Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
Polygon CEO announces job cuts amid Coinme acquisition
Polygon Labs is cutting jobs as the blockchain firm pivots toward a paymentsfocused strategy, with CEO Marc Boiron confirming the workforce reduction tied to the company's recent…
Leaks Reveal Suno Fed Thousands of Hours of Deezer, YouTube and Pond5 Data Into Its AI
Newly leaked source code appears to expose how AI music generator Suno assembled its training library, pointing to thousands of hours of audio sourced from platforms including…
Bitcoin outlook improves amid 6% weekly gain: Can BTC bulls push higher?
Bitcoin has staged a notable recovery, climbing roughly 6% over the past week as buyers returned across spot, futures and exchangetraded fund markets. The renewed appetite has…
1inch co-founder says he was fired, announces new venture
Anton Bukov, cofounder of the decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch, says he was pushed out of the company in 2025 and is now setting his sights on a fresh venture. A Public…
Morgan Stanley Launches Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana Trading on E*Trade
Morgan Stanley has opened cryptocurrency trading to eligible customers of its ETrade platform, allowing users to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana directly through…
Injective files for SEC transfer agent registration to bring securities ownership records onchain
Injective has submitted an application to the US Securities and Exchange Commission to register as a transfer agent, a move the company says would establish a regulated framework…
BitPay secures Dutch licensing under MiCA, plans to expand stablecoin payments
BitPay has obtained regulatory approval in the Netherlands under the European Union's Markets in CryptoAssets MiCA framework, clearing the way for the payments firm to broaden its…
$1.9 trillion asset manager T. Rowe Price bets on active management with first multi-token crypto ETF
T. Rowe Price, the Baltimorebased investment giant overseeing roughly $1.9 trillion in assets, has entered the digitalasset arena with what it describes as the industry's first…
Mira Murati Drops Her First AI Model After Leaving OpenAI—And It's Fully Open Source
Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer of OpenAI, has released her first artificial intelligence model since departing the company, and it arrives with a notable…
Citadel Securities invests $400 million in Crypto.com, valuing exchange at $20 billion
Citadel Securities has poured $400 million into Crypto.com, a landmark investment that values the cryptocurrency exchange at $20 billion and marks its first institutional funding…
Visa Unveils Stablecoin Platform for Banks and Fintech Companies
Visa has launched a new stablecoin platform designed to let banks and fintech companies fold digitaldollar payments and treasury operations directly into the payments giant's…
Bitcoin price dips on US stocks sell-off as Micron losses pass 30%
Bitcoin retreated from its recent local highs on Friday, slipping about 1.5% as a broad selloff in US equities dragged risk assets lower and technology stocks came under heavy…
XRP Can't Keep Up as Bitcoin Takes a Breather: Analysis
XRP struggled to gain traction this week even as broader crypto markets found some stability, with the token barely reacting to a wider postinflation rally that lifted other…
Ethics debate shouldn’t derail crypto market structure, says Blockchain Association CEO
Efforts to pass comprehensive crypto market structure legislation in the United States should not be held hostage by disputes over ethics provisions, according to Blockchain…
Stripe’s $53 billion PayPal bid is a high-stakes play to own the future of digital payments
Payments giant Stripe has reportedly tabled a $53 billion offer to acquire PayPal, a blockbuster proposal that, if completed, would reshape the digital payments landscape and hand…
Morgan Stanley’s E*TRADE launches spot crypto trading through Zero Hash
ETRADE, the retail brokerage owned by Morgan Stanley, has begun offering spot cryptocurrency trading to eligible customers, allowing them to buy, sell and hold digital assets…
Visa backs Open USD with new stablecoin platform as Circle faces fresh competition
Visa has entered the stablecoin arena with a new platform designed to let banks and fintech companies issue, manage and settle digital dollars directly through its global payments…
Dormant Bitcoin Whale Moves $383 Million After More Than 8 Years
A Bitcoin wallet that had remained untouched for more than eight years suddenly sprang to life, moving its entire balance of nearly 5,908 BTC — worth roughly $383 million — to a…
Keyrock acquires BlockFills trading assets to expand institutional crypto business
Crypto market maker Keyrock has acquired the trading assets of BlockFills, a move designed to expand its institutional offering by bringing on new clients, derivatives…
Crypto brokerage firm Alpaca raises $135 million for tokenized stock infrastructure
Crypto brokerage firm Alpaca has secured $135 million in fresh funding to expand its infrastructure for tokenized stocks, positioning the company at the center of a fastgrowing…
- OpenAI Models Escaped Locked Test Environment, Hacked Hugging Face to Cheat on Benchmark
- 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?
