Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
Russia's First Comprehensive Crypto Law Is Two Votes Away From Passing
Russia is edging closer to enacting its first comprehensive framework for cryptocurrency, with a landmark bill now just two legislative votes away from becoming law. The proposed…
Exodus to cut 25% of staff in company reorganization
Cryptocurrency wallet provider Exodus announced plans to lay off roughly a quarter of its workforce as the company shifts its focus toward building a comprehensive payments and…
Cardano Triggers Hard Fork With First Community-Voted Upgrade
Cardano has activated a major protocol upgrade for the first time entirely through community governance, marking a milestone in the network's transition to decentralized…
Hut 8, IREN deals lift AI-focused Bitcoin mining stocks
Shares of Bitcoin mining companies pivoting toward artificial intelligence surged this week after Hut 8 and IREN unveiled multibilliondollar infrastructure agreements, reinforcing…
Nigerian president signs order on approach to crypto regulation, taxes
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order laying out a national framework for regulating and taxing digital assets, marking a significant step in the West…
Bernstein raises Robinhood price target, cites tokenization and prediction markets
Investment research firm Bernstein has lifted its price target on Robinhood, pointing to the trading platform's expanding push into blockchainbased tokenization and prediction…
Tom Lee's Bitmine Taps the Brakes on ETH Buys, Pivots $86M Into Stock Buyback
Bitmine Shifts Strategy Toward Share Repurchases Bitmine Immersion Technologies has slowed its aggressive accumulation of Ethereum, redirecting roughly $86 million toward buying…
Strategy Pads Cash Reserve By $225M With MSTR Sale, Bitcoin Stash Remains Untouched
Strategy, the corporate bitcoin holder led by Michael Saylor, has raised another $225 million by selling shares of its common stock, boosting its cash reserves to $3.2 billion…
Bitcoin price hits $65K wall as stocks battle ‘record’ institutional tech sell-off
Bitcoin ran into a familiar barrier near $65,000 on the day, stalling a fresh push higher as US equities weathered what analysts described as a record wave of institutional…
IREN jumps 16% after raising AI cloud revenue target above $4B
IREN shares surged roughly 16% after the company lifted its annualized AI cloud revenue target to more than $4 billion, fueled by a wave of fresh contracts with artificial…
Inside Cardano's 'Van Rossum' hard fork, and what it means for users
Cardano completed its "Van Rossem" hard fork on Saturday, advancing the network to protocol version 11 in an upgrade that marked a milestone for the blockchain's governance model…
Exodus to cut 25% of global workforce in payments shift
Exodus, the selfcustody crypto wallet provider, is cutting roughly a quarter of its global workforce as it pivots toward becoming a fullstack payments company, the firm confirmed…
AI compute stocks bounce as Hut 8, IREN land billions in new contracts
Shares of AI compute companies rallied on Monday after Hut 8 and IREN each announced multibilliondollar contracts, easing investor fears about slowing demand for data center…
Hut 8 surges on $9.8 billion AI data-center lease, lifting compute sector
Shares of Hut 8 jumped sharply after the company disclosed a $9.8 billion lease agreement tied to artificial intelligence datacenter capacity, a deal that reignited investor…
Peter Brandt predicts the exact day Bitcoin’s bear market will be over
Veteran trader Peter Brandt has weighed in on Bitcoin's current market cycle, arguing that the cryptocurrency's downturn has not yet run its course and pinpointing a specific…
Tom Lee's Bitmine slowed ether purchases as it bought back $86 million in stock
Bitmine Immersion Technologies, the etherfocused treasury firm chaired by Fundstrat's Tom Lee, sharply reduced its cryptocurrency accumulation last week, adding a modest amount of…
Strategy raises $263.5M through MSTR sales, holds 843,775 Bitcoin
Strategy, the enterprise software firm turned corporate Bitcoin heavyweight, raised roughly $263.5 million through recent sales of its MSTR common stock, bolstering its cash…
Saylor's Strategy raises cash reserves to $3.2 billion, leaving bitcoin holdings unchanged
Michael Saylor's Strategy has boosted its cash reserves to $3.2 billion while leaving its massive bitcoin holdings untouched for a second straight week, signaling a shift toward…
Saylor's Strategy raises cash reserves to $3.225 billion, leaving bitcoin holdings unchanged
Michael Saylor's Strategy has boosted its cash reserves to $3.225 billion while keeping its bitcoin stockpile flat for a second straight week, signaling a shift in how the company…
Hyperliquid sets 500,000 HYPE stake for permissionless prediction market deployers
Hyperliquid is preparing to open the doors to permissionless prediction markets, but the price of entry will be steep. Under a newly detailed proposal known as HIP4, developers…
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- 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?
