Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
September Fed rate hike fears look overblown as the probability stands at just 58%, not 90%
Fears of a September interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve may be exaggerated, with marketimplied odds currently sitting at roughly 58%—well below the 90% figure some…
Cronos halts blockchain after $75 million lending exploit hits lending app Tectonic
The Cronos blockchain was brought to a halt this weekend after an attacker exploited the lending protocol Tectonic, draining roughly $75 million by manipulating the value of a…
Bitcoin barely blinks as U.S. hits Iran, sending oil higher and stocks lower
Bitcoin held its ground with remarkable steadiness after the United States launched strikes on Iran, a development that pushed oil prices higher and dragged equity markets lower.…
Cronos halts network after Tectonic exploit involving estimated $75M
The Cronos blockchain temporarily halted operations following an exploit targeting the Tectonic lending protocol, with early estimates placing losses at around $75 million. What…
Bitcoin’s new quantum defenses, 18.9M SOL cancelled: Hodler’s Digest
Bitcoin developers are advancing plans to protect the network against future quantum computing threats, while Solana validators voted to cancel the issuance of nearly 19 million…
Ex-White House Teleprompter Operator Fined for Prediction Market Insider Trading
A former White House teleprompter operator has been ordered to pay penalties after regulators found he used advance access to President Donald Trump's speeches to profit on…
Bitcoin ETFs Snap Nine-Day Inflow Streak as Ethereum Funds Extend Their Run
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchangetraded funds broke a nineday winning streak on August 28, bleeding roughly $201.9 million in net outflows, while Ethereumfocused funds bucked the trend…
Strategy’s Bitcoin Is $2.8 Billion in Profit—Is Saylor Teeing Up a Buy?
Strategy's massive Bitcoin holdings have swung back into profit after a market rebound, with the company's stash of 640,447 BTC now sitting roughly $2.8 billion above its cost…
Saylor signals Strategy is ‘Back’ to Bitcoin buying
Michael Saylor has signaled that Strategy is preparing to return to the Bitcoin market, ending a purchasing pause that stretched over roughly two months as the company worked to…
Michael Saylor hints at first bitcoin purchase in two months
Michael Saylor has signaled that Strategy could be preparing to resume its bitcoin buying, potentially marking the company's first acquisition in roughly two months, as the…
Michael Saylor hints at first bitcoin purchase in two months as bitcoin nears $79,000
Michael Saylor appears poised to resume bitcoin buying after a twomonth pause, signaling a fresh purchase by Strategy just as the cryptocurrency climbs back toward the $79,000…
Michael Saylor hints at first bitcoin purchase in two months as Bitcoin nears $79,000
Michael Saylor has signaled that his company may be preparing to buy bitcoin for the first time in two months, a move that comes as the cryptocurrency rebounds toward the $79,000…
From Hawala to Swift: Inside the 1,000-year battle to move money safely
The story of money is, in many ways, the story of humanity's long struggle to move value from one place to another without losing it along the way. From informal trust networks…
After Their AI Models Hacked Real Companies, AI Labs Call for Stronger Cyber Defenses
Leading artificial intelligence developers and more than 100 organizations across security, finance, and technology are urging governments and industry to bolster their cyber…
Crypto market makers are cashing in on bitcoin's rally - without betting on direction
Crypto market makers are quietly generating steady returns from bitcoin's latest climb above $80,000 — not by betting on where the price is headed, but by harvesting yield from…
Russia’s Sber eyes USDT loans, questions digital ruble demand
Russia's biggest bank, Sber, is preparing to let borrowers put up Tether's USDT and Ether as loan collateral, expanding beyond Bitcoin as the country rolls out a legal framework…
Real Trump Coins denies launching GOLD token, blames ‘bad actors’
Real Trump Coins has publicly distanced itself from a cryptocurrency token called GOLD, insisting it never authorized or launched any digital asset and pinning the blame on…
A $1.1 million crypto card hack crashed a neobank's token 49%
A security breach that drained roughly $1.1 million through fraudulent crypto card transactions sent the native token of a digitalfirst bank tumbling nearly 49% from its 24hour…
Polygon discloses security flaws fixed in recent hard forks
Polygon has revealed several security vulnerabilities that were quietly patched through recent network upgrades, saying the flaws could have exposed the blockchain to…
Stellar tokenized RWA market more than quadruples to nearly $4B
Stellar's tokenized realworld asset market has surged more than fourfold this year, climbing to nearly $4 billion as institutional players increasingly turn to the blockchain for…
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