SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce ‘Baffled’ That Self-Custody is Even Debated

Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and head of the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, reaffirmed the right to crypto self-custody and privacy in financial transactions. “I’m a freedom maximalist,” Peirce told The Rollup podcast on Friday, while saying that self-custody of assets is a fundamental human right. She…

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Hyperliquid Team Confirms 1.75M HYPE Tokens Unlocked Today

The team behind the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange (DEX) disclosed a 1.75 million HYPE token unlock for its developers and core contributors on Saturday, valued at over $60.4 million at the time of this writing. Saturday’s token unlock was previously announced and is part of HYPE’s vesting schedule, according to pseudonymous Hyperliquid developer iliensinc, who celebrated…

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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Projected To Rise in December After Brief Drop

The Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty is projected to increase during the next difficulty adjustment scheduled for December 11, as hashprice, a critical metric that measures expected miner profitability per unit of computing power, sits at record lows.  Bitcoin’s next mining difficulty adjustment is expected to occur at block 927,360 at about 12:09:34 AM UTC, marginally increasing…

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Bitcoin ETFs Are Now BlackRock’s Top Revenue Source, Exec Says 


BlackRock’s bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become the firm’s most profitable product line, according to Cristiano Castro, director of business development at BlackRock Brazil. The figure is notable given that the firm manages over 1,400 ETFs globally and is the world’s largest asset manager with more than $13.4 trillion in assets under management. Speaking at…

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Meet Denis Dariotis, the Billion-Dollar GoQuant Founder Who Started Trading at 9 Years Old

Denis Dariotis, the 22-year-old founder and CEO of cryptocurrency-focused trading software firm GoQuant, remembers the constraints and pressures of maximizing his trading portfolio while he was still in the third grade at school. “I remember telling my teachers I had to take 10 minutes out of class to check my portfolio when the market opened…

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Strategy (MSTR) CEO Says His Firm Has ‘More Flexibility Than Ever’ to Keep Buying Bitcoin

Strategy CEO Phong Le says the company now has “more flexibility than ever” to continue accumulating bitcoin, citing a capital structure built on long-dated debt, opportunistic equity access, and no short-term refinancing pressure. Speaking on the most recent episode of the “What Bitcoin Did” podcast, Le told host Danny Knowles that Strategy’s ability to raise…

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