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Portal to Bitcoin raised $25 million and launched an HTLC-based atomic OTC desk aimed at enabling trustless, crosschain large trade settlement. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Bitcoin-native interoperability protocol Portal to Bitcoin has raised $25 million in funding amid the launch of what it describes as an atomic over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk. According to…

Bitcoin analyst James Check argued Bitcoin’s quantum risk is chiefly a consensus dilemma — not a tech one — because the network is unlikely to freeze legacy coins. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED James Check, founder and lead analyst at Bitcoin onchain analysis service Checkonchain, said Monday that the quantum threat is more of…

Borderless Capital’s Amit Mehra said quantum computing remains years away from threatening Bitcoin, though rapid advances could make post-quantum security urgent. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Although still in its “infancy,” quantum computing could pose a threat to Bitcoin and other proof-of-work algorithms in the near future, according to Amit Mehra, a partner at…

European crypto asset manager CoinShares rolled out exposure to Telegram-linked TON via an ETP, despite the token plummeting almost 60% year-to-date. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED CoinShares, a major crypto asset management company headquartered in Europe, has launched a new investment product offering exposure to Telegram-linked Toncoin. CoinShares International a merger with blank-check company…

The compensation plan marks Binance ecosystem’s biggest user relief effort yet following the crypto market wipeout of about $20 billion. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED BNB Chain has launched a $45 million “reload airdrop” aimed at compensating users who suffered losses trading memecoins during Friday’s market crash. The initiative will distribute BNB () tokens…

Several altcoins, including ATOM and IOTX, briefly hit zero on Binance during Friday’s crypto crash but stayed afloat elsewhere. Altcoin Watch COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Key takeaways Some altcoins, including Cosmos’s ATOM token, briefly fell near zero on Binance during Friday’s crypto market crash. The same altcoins held real market value on other centralized…

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Pulse to deliver customized daily updates to users based on their interests. It could even be helpful for cryptocurrency investors. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED OpenAI has launched a new feature for ChatGPT called “Pulse” — a personal assistant-style feature that “works for you overnight” to deliver daily personalized updates…

Nubank vice-chairman Roberto Campos Neto said the bank will test stablecoin credit card payments, as adoption of stablecoins accelerates across Latin America. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Nubank, Latin America’s largest digital bank, is reportedly planning to integrate dollar-pegged stablecoins and credit cards for payments. The move was disclosed by the bank’s vice-chairman and…

BTC $118,860.67 + 1.47% ETH $3,150.70 + 5.64% XRP $2.9408 + 1.35% USDT $1.0000 + 0.01% BNB $692.29 + 1.74% SOL $166.10 + 3.93% USDC $0.9998 – 0.00% DOGE $0.2005 + 4.47% TRX $0.3012 + 1.27% ADA $0.7440 + 2.30% HYPE $47.80 + 1.51% XLM $0.4607 – 0.59% SUI $4.0141 + 0.89% LINK $16.43 +…

BTC $117,367.06 – 3.77% ETH $3,003.73 – 1.86% XRP $2.9127 – 1.82% USDT $0.9998 – 0.01% BNB $682.56 – 3.17% SOL $160.39 – 4.06% USDC $0.9998 + 0.01% DOGE $0.1936 – 6.23% TRX $0.2974 – 1.31% ADA $0.7333 – 2.45% HYPE $47.45 – 3.00% XLM $0.4676 + 2.17% SUI $4.0016 + 0.71% LINK $15.50 -…