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ByteFederal Australia is launching ByteConnect, a national Bitcoin payment terminal and online gateway specifically designed for retail and hospitality merchants. The rollout is regulated under ASIC’s Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox, ensuring the service operates within a legal and compliant framework for digital assets. The platform uses the Lightning Network to enable near-instant settlements and low transaction costs, making it practical for everyday, real-world purchases. ByteFederal Australia said it will roll out ByteConnect nationally, a Bitcoin-enabled payment terminal and online payment gateway aimed at letting Australian merchants accept cryptocurrency. The company said ByteConnect is being launched with ByteFederal Inc. in the United…
Bank of America Securities expects the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to raise its policy rate from 0.75% to 1.0% at its April 27-28 meeting. Markets already price roughly 80% odds of that outcome, according to swap data cited in recent BoJ meeting minutes.The 25-basis-point move itself sounds modest, but the debate it has sparked runs deeper: could a return to 1% policy rates, last seen in Japan’s mid-1990s, trigger a global carry-trade unwind that forces deleveraging across risk assets, including Bitcoin?In August 2024, a sharp yen rally tied to the unwinding of carry trade sent Bitcoin and Ethereum down as…
XRP price dropped to $1.35 as selling pressure resumed. Bears have pushed Bitcoin back under $68k and altcoins are mirroring the decline. Short-term, bearish sentiment could trigger a sell-off to $1 or lower. XRP continues to face bearish pressure as the latest attempts to establish an upside momentum stall, with prices down 14% in the past week. In early trading on Wednesday, the Ripple cryptocurrency fell to lows of $1.35, extending its pullback from recent highs following a retest of $1.53. The waning upside momentum suggests a potential further downside for the altcoin, whose performance mirrors the renewed selling pressure…
The European Commission’s 20th sanctions package proposes a comprehensive ban on all cryptocurrency transactions involving Russia, an escalation from targeting specific bad actors to attempting to sanitize the rails themselves.The question is whether the EU can raise the cost of evasion sufficiently by controlling chokepoints: regulated exchanges, stablecoin issuers, and third-country financial intermediaries.The proposal arrives at a moment when enforcement data already tells a clear story about displacement.Between 2024 and 2025, flows to and from sanctioned entities via centralized exchanges fell roughly 30%, according to TRM Labs.Over the same period, flows through high-risk, no-KYC, and decentralized services increased by more…
Ethereum whales continue to aggressively accumulate ETH amid falling prices. The dip below $2,000 offers an attractive entry point for bulls. Ethereum price touched intraday lows of $1,930 on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. Ethereum has dipped below the $2,000 level again, with a 3% decline in the past 24 hours pushing the top altcoin to lows of $1,930 in early trading on February 11, 2026. The decline mirrored Bitcoin’s retreat below $67,000, with the bellwether digital asset down 3% over the same period, trading around $66,805. But despite the strong bearish sentiment across the cryptocurrency market, whales appear unfazed and…
Former SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony was sentenced to over 8 years in prison for defrauding investors and misappropriating millions from “locked” liquidity pools. Karony was convicted of securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, having diverted over US$200 million to fund a lavish lifestyle including luxury homes and vehicles. The court ordered the forfeiture of two residential properties and approximately US$7.5 million, with a final restitution hearing scheduled for April 23, 2026. A federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced former SafeMoon CEO, Braden John Karony, to 100 months in prison for misleading and defrauding investor funds from the crypto project’s…
Sam Bankman-Fried filed a motion for a new trial on Feb. 10, advancing a claim that reframes FTX’s collapse not as fraud-driven insolvency but as a recoverable liquidity crisis.The motion invokes Rule 33 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which permits courts to grant new trials when “the interest of justice so requires,” typically when newly discovered evidence surfaces or fundamental trial errors taint the verdict.SBF’s filing argues both that testimony from silenced witnesses would have refuted the government’s insolvency narrative and that prosecutorial intimidation denied him due process.At the motion’s center sits a striking numerical claim: FTX held…
Ledger Wallet users can now access aggregated decentralised liquidity while retaining full hardware-based signing control. OKX DEX’s routing system distributes trades across major EVM networks to improve execution efficiency. The move forms part of Ledger’s broader DeFi expansion strategy following upgrades unveiled at Op3n 2025. Ledger has integrated OKX DEX into its Wallet app, enabling users to complete multichain token swaps directly within a self-custodial environment rather than navigating external decentralised exchange interfaces. The feature is designed to keep transactions fully non-custodial, with every swap approved through a Ledger hardware device so private keys remain under user control. OKX DEX…
State Street sees downside risk building as markets may be underestimating the scale of potential monetary easing. Investors currently expect two cuts, but a shift toward three could accelerate currency hedging flows. Leadership uncertainty at the Fed may amplify expectations of looser policy and reshape asset positioning. Strategists at State Street have cautioned that the US dollar could decline by as much as 10% this year if the Federal Reserve (Fed) delivers more rate cuts than markets currently anticipate. The warning comes as the currency is already experiencing its weakest stretch in almost a decade. Speaking at a conference in…
Michael Saylor remains committed to Bitcoin by purchasing 1,142 more coins despite MicroStrategy facing over US$5 billion in unrealised losses. The company holds over 714,000 BTC and faces a 66% drop in share price as Bitcoin trades significantly lower than its recent peak. Saylor dismisses forced-selling concerns by citing years of debt coverage and a multi-billion-dollar reserve to avoid liquidating holdings. Looks like Michael Saylor is truly focused on buying Bitcoin (BTC) forever, even though Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is facing US$5 billion (AU$7.02 billion) in unrealised losses The company said it bought 1,142 BTC last week for about US$90 million…