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Adam Forsyth

Thailand arrests crypto exchange suspect in 500m yuan laundering case

Thai immigration police have arrested a 37-year-old Chinese man accused of exchanging cryptocurrency and foreign currency for a laundering network linked to more than 500 million yuan in transactions. Summary Police linked the alleged laundering network to more than 133 bank accounts. Investigators accused Wu of exchanging cryptocurrency and foreign currency for criminal groups. Thai…

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Vitalik Buterin contrasts Bitcoin’s power costs with AI’s 76% capital share

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has compared Bitcoin mining with AI inference, sharing cost estimates that put electricity at 45.9% of mining expenses and computing capital expenditure at approximately 76% of inference costs. Summary Electricity represents 45.9% of Bitcoin mining costs in the comparison Buterin shared. Computing capital expenditure accounts for approximately 76% of the AI…

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Pump.fun adds Hyperliquid perpetuals with fees up to 0.10% per order

Pump.fun has introduced a Hyperliquid-powered perpetual futures interface, with published fees of up to 0.10% per order and access restrictions covering the United States and Ontario. Summary Pump.fun has introduced perpetual futures trading through Hyperliquid’s infrastructure. Published fees reach 0.10% per order and 0.25% per bridge transfer. Hyperliquid handles orders, margin, funding payments, liquidations, and…

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Michael Saylor’s Strategy in Trouble? MSCI’s New Rules Put Index Status at Risk

A May 2026 test identified Strategy, Metaplanet, and Yellow Cake as potential candidates for removal from MSCI’s index. Michael Saylor-led Strategy could face removal from major global stock indexes after MSCI approved new rules for companies it considers non-operating. The index provider announced this week that it would exclude these companies from its Global…

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