Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
The bitcoin price level where leveraged bulls could get whacked
Bitcoin traders piling into leveraged long positions could be walking into a trap, with market data pointing to a specific price zone where a cascade of forced liquidations may…
XRP sinks below $1 for first time since 2024 as Korean bank adopts Ripple Payments
XRP dropped below the $1 mark for the first time since 2024, a sharp decline that unfolded even as Ripple secured a new banking partner in South Korea. The divergence between…
XRP slips below $1 even as a Korean regional bank adopts Ripple Payments
XRP has fallen below the $1 threshold despite news that a South Korean regional bank has signed on to use Ripple's crossborder payments infrastructure, underscoring a widening gap…
Monad, an Ethereum rival, offered early investors up to $60 million to cash out. Almost all said no
Monad, a highperformance blockchain positioning itself as an Ethereum competitor, extended an offer worth as much as $60 million to its earliest backers to buy out their token…
Bitcoin climbs above $64,000 while most majors slip
Bitcoin pushed past $64,000 on Monday even as most major cryptocurrencies drifted lower, underscoring a widening gap between the market's flagship asset and the broader field of…
South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank taps Ripple for cross-border payments
South Korea's Jeonbuk Bank has partnered with Ripple to deploy the blockchain firm's crossborder payments technology, marking another foothold for the company in Asia's financial…
Alleged $165M crypto Ponzi mastermind faces US charges after Fiji deportation
The alleged mastermind behind a $165 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme is now facing federal charges in the United States after being deported from Fiji, according to…
‘Fabricated rumors’ about BitMart founder, Binance bStocks dominate: Asia Express
The cryptocurrency exchange landscape in Asia is buzzing with two major developments: Binance's tokenized stock product bStocks has rocketed to become the secondlargest issuer of…
Kraken Parent Payward Joins Glasswing, Gets Access to Claude Mythos to Hunt Security Flaws
Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing, gaining access to an advanced AI system designed to identify and…
Minnesota Says xAI's Grok Created 'Marketplace for Digital Sexual Violence'
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI is at the center of a legal battle in Minnesota, where state officials argue that its Grok chatbot has helped create what they…
Kraken parent Payward joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing for AI security push
Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has signed on to Anthropic's Project Glasswing, an initiative aimed at strengthening cybersecurity defenses through…
OCC approves Trump family crypto company for trust charter
OCC approves Trump family crypto company for trust charter The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted conditional approval to World Liberty Financial, a…
Prediction Markets Give the Fed 74% Odds of Standing Pat in September
Traders on major prediction markets are betting heavily that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged at its September meeting, with odds hovering around 74% for the…
Treasury Proposes Rules Defining Who Can Legally Sell Stablecoins in US
The US Treasury Department has unveiled a proposed rulemaking that would establish clear boundaries around which entities are permitted to sell stablecoins to American customers,…
OpenAI’s Answer to Rogue Agents and Hacks Is More AI, Not Less
OpenAI is arguing that the best defense against increasingly capable and potentially dangerous AI systems is not less artificial intelligence—but more of it. In a new essay,…
XRP Price Holds to Near Two-Year Streak, But Charts Flash a Warning Sign
XRP is fighting to hold a key price level it has successfully defended for nearly two years, but technical indicators across multiple timeframes are now signaling potential…
Saylor says share buyback isn’t priority as Strategy builds $4.8 billion cash reserve
Strategy is not making share buybacks a top priority right now, Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said Monday, even as the company sits on a growing cash pile of $4.8 billion and…
Solana’s Pump Token Leads Crypto Market Gainers as Chart Paints Golden Cross
PUMP, the native token of Solanabased memecoin launchpad Pump.fun, surged roughly 8% to lead crypto market gainers, as a closely watched technical pattern began to take shape on…
Ethereum Developers Target Privacy Changes in Next Major Upgrade
Ethereum developers are laying the groundwork to embed stronger privacy features directly into the network's next major upgrade, with a proposed package that would allow privacy…
CFTC seeks public input on AI compute futures contracts as CME eyes October launch
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has opened a public comment period on proposed AI compute futures contracts, a move that could pave the way for a new market letting…
- The bitcoin price level where leveraged bulls could get whacked
- XRP sinks below $1 for first time since 2024 as Korean bank adopts Ripple Payments
- Catapult Draws KuCoin Ventures Backing as Fundraising Round Continues
- XRP slips below $1 even as a Korean regional bank adopts Ripple Payments
- Monad, an Ethereum rival, offered early investors up to $60 million to cash out. Almost all said no
