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Bitcoin’s recent surge resulted in significant liquidations, with more than $1.09 billion in short contracts wiped out within a 24-hour period. Bitcoin Rally Triggers Liquidations Bitcoin’s rally to a new all-time high of over $118,000 triggered a massive wave of liquidations, wiping out more than $1.11 billion in short contracts in a single 24-hour period […]

The Australian island state of Tasmania has become the latest to join a country-wide crackdown on crypto ATM scammers.Tasmania Police Cyber Investigations said on Friday that it found the top 15 users of crypto ATMs in the state were all victims of scams, with combined losses of 2.5 million Australian dollars ($1.6 million). Over a third, around $592,000, was deposited into crypto ATMs. The announcement comes just weeks after Australian Federal Police and Australia’s financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC, said they were leading a national enforcement operation to clamp down on criminal use of crypto ATMs.Victims pressured to use crypto ATMs by…

Japanese-listed firm Remixpoint has become the first in the country to pay its CEO entirely in bitcoin, aligning executive incentives with shareholder value and showcasing its commitment to crypto-centric corporate strategy. A First for Japan As Remixpoint Links Executive Pay to BTC Remixpoint, a Tokyo-listed firm bridging crypto, energy, and web3 innovation, has announced a […]

Image Credit: Ulrick Trappschuh Italy’s online gambling sector is entering a new era as the country’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has approved 46 applications for new online gambling licences. This significant development follows the official close of the ADM’s tender process on May 30th, 2025, marking a pivotal step in the government’s comprehensive reform of its online gambling regulations. The approved operators include major international and domestic brands such as Betfair, Bet365, Snaitech, Sisal, William Hill and LeoVegas, all of which now move forward to the next stage of the licensing process. Keep Reading EGBA Members Contribute €3.8bn to…

Dogecoin started a fresh increase above the $0.180 zone against the US Dollar. DOGE is now consolidating and might aim for a move above $0.20. DOGE price started a fresh increase above the $0.1750 and $0.180 levels. The price is trading above the $0.1880 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $0.1910 on the hourly chart of the DOGE/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could start a fresh rally if it clears the $0.1980 and $0.20 resistance levels. Dogecoin Price Eyes More Gains Dogecoin price started a fresh…

Bitcoin short-sellers were pummeled on Thursday as the cryptocurrency surged to new all-time highs, resulting in more than $1 billion in short positions liquidated in 24 hours. CoinGlass data shows that $1.01 billion in crypto short positions were liquidated, impacting 232,149 traders.This included approximately $570 million in Bitcoin (BTC) shorts and $206.93 million in Ether (ETH) shorts.Bitcoin liquidations totaled $590.04 million over the past 24 hours with only $20.21 million being long positions. Source: CoinGlassThe liquidations came as Bitcoin clocked a new record high for the second day in a row — $112,000 on Wednesday and $116,500 on Thursday, while Ether…

The following is an update from Ethereum Foundation Fellow Chuy Cepeda. Our identities hold immense power. In a time when people take great pride in using multiple pseudonyms or personas, we often think about how to identify ourselves. I identify as a native of Monterrey, Mexico, a Latin-American, a son, brother, father, husband, engineer, Ph.D., entrepreneur, dog lover, hitchhiker, and a believer that democracies are suffering. Looking back at a time when I started meeting people from different countries and gaining a better understanding of their access to public services, I recall becoming aware of how far away this reality…

You fancy tactical gameplay in the popular setting of the sci-fi series? Then prick up your ears, because you can get exactly that – for 0 euros. Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday, … The publisher Slitherine is celebrating its 25th anniversary. To celebrate, we’re not only serenading you with a song, but also offering discounts and even a game gift for you from July 10, 2025. To mark the celebrations, a big publisher sale is currently taking place on Steam for the numerous strategy titles from Slitherine. On top of that, a tactical pearl is being brought to the…

Phi-4-mini-Flash-Reasoning, the latest addition to Microsoft’s Phi-4 model family, is an open, lightweight language model designed to excel at long-context reasoning while maintaining high inference efficiency. Released on Hugging Face, this 3.8B parameter model is a distilled version of Phi-4-mini, fine-tuned for dense reasoning tasks like math problem solving and multi-hop question answering. Built using Microsoft’s new SambaY decoder-hybrid-decoder architecture, it achieves state-of-the-art performance among compact models and operates up to 10× faster than its predecessor on long-generation tasks. Architecture: Gated Memory Meets Hybrid Decoding At the core of Phi-4-mini-Flash-Reasoning is the SambaY architecture, a novel decoder-hybrid-decoder model that integrates…

US Bitcoin mining executives are earning well above their peers in the IT and energy sectors due to generous stock compensation packages, and shareholders are fighting back, according to new findings from asset manager VanEck.Despite “aggressive compensation packages,” Bitcoin mining firm shareholders are “balking,” VanEck head of digital assets research Matthew Sigel and investment analyst Nathan Frankovitz reported on Thursday. The researchers found that average shareholder approval for executive pay packages is just 64% compared to around 90% for S&P 500 and Russell 3000 companies. “That skepticism appears well-founded. Mining executives continue to grant themselves oversized equity awards that dilute shareholders without…