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The Bitcoin mining difficulty continued to push through to new all-time highs in 2025 amid a turbulent year for the mining industry. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-difficulty-falls-first-adjustment-2026?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The outage was the second major network disruption in 2025, with both incidents requiring a block reorganization that rolled back some activity. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/starknet-post-mortem-report-outage?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Many in the Bitcoin community continue to speculate that cryptographer Hal Finney was Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoiners-celebrate-17th-anniversary-hal-finney-bitcoin?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin whales began repeating a classic bull signal as they took BTC long positions off the table after a year of declining overall market exposure. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitfinex-whales-dump-btc-longs-135k-bitcoin-price-target?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The message claimed Betterment would “triple” Bitcoin and Ether deposits sent within hours, urging users to transfer $10,000 to crypto wallets. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/betterment-fake-crypto-promotion-triple-returns-warning?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed early inflows in 2026 and posted four straight days of outflows as fading rate-cut hopes and rising geopolitical risks pushed investors into risk-off positioning. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/spot-bitcoin-etfs-lose-681m-first-week-2026-risk-off?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Pump.fun is introducing a new creator fee sharing system that lets teams and CTO admins split fees across up to 10 wallets, transfer coin ownership and revoke update authority. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/pumpfun-revamps-creator-fees-fee-sharing-cto-controls?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

A series of ads reportedly aired on Fox News, calling on the public to contact their senators to remove DeFi provisions from the CLARITY Act bill. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/anti-defi-group-runs-ads-to-strip-defi-from-crypto-bill?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Crypto remains a key technology for maintaining America’s technological edge, according to a16z, which has raised another $15 billion to back American-aligned tech investments. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/a16z-raises-15-billion-says-crypto-crucial-to-americas-future?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Crypto venture capitalists have tipped stablecoin card adoption to take off in 2026 after fintech startup Rain secured $250 million in funding to push stablecoin payments. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/stablecoin-card-adoption-to-take-off-in-2026-dragonfly?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound