional demand for Ethereum staking is growing, says Lido Foundation’s Kean Gilbert.
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Gemini, Coinbase expected to secure EU licenses under MiCA — Report Gemini is set to receive approval from Malta, while Coinbase is expected to get the green light from Luxembourg, according to Reuters.
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Crypto Biz: Meta’s AI bet, Fortune 500’s stablecoin push Mark Zuckerberg bets $15 billion on an AI company as stablecoins win over Fortune 500 companies.
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Deutsche Telekom, Alibaba Cloud, Vodafone are running nodes on Nillion The Enterprise Cluster initiative enables decentralized use cases for privacy-sensitive operations across healthcare and finance.
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Peaq and UAE bet on tokenized machines to power future economy The UAE Machine Economy Free Zone envisions a world where tokenholders receive a share of the revenue from machine-economy activities.
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After stablecoin push, Stripe acquires crypto wallet developer Privy The acquisition of Privy follows Stripe’s entry into the stablecoin market in 2024.
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ASTR becomes OP Superchain’s first interoperable token via Chainlink CCIP Users will eventually be able to transfer ASTR to any Superchain network, according to OP Labs’ Zain Bacchus.
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Meta’s AI shortfall prompts Zuckerberg’s $15B investment in Scale AI — Report Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly assembling a superintelligence group that will include Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang.
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Investment giant Guggenheim taps Ripple to expand digital debt offering Guggenheim’s Treasury-backed fixed-income product will be available on the XRP Ledger.
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Telegram founder Durov on arrest, detention in France: ‘I’m confused’ In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Pavel Durov’s first since being indicted on six charges in 2024, said his company did nothing wrong.
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Nasdaq-listed fintech Netcapital acquires crypto native protocol Mixie Shares of NCPL surged more than 16% on the news of the Mixie acquisition and are up 48% year-to-date.
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Tether plans to open-source Bitcoin mining OS; CEO says ‘no need’ for 3rd party vendors The USDt issuer plans to launch its open-source project by the fourth quarter of 2025, according to CEO Paolo Ardoino.
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Retail is back, but not where you think — Bitget COO Vugar Usi Zade dispelled the myth that retail investors are no longer interested in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.
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VC Roundup: Twenty One investors inject $100M into BTC treasury, Jump Crypto backs Securitize Twenty One Capital, Securitize, aZen, Savea and Dexari headline a less active month for crypto venture capital.
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Midas launches tokenized T-Bill on Algorand The first atomic swap, conducted on May 27, saw $2 million in USDC exchanged for the new mTBILL.
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Former Chainlink, Two Sigma execs build ‘Moirai’ to uncover crypto gems The executives behind Metalayer Ventures have launched a $25 million venture fund with a focus on stablecoins and tokenization.
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Trump supports bill to buy 1 million BTC — Senator Lummis The Trump administration is working on bills related to stablecoins, market structure and the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve “in that order.”
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BlackRock in-house portfolio boosts IBIT Bitcoin ETF exposure by 25% The $11 trillion asset manager reported holding more than 2.1 million shares of IBIT as of March 31.
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Taurus, Parfin partnership to provide crypto infrastructure to institutions Taurus said the partnership would enable its expansion into Latin America, a region that ranks highly for cryptocurrency adoption.