Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
Crypto's campaign efforts see rare loss, but crypto roster in Congress likely to grow
The cryptocurrency industry's wellfunded political machine suffered a rare setback this week, as a $2 million investment in a Detroit Democratic primary failed to deliver a win.…
Crypto Long & Short: Putting the bitcoin sizing question to the test
Adding bitcoin to a traditional portfolio is no longer a fringe idea, but a new analysis argues that the method of holding the asset may matter just as much as the amount. In a…
Gold hits 6-week highs on China demand as Bitcoin ignores fresh S&P 500 record
Gold surged to its highest levels in six weeks on Wednesday, powered by robust demand from China, while Bitcoin struggled to break meaningfully above $64,000 even as US equities…
Gold hits six-week highs on China demand as Bitcoin ignores fresh S&P 500 record
Gold surged to its highest levels in six weeks on Wednesday, propelled by robust demand from China, while Bitcoin struggled to build momentum despite the S&P 500 notching a fresh…
Strategy’s STRC rebounds 30% as company builds cash reserve, bitcoin price stabilizes
Strategy's STRC preferred shares have surged roughly 30% off their recent lows, a rebound the company has fueled through a mix of bitcoin sales, a growing cash pile, and an…
Crypto whales accumulate as bear market nears late stage: CryptoQuant
Large cryptocurrency holders have been quietly building their positions during the recent market slump, according to onchain analytics firm CryptoQuant, which suggests the current…
Do the Coldcard attacks mean all hardware wallets are now insecure?
A recently disclosed entropy flaw in the Coldcard hardware wallet has rattled the Bitcoin community, prompting anxious questions about whether any hardware wallet can truly be…
Nomura’s Laser Digital backs ZIGChain for onchain private credit push in UAE
Laser Digital, the digital assets arm of Japanese banking giant Nomura, has made a strategic investment in ZIGChain to advance onchain private credit initiatives in the United…
Noumura’s Laser Digital backs ZIGChain for onchain private credit push in UAE
Nomura's digital asset arm, Laser Digital, has invested in ZIGChain, a blockchain project aiming to bring private credit onchain in the United Arab Emirates, in a deal reportedly…
Galaxy reports $85M net loss amid Q2 crypto market slump
Galaxy Digital, the crypto financial services firm led by Mike Novogratz, posted an $85 million net loss for the second quarter, weighed down by declining digital asset prices and…
Ondo Finance hires former Blockchain.com CFO Adam Schlisman
Ondo Finance, a leading player in the tokenized realworld assets space, has appointed Adam Schlisman as its new chief financial officer, bringing aboard a seasoned executive with…
Crypto may have institutionalized, but it still trades like a rumor mill
Despite an influx of institutional capital, regulated products and Wall Street infrastructure, cryptocurrency markets continue to move on headlines and speculation rather than…
Galaxy Digital shares slip 5% after second-quarter results
Shares of Galaxy Digital dipped roughly 5% following the release of the crypto and datacenter company's secondquarter earnings, even as management highlighted a milestone for its…
AI agent token once worth $2.4 billion ends with founder calling it dead
The founder of Eliza Labs has publicly declared one of the crypto sector's mosthyped AI agent projects dead, telling holders to sell their tokens as the associated foundation…
SpaceX extends decline to 11% on lockup expiration and capex spending fears
SpaceX shares tumbled 11% following its first earnings report, as investors zeroed in on rising capital expenditures, tightening free cash flow and the imminent expiration of an…
Morning Minute: Jim Cramer Sells His Bitcoin Over Quantum Fears
CNBC host Jim Cramer has offloaded his Bitcoin holdings, citing concerns that advances in quantum computing could one day threaten the cryptocurrency's underlying cryptography.…
Yellow Card raises $40 million to link banks to stablecoin processing
Yellow Card, the panAfrican cryptocurrency exchange, has secured $40 million in fresh funding aimed at building infrastructure that connects traditional banks to stablecoin…
Circle Q2 revenue falls short of Wall Street estimates
Stablecoin issuer Circle posted secondquarter revenue of $701 million, falling short of Wall Street's expectations of roughly $713 million and offering a mixed picture in one of…
Circle shares fall 3% despite earnings beat as stablecoin issuer misses on revenue
Circle Internet Group saw its stock decline roughly 3% in premarket trading following its latest earnings report, a reversal from an initial 10% surge, as the stablecoin issuer…
Circle shares jump as earnings beat offsets revenue miss, Arc blockchain gains Wall Street backing
Circle shares surged roughly 10% in premarket trading after the stablecoin issuer posted quarterly results that saw a bottomline earnings beat cushion a revenue shortfall, while…
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- Senate Punts Clarity Act Vote to September as Democrats Hold Out
