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Hedge funds trading bitcoin BTC$65,151.12 futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have turned net long, according to Ki Young Ju, CEO of blockchain data analytics firm CryptoQuant. The rare positioning shift suggests professional traders are increasingly betting on bitcoin prices rising.“Hedge funds on CME have flipped net long on bitcoin futures, a rare shift after years of structural short positioning driven by the basis trade. You cannot run a traditional carry trade with an aggregate net-long futures position. The suits are now betting on bitcoin’s upside,” Ki Young Ju said.Leveraged funds have historically remained net short CME Bitcoin futures because…

According to rates from the Zillow lender marketplace, mortgage rates are mostly lower compared to last week. The current 30-year fixed rate fell by 14 basis points to 6.51%, the 15-year fixed rate was unchanged at 6.01%, and the 5/1 ARM fell by 28 basis points to 6.37%. Read more: Weekly survey of mortgage lenders with the lowest rates: Revealing the wide gaps among rates and fees Today’s mortgage rates Here are the current mortgage rates today, Sunday, August 9, 2026, according to the latest Zillow data: 30-year fixed: 6.51% 20-year fixed: 6.34% 15-year fixed: 6.01% 5/1 ARM: 6.37% 7/1…

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Bitcoin mining firm AntPool mined the first non-signaling block, which the rest of the network accepted and BIP-110 nodes rejected, and a miner using Ocean produced the alternative that the breakaway chain followed instead. (A miner is an entity that uses massive computing resources to maintain bitcoin and process its transactions, earning newly issued bitcoin and fees for the work.)AntPool and Ocean are mining pools, where many operators combine their machines and share the rewards.The stall has a mechanical cause that is hard to escape. Bitcoin recalculates how difficult mining is every 2,016 blocks, aiming to keep blocks arriving roughly…

Kyle Stanford is Director of US VC Research at PitchBook Halfway through their standard 10-year fund term, 2021 vintage US VC funds are at the lowest DPI multiple of any vintage since at least 1997. High valuations, an uncertain economy and a lack of liquidity have proven formidable obstacles to manufacturing distributions to paid-in capital, a metric measuring how much cash a fund has returned to investors relative to how much they put in. And while such a low figure is likely a red flag to LPs evaluating funds in that vintage, year 5 DPI isn’t a reliable predictor of…

Two months after he was blocked by the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump has resumed his effort to oust Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook as part of an effort to stack the central bank’s board with more allies.

Crypto casino offers are often compared by the largest number in the advert: the match percentage, the maximum bonus or the number of free spins. That is a useful starting point, but it does not reveal how much value a player can realistically use or withdraw. Minimum deposits, wagering rules, expiry periods, game contribution and maximum-win limits can materially change the outcome. A sensible comparison therefore starts with the complete terms rather than the promotional headline. Explore the full platform at Luckiest A 200% match means the casino adds two units of bonus funds for each unit deposited, up to…

Lawsuit accuses North Korea and Lazarus Group of orchestrating the $1.5 billion theft, as court-ordered asset freeze supports recovery efforts and Bybit expands collaboration with law enforcement and industry partners to strengthen accountability for crypto-related cybercrime Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced that it has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), its Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), and the Lazarus Group, which U.S. authorities have identified as the DPRK-linked hacking group responsible for the February 2025 cyberattack. Bybit has also secured…

Ondo Finance’s derivatives platform has raced past $7 billion in cumulative trading volume, according to data from analytics site DefiLlama, a fast climb for a product that only recently opened to the public. DefiLlama’s figures put Ondo Perps at about $7.03 billion in cumulative perpetuals volume, with roughly $200 million traded in the past 24 hours and around $69 million in open interest, the total value of positions currently held on the platform. The platform’s volume has risen steeply since the spring, DefiLlama’s chart shows, with the sharpest gains coming in the weeks through early August. Related: Ondo Perps unlocks…

Trump Media (DJT) is unwinding parts of its crypto push, including scrapping plans to establish a publicly traded CRO token accumulation company, which it unveiled near the height of last year’s digital asset treasury boom. Trump Media, Crypto.com and special purpose acquisition company Yorkville Acquisition mutually terminated plans for Trump Media Group CRO Strategy, the firms said Friday, citing “prevailing market conditions, and shifting business and stakeholder priorities.”The proposed venture would have created a publicly traded company focused on accumulating the native token of Cronos CRO$0.05016 and earning additional returns by staking those holdings. Trump Media itself bought $105 million…