Bitcoin is making waves on Wall Street as institutional investors increase their exposure through exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Recent data shows that spot Bitcoin ETFs now hold over 1.24 million BTC, which is about 6% of the total circulating supply. This is a big deal for Bitcoin’s integration with traditional finance. Bitcoin ETFs’ holdings — WalletPilot…
In the latest Africa crypto news: South Africa crypto payments hit 2M Rand monthly as Kenya eliminates its 3% crypto tax. Yellow Card seeks to expand stablecoin use. South Africa remains a continental trailblazer, with Luno Pay crypto retail payments averaging 2 million Rand monthly. In Kenya, Parliament has eliminated a 3% tax on gross…
Payments giant Mastercard has tapped Chainlink (LINK) to connect off-chain payments to on-chain decentralized finance (DeFi). According to a new press release, the partnership will use top decentralized exchange Uniswap and work closely with crypto firms Zero Hash, Swapper Finance, Shift4Payments, and XSwap. Swapper Finance uses XSwap – a decentralized exchange built on Chainlink –…
Ripple and the SEC are now teaming up to revise the penalty terms Judge Torres imposed. The firm drags out the case itself, eyeing a better deal as the SEC enforcement stance quietly shifts. Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are working together to change a key part of the legal judgment…
For those of you wondering if AI agents can truly replace human workers, do yourself a favor and read the blog post that documents Anthropic’s “Project Vend.” Researchers at Anthropic and AI safety company Andon Labs put an instance of Claude Sonnet 3.7 in charge of an office vending machine, with a mission to make…
Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. BitPinas has no commercial relationship with any mentioned entity unless otherwise stated. The Metaverse Filipino Worker (MFW) Caravan, spearheaded by YGG Pilipinas, the community of crypto gaming protocol Yield Guild Games (YGG), continued its nationwide digital upskilling campaign with an announced…
TL;DR The meme coin mania seems to have faded despite a few brief moments of hope, and the niche’s leader has failed to recapture its momentum and investors’ attention. However, there’s a chance for a massive double-digit surge, but only under certain conditions, according to popular crypto analyst Ali Martinez. If Dogecoin $DOGE can reclaim $0.17…
A closely followed crypto analyst is predicting a historic rally for altcoin markets based on an unprecedented technical setup. The pseudonymous analyst known as TechDev shares a chart with his 532,000 followers on the social media platform X showing the price action of TOTAL2 – which tracks the total market cap of crypto assets excluding…
Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart have stated on X that XRP now holds a 95% ETF approval chance, up from 75%. If the XRP spot ETF gets the green light, analysts expect XRP may surprise us with a rally ranging from $3 to $10. Bitwise was the first to leap when it filed an S‑1 registration…
ChatGPT is the most famous AI chat service by far, but that doesn’t automatically make it the best. Google Gemini is consistently topping leaderboards, and don’t count out Claude. If you’re not familiar with Claude, it’s the family of large-language models made by the AI company Anthropic. And Claude just got a huge upgrade in…
