Mining News

PoW & Bitcoin mining headlines grouped by the Bitcoin block at each article’s publication time.

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ZEC Rebounds 11%! Trump says he won’t pardon Sam Bankman-Fried! Florida revisits it’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve!

Crypto majors are mostly flat ahead of today’s supreme court opinion on the trump tariffs; btc +1% at $90,300; eth 13% at $3,090, sol +3% at $138; xrp +1% to $2.10. Polygon (+11%), zec (+11%) and syrup (+7%) led top movers. Jpmorgan said the recent bitcoin and ethereum sell-off may be bottoming, pointing to improving positioning and easing downside pressure after early-year weakness. Bank of america analysts upgraded coinbase to buy, citing improved regulatory clarity, growing institutional adoption, and stronger long-term earnings visibility. Morgan stanley is planning to launch a digital wallet later this year that could support tokenized assets, including private company equity. Florida lawmakers renewed their push for a state-level bitcoin reserve. Ethereum’s validator exit queue fully cleared, easing delays that had impacted liquid staking protocols and validator withdrawals. Polygon labs unveiled the open money stack, an initiative designed to streamline stablecoin payments. Polygon is reportedly close to acquiring coinme, a major bitcoin atm operator. Trump said that he won’t pardon ftx founder sam bankman-fried.

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The ZCash situation explained! Interview with ZEC bull Mert! BTC below $90K! ZEC falls 19%!

Crypto majors fell again yesterday as btc lost $90k; btc -2% at $89,900; eth -3% at $3,100, sol -3% at $134; xrp -7% to $2.08. Lit (+3%), wlfi (+3%) and xmr (+3%) led top movers. Zec fell 19% after the developer team resigned following a dispute with the board; the team has promised to form a new company and continue the mission. Jpmorgan announced plans to launch its jpm coin on the canton network. Barclays invested in ubyx, a u.S. Stablecoin settlement startup, backing infrastructure that would let regulated institutions move digital money across issuers and wallets. The senate banking committee faces mounting pressure ahead of a key vote on crypto market structure legislation next week. Wyoming introduced its first state-issued stablecoin, frontier stable token, now available to the public. World liberty financial’s subsidiary applied for a national trust bank charter, aiming to issue and custody its usd1 stablecoin under a federally regulated framework. Starknet suffered a multi-hour outage due to a block production bug; the network paused and rolled back before resuming.