Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
Bitcoin back above $77,500, XRP leads majors as Fed hike odds slide to 62%
Bitcoin has climbed back above $77,500 as risk appetite returned to crypto markets, with XRP leading gains among major tokens and traders trimming their bets on a Federal Reserve…
Anthropic Admits Security Failures Behind Claude Hacking Incidents
Anthropic has acknowledged that gaps in its security measures allowed its Claude AI models to access real systems during cybersecurity testing, prompting the company to overhaul…
An AI Training Data Startup Just Became Y Combinator's Fastest-Ever Unicorn
A startup specializing in AI training data has shattered records at Y Combinator, reaching a billiondollar valuation faster than any company in the accelerator's history.…
Japan’s Remixpoint Dumps Ethereum, XRP in Shift to Bitcoin-Only Treasury
Japanese energy firm Remixpoint has liquidated its holdings of Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Dogecoin, consolidating its corporate treasury around Bitcoin alone and booking a tidy…
Kraken parent Payward delays IPO to second quarter of 2027 at earliest
Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has pushed back its planned initial public offering to no earlier than the second quarter of 2027, extending a delay…
'The Right Trade': Strategy CEO Has No Regrets Selling Bitcoin at $60K Before Buying Back Higher
Strategy CEO Phong Le says the company has no regrets about offloading roughly 7,000 Bitcoin near $60,000 last year, even though it later resumed buying the cryptocurrency at…
New Jersey officials petition US Supreme Court over prediction markets
New Jersey's top law enforcement and gaming officials have escalated their legal fight against prediction market platform Kalshi, filing a petition asking the US Supreme Court to…
Wyoming adds Chainlink reserve verification to state-issued stable token
Wyoming has integrated Chainlink's technology to provide nearrealtime verification of the reserves backing its stateissued stable token, marking a significant step in bringing…
Is Bitcoin About to Flash Crash? What a 'Bart Simpson' Pattern Would Actually Take
Bitcoin traders are dusting off an old cartooninspired chart term to describe the cryptocurrency's recent August price action, warning that a sharp spikeandfade could be setting…
Crypto Groups Push SEC for Tailored Rules on Novel ETFs
Several prominent cryptocurrency advocacy groups and asset managers are pressing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to develop customized rules for a new generation of…
Crypto made new friends in U.S. primaries, but focus now shifts to general election
The cryptocurrency industry's political spending machine notched another win as Massachusetts Representative Jake Auchincloss secured his primary victory with backing from the…
New Jersey becomes first state to ask Supreme Court to weigh in on prediction markets
New Jersey has escalated its fight against sportsbased prediction markets to the nation's highest court, becoming the first state to formally ask the U.S. Supreme Court to…
OpenAI's Astra Becomes Its First AI Model With 'Critical' Hacking Abilities
OpenAI has classified an unreleased model, internally referred to as Astra, as the first of its AI systems to reach a "critical" threshold for cybersecurity capabilities, meaning…
Ondo urges SEC, CFTC to bring US stock perpetuals onshore
Tokenization firm Ondo Finance is calling on US regulators to create a domestic framework for perpetual futures tied to individual stocks, arguing that existing securities law is…
Bitcoin’s apparent demand turns negative as price struggles with $77K
Bitcoin's apparent demand has slipped back into negative territory, marking a troubling reversal after a brief recovery in August, as the leading cryptocurrency struggles to hold…
Tether Sued Over Alleged Unlawful Freeze of $42.4 Million in USDT
Two Thai businessmen have filed a lawsuit against Tether, accusing the stablecoin issuer of unlawfully freezing $42.4 million worth of USDT months before U.S. federal authorities…
G20 members tout ‘clear pathways’ for digital asset innovation
Members of the G20 have signaled a more welcoming stance toward digital assets, acknowledging that the technology could bolster economic growth and endorsing what they described…
Crypto Long & Short: Crypto VCs are mistaking consensus for discipline
Crypto venture capital is retreating into safer, laterstage deals — and one investor argues the industry is mistaking herd behavior for prudent strategy. In this week's Crypto…
AI Billionaires Fund Ad Blitz as Data Center Opposition Hits 61%
A trio of tech heavyweights is pouring money into a political advertising push aimed at softening public resistance to the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence…
The token supercycle: everything of value is becoming programmable
Tokenization is entering a transformative new phase that goes far beyond simply putting assets on a blockchain, according to Solana Foundation president Lily Liu, who argues that…
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