Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
Pakistan steps up crypto enforcement with dedicated federal unit
Pakistan is ramping up its efforts to combat cryptocurrencyrelated crime, with the Federal Investigation Agency FIA reportedly establishing a dedicated unit to tackle digital…
Google Ships New Gemini Flash Models, But Pro Is Still Missing
Google has released a fresh batch of Gemini AI models, expanding its lightweight and specialized offerings while its flagship Pro tier remains conspicuously absent from the…
White House pushes Senate Democrats to take 'historic' crypto Clarity Act ethics deal
The White House is pressing Senate Democrats to embrace what it describes as a "historic" ethics compromise tied to the Clarity Act, a sweeping cryptocurrency marketstructure…
Augustus Raises $180 Million to Build a Stablecoin-Ready 'Global Dollar Bank'
Augustus, a fintech startup building what it calls a "global dollar bank," has raised $180 million in a funding round led by Tiger Global, catapulting the company to a $1 billion…
Movement Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy months after token scandal
Movement Labs, the blockchain development firm behind the MOVE token, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, capping months of turmoil that included a contentious…
Crypto market breakout could accelerate as AI trade cools, analyst says
Bitcoin surged past $67,000 this week as cryptolinked equities climbed, with one analyst suggesting the broader digital asset market could be positioned for a sharper breakout as…
White House agrees to ethics provisions in market structure bill
The White House has reportedly signed off on ethics provisions to be included in the crypto market structure legislation known as the CLARITY Act, a development that coincided…
Google Is Building an AI Chip Just for Gemini—And Investors Already Moved On It
Google is reportedly developing a custom server chip designed specifically to run its Gemini AI models more efficiently, a move that has already caught the attention of investors…
XRP Breaks Out on Clarity Act Hopes. The Charts Are Still Cautious
XRP notched its strongest singleday gain in weeks as renewed optimism around U.S. crypto legislation lifted the Ripplelinked token, though technical indicators suggest traders…
Claude's Fable 5 just solved an 87-year-old math problem, and it matters for bitcoin
An artificial intelligence model has reportedly resolved a mathematics problem that had eluded researchers for nearly nine decades, a breakthrough that arrives at a moment of…
Galaxy sets up $5 million fund to help shield Bitcoin against quantum computing threats
Galaxy Digital has committed $5 million to a new fund aimed at protecting Bitcoin from the looming threat posed by quantum computing, backing developers working to harden the…
Jack Mallers Quits Twenty One Capital as Tether's Bitcoin Merger Collapses
Jack Mallers has stepped down from his role at Twenty One Capital as Tether's ambitious plan to merge three Bitcoinfocused companies into a single entity has officially collapsed,…
Russia’s parliament passes crypto market law with $3,800 annual cap for retail investors
Russia's parliament has approved sweeping cryptocurrency market legislation that establishes a regulatory framework for digital assets, imposing a roughly $3,800 annual investment…
Bitcoin nears seven-week high as stocks ignore Iran strikes, Trump 10% tariff plans
Bitcoin climbed toward a sevenweek high on Monday as cryptocurrency and equity markets largely shrugged off escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, along with…
Augustus raises $180 million to build a clearing bank for the AI and stablecoin era
Augustus, a financial infrastructure startup, has secured $180 million in fresh funding to develop what it calls a modern clearing bank designed for an economy increasingly shaped…
MoneyGram's CEO says blockchain works best when customers don't know it's there
MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo told CoinDesk that the moneytransfer giant's blockchain strategy has matured from early experiments into a companywide push to overhaul its global…
CoinShares debuts Bitcoin mining ETF in Europe entrance
CoinShares has launched its first exchangetraded fund in Europe, a product focused on Bitcoin mining companies that began trading on Deutsche Börse's Xetra platform. The…
Robinhood-backed DEX Arcus expands with tokenized assets, perps
Arcus, a decentralized exchange developed by the team behind dYdX, is broadening its offerings with tokenized stocks and perpetual futures, deepening the push to bring traditional…
Morpho launches fixed-rate lending protocol on Base
Morpho, the decentralized lending platform, has rolled out a new fixedrate lending protocol on Coinbase's Base network, giving borrowers and lenders more predictability in a…
Jack Mallers steps down as XXI Capital CEO as Tether's plans to merge three bitcoin firms falls
Jack Mallers has resigned as chief executive of XXI Capital following the collapse of a proposed threeway merger that would have combined the bitcoin treasury firm with his…
- Pakistan steps up crypto enforcement with dedicated federal unit
- Google Ships New Gemini Flash Models, But Pro Is Still Missing
- Catapult Draws KuCoin Ventures Backing as Fundraising Round Continues
- Pavel Durov says Telegram to roll out native Gram crypto wallet
- White House pushes Senate Democrats to take 'historic' crypto Clarity Act ethics deal
