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Bitcoin whales accumulate 66,700 BTC as mid-sized holders sell heavily, marking a five-month high divergence. Large Bitcoin holders, known as whales, have accumulated about 66,700 BTC over the past 60 days, reaching the highest buying activity since February. Meanwhile, mid-sized holders with wallets holding 100 to 1,000 BTC have sold approximately 77,800 BT…

Startale Card enables Soneium asset payments across 150 million Visa merchants globally. OFK provides institutions with blockchain tools for stablecoins, wallets, and settlements. Startale connects consumer crypto spending with enterprise-grade onchain infrastructure. Startale has introduced a self-custodial Visa card and institutional blockchain infrastructure suite, expanding its push to connect consumers and financial institutions with onchain…

Ethereum ($ETH) is trading at nearly 65% below its all-time high, with attention around the asset at an almost yearly low, even as its largest network upgrade since The Merge is due within weeks. But an analyst tracking the setup says the gap between weak social interest and steady on-chain usage is the kind of…

Pakistan’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA), led by Bilal bin Saqib, has reached out for discussions following a significant ruling by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, a prominent Islamic scholar. Usmani issued a fatwa declaring cryptocurrency usage and payments as haram, or forbidden, under Shariah law, asserting that digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum do not…

Visa launched VSP with OUSD support for secure institutional stablecoin operations. Wallet-as-a-Service lets firms manage stablecoins without building blockchain infrastructure. Beta platform connects stablecoin workflows with Visa’s global payment network. Visa has introduced the Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP), a new enterprise solution that enables financial institutions, fintech companies, and crypto firms to mint, manage, and…

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