Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
Poland upholds crypto bill veto as Zondacrypto scandal widens
Polish lawmakers have failed to override a presidential veto blocking a major crypto regulation bill, leaving the country without a comprehensive framework for digital assets as a…
Bitcoin ETF inflows hit $3.8B in strongest three-week stretch of 2026
Spot Bitcoin exchangetraded funds in the United States have pulled in roughly $3.8 billion over the past three weeks, marking the strongest run of accumulation seen so far in 2026…
XRP Ledger has fewer active accounts than last year, but bigger trades and more value
The XRP Ledger is drawing fewer active users than it did a year ago, but the ones who remain are trading in far larger sizes, pushing overall volume and total value locked on the…
Southeast Asia’s crypto funding rebounds to $680 million as investors focus on mature firms
Cryptocurrency funding across Southeast Asia has climbed back to $680 million in 2026, marking a notable recovery for the region as venture capital increasingly flows toward…
TikTok's Parent Company Just Borrowed $30 Billion to Go All-In on AI
ByteDance, the Chinese technology giant behind TikTok, has secured a massive $30 billion loan from a syndicate of nearly 30 banks, cementing its intention to spend aggressively on…
Polymarket Launches Crypto Perpetual Futures With Up to 20x Leverage
Polymarket, the prediction market platform best known for letting users bet on realworld events, has moved into derivatives trading with the launch of a new perpetual futures…
Surprise nonfarm payrolls print sends Bitcoin back below 80K
Bitcoin slipped back below the $80,000 mark after a surprisingly strong US jobs report cast doubt on the likelihood of an imminent Federal Reserve interest rate cut, prompting…
Pineapple Financial puts $1B in mortgage records on Injective
Pineapple Financial has begun moving $1 billion worth of mortgage records onto the Injective blockchain, marking an early step in a broader plan to digitize a vast portfolio of…
FinCEN ties $13B in crypto scams to non-US operations
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has linked roughly $13 billion in suspicious cryptocurrency activity to fraud operations based outside the country, pointing to…
Crypto Traders Are Pairing Meme Coins With Stocks on Robinhood—And It's Working (Sort Of)
A quirky new trading phenomenon is emerging on Robinhood's blockchain infrastructure, where meme coin enthusiasts are pairing joke tokens with tokenized versions of realworld…
'Send Your Lawyers': Robinhood Isn't Backing Down From AMC Over Stock Tokens
Robinhood is standing firm against AMC Entertainment after the cinema chain raised concerns about the trading platform's tokenized stock offerings in Europe, with legal experts…
Crypto Biz: AI took a back seat when Bitcoin started climbing
Corporate crypto strategies surged back into the spotlight this week as Bitcoin's renewed climb prompted companies to double down on direct digitalasset exposure, temporarily…
A16z-Backed OpenReserve Gets Approval for Full-Service National Bank
OpenReserve, a fintech startup backed by venture giant Andreessen Horowitz, has secured approval to operate as a fullservice national bank, positioning it to offer insured…
QuFi launches post-quantum verification platform with Bitcoin testnet proof
QuFi has unveiled a postquantum verification platform designed to safeguard digital asset transactions against future quantumcomputing threats, backing its debut with a proof of…
US law enforcement group moves to ‘neutral’ position on CLARITY Act
A prominent U.S. law enforcement organization has softened its stance on a major cryptocurrency market structure bill, shifting from open opposition to a position of neutrality as…
Zcash Hits Highest Price in Nearly a Decade, Crushing Short Bets
Zcash surged to its highest price in nearly a decade this week, catching short sellers off guard and triggering a wave of forced liquidations before broader market momentum faded.…
BitMEX Co-Founder Ben Delo Gives Farage's Reform UK Another £4 Million
BitMEX cofounder Ben Delo has handed Nigel Farage's Reform UK an additional £4 million, cementing his position as one of the party's most significant financial backers as it looks…
Robinhood isn't backing down after AMC CEO demands halt to stock tokens
AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron has publicly demanded that Robinhood cease issuing tokenized versions of his company's stock, but the brokerage is showing no signs of retreating,…
AMC CEO tells Robinhood to stop issuing stock token as industry executives weigh in
AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron has publicly demanded that Robinhood halt the issuance of tokenized shares of his company, arguing that the synthetic instruments could undermine…
From warning to listing: UK’s largest retail investment platform opens access to crypto ETNs
Hargreaves Lansdown, the United Kingdom's largest retail investment platform, is preparing to offer crypto exchangetraded notes to everyday investors, marking a dramatic shift…
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