Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
Red Flag? OpenAI's Agentic ChatGPT Work Signs Into Your Accounts Without You
OpenAI's newest agentic feature for ChatGPT can log into your online accounts and complete tasks on your behalf, even while you step away from your computer—a capability that has…
Virtu, Tradeweb complete onchain repo using Marshall Islands digital bond
Virtu Financial and Tradeweb have completed a fully onchain repurchase agreement using a digital bond issued by the Marshall Islands as collateral, marking another step toward…
$6.4 Billion in Bitcoin Options Expire Tomorrow—Here's What It Means
A substantial batch of Bitcoin options contracts is set to expire on Deribit this Friday, with the settlement covering roughly $6.4 billion in notional value—nearly a fifth of the…
Mirae Asset lays out crypto, stablecoin, tokenization plans for Digital X
Mirae Asset Financial Group, one of South Korea's largest financial conglomerates, has unveiled an ambitious plan to build a digital asset business worth roughly $109 billion,…
Grayscale says Zcash can challenge Bitcoin’s network effects as privacy demand grows
Grayscale has argued that Zcash could emerge as a serious competitor to Bitcoin's dominant network effects as investor appetite for privacyfocused cryptocurrencies intensifies,…
Connecticut's new lawsuit against Kalshi piles on to prediction market legal fight
Connecticut has filed a fresh lawsuit against prediction market platform Kalshi, adding another front to a sprawling legal battle that pits the company against a growing number of…
No, Ledger Wasn’t Hacked: Vulnerable Ethereum App Was Patched Before Exploit, Company Says
Ledger has pushed back against claims that its hardware wallets were compromised, stating that a vulnerability demonstrated by rival firm OneKey had already been patched before it…
Bitcoin Eyes Major Resistance as Jackson Hole Kicks Off With Unusual Fed Agenda
Bitcoin is trading firmly above $80,000 as traders turn their attention to the Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole symposium, an event that this year carries unusual…
Ethena surges as buyback vote, VC unlock overhaul boost token outlook
Ethena's ENA token climbed sharply after the protocol advanced a pair of governance measures designed to reduce sell pressure from early backers and route more revenue directly…
Bitcoin eyes $81K as Nvidia earnings beat boosts risk assets
Bitcoin surged toward the $81,000 mark on Thursday as risk assets across the board rallied following strongerthanexpected quarterly earnings from chip giant Nvidia, reigniting…
Why Nvidia’s Acquisition of Hugging Face Would Reshape Open-Source AI
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to acquire Hugging Face, a deal that would fold the internet's most popular repository of opensource AI models into the world's dominant maker of AI…
GTA 6 leaker cashes out of his own memecoin hours before Rockstar's gameplay reveal
A memecoin built around leaked footage from Grand Theft Auto VI soared to a $25 million market capitalization before its creator abruptly liquidated his holdings — just hours…
Bitcoin Could Overtake Gold in the Next Bull Run: Binance Founder CZ
Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has predicted that Bitcoin could close the gap with gold and potentially surpass the precious metal in market value during the next major…
Charles Schwab adda Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to nascent crypto platform
Charles Schwab is broadening its digital asset offering, announcing plans to add Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink to its crypto trading platform just months after opening direct…
Polish Olympic chief arrested as prosecutors probe suspected crypto-linked bribe
Polish authorities have detained Radosław Piesiewicz, the head of the country's Olympic committee, as part of an investigation into a suspected bribe with links to the…
Bitcoin’s 23% rally sends beaten-down miners soaring past AI stocks
Bitcoin mining stocks staged a dramatic comeback this week, with several beatendown names surging as much as 67% as a sharp rally in the price of Bitcoin reignited investor…
UK government reports 240 crypto millionaires in 2025
The United Kingdom saw a notable surge in crypto wealth during the 2024–2025 tax year, with government figures revealing that 240 individuals each declared gains exceeding $1.4…
MoonPay’s newest integration lets AI agents handle crypto lending on Solana
MoonPay has unveiled a new integration that allows artificial intelligence agents to autonomously manage cryptocurrency lending activities on the Solana blockchain, marking…
Solana Is Having Its Best Month Since 2024—With a Historic Governance Vote on Deck
Solana is having a standout month, with the token climbing more than 8% in the past 24 hours and roughly 44% over the past 30 days—its strongest stretch since 2024—as investors…
Crypto for Advisors: How staking on Ethereum is changing in 2026
Ethereum Staking Enters a New Era Ethereum staking is undergoing significant changes in 2026, reshaping how investors and financial advisors approach one of the most popular ways…
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- OpenAI Chief Scientist Warns AI Labs May Need to Slow Down
- UK financial watchdog weighs lifting prediction markets ban: Report
