Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
UK politicians mull permanent crypto donation ban in wake of Nigel Farage scandal
UK lawmakers are debating whether to impose a permanent ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties, a proposal driven by escalating controversy surrounding Reform UK…
Can Bitcoin hold $62K ahead of Friday’s $1.4 billion options expiry?
Bitcoin traders are fixated on the $62,000 level as roughly $1.4 billion in options contracts prepare to settle on the Deribit exchange this Friday, an event that could set the…
MARA shares surge after 2 GW Texas infrastructure deal expands AI ambitions
MARA Holdings saw its shares rocket on Tuesday after the Bitcoin miner disclosed a major Texas infrastructure deal that hands the company up to 2 gigawatts of potential power…
Swift Readies Ledger for 24/7 Token Transfers—Though True Settlement Is Stuck on Old Rails
Swift, the global messaging network linking thousands of banks, is piloting a shared ledger built to keep tokenized money moving around the clock—including on weekends—even though…
Bitcoin traders reveal key levels as BTC price passes $63K after Trump Iran 'deal' comments
Bitcoin surged past $63,000 on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump signaled that Iran was open to negotiations, easing the geopolitical anxiety that had been weighing on…
AI contracts, not bitcoin, now drive miner valuations, and Cipher and TeraWulf look cheap, says analyst
Cryptocurrency miners are no longer being judged primarily on how much bitcoin they can produce. Instead, according to analysts at Compass Point, Wall Street is increasingly…
AI contracts, not bitcoin, now drive miner valuations, and Cipher and TeraWulf look cheap
How Wall Street prices cryptocurrency miners is being rewritten, and according to a new analysis from Compass Point, artificial intelligence infrastructure deals — not bitcoin…
MARA Stock Pops as Bitcoin Miner Agrees to Acquire Massive Powered Texas Land Plot
MARA Holdings shares climbed after the Bitcoin mining giant announced plans to acquire a large, powerequipped plot of land in Texas, a deal aimed at expanding its footprint in…
Labour MPs Push to Make UK Crypto Donation Ban Permanent
Labour MPs Move to Cement Crypto Donation Ban A group of Labour lawmakers is pressing to turn the United Kingdom's temporary ban on cryptocurrency political donations into…
MoonPay Brings Its AI Crypto Agents to Telegram
MoonPay has launched MoonAgents, an artificial intelligence tool that lets Telegram users analyze markets and set up cryptocurrency transactions without ever leaving the messaging…
Morning Minute: Paradigm Raises $1.2B Fund as Crypto’s Top VC Pushes Into AI
Morning Minute: Paradigm Raises $1.2B Fund as Crypto's Top VC Pushes Into AI Paradigm, one of the most influential venture firms in cryptocurrency, has closed a fresh $1.2 billion…
EU Set to Revise MiCA in 2027 to Cover Foreign Stablecoin Issuers
The European Union is preparing to revise its landmark crypto legislation in 2027, with plans to extend regulatory oversight to stablecoin issuers based outside the bloc,…
Over $7.2 billion have migrated from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP as Mantle joins exodus
More than $7.2 billion in assets has moved from LayerZero to Chainlink's CrossChain Interoperability Protocol CCIP, signaling a notable realignment in the fiercely competitive…
Pricing houses in bitcoin exposes dollar's loss of value
When houses are priced in bitcoin instead of dollars, a strikingly different picture of the American real estate market emerges — one that cryptocurrency advocates say reveals…
Sony Bank gets US regulator nod to issue stablecoins
Sony Bank has landed preliminary approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to launch a stablecoin issuance business, positioning the Japanese lender to enter…
Interpol operation exposes $122M crypto wallet tied to romance scam laundering
An Interpolled investigation has uncovered a single cryptocurrency wallet that moved more than $122.5 million in illicit funds over just 10 months, exposing the expanding role of…
Swift rolls out new blockchain ledger to bring 24/7 banking to 17 global giants
Swift, the messaging network that links thousands of banks around the globe, is rolling out a blockchainbased ledger designed to enable continuous, alwayson financial services.…
Sony Bank Clears OCC Hurdle for Dollar Stablecoin
Sony Bank has taken a significant step toward launching a dollarpegged stablecoin in the United States, securing preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the…
Crypto for Advisors: Q2 2026 Digital Asset Review
Crypto ETFs Suffer Record Outflows in Turbulent Q2 2026 Digital asset investment products endured a rough second quarter in 2026, with crypto exchangetraded funds shedding capital…
Crypto remains resilient in face of renewed Middle East tensions
Cryptocurrency markets held their ground this week even as fresh geopolitical tensions erupted in the Middle East, with bitcoin extending a rally in the aftermath of U.S.…
- OpenAI Models Escaped Locked Test Environment, Hacked Hugging Face to Cheat on Benchmark
- Crypto Clarity Act still at mercy of ethics section as Democrats balk at Trump deal
- Catapult Draws KuCoin Ventures Backing as Fundraising Round Continues
- Movement Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after months of MOVE token turmoil
- Ether breaks the $1.9K resistance; is $2.1K the next target for ETH bulls?
