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Understanding Bitcoin beyond the price charts

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. A growing number of readers are turning to educational crypto books that explain Bitcoin’s fundamentals, moving beyond price charts and market speculation. Summary Heidi Chakos’ Why Crypto? tops a 2026 reading list by explaining…

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Doppler Finance Brings Institutional DeFi to cbXRP on Base

In XRP news today, Coinbase Wrapped XRP (cbXRP) just became significantly more useful. Doppler Finance, an institutional-grade yield infrastructure protocol, has expanded to Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 chain, with cbXRP as its first supported asset. XRP holders who have been sitting on the sidelines of EVM-compatible DeFi now have a regulated, exchange-backed route into lending,…

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China’s New AI Side Hustle: Renting Out Your Face

China’s AI video industry is creating an unexpected new side hustle: licensing your face. Platforms such as ActID and New Claw are paying people to let producers use AI-generated versions of their likenesses in films, advertisements, and short-form videos. Rather than hiring performers for every shoot, creators can license pre-approved digital identities that can be…

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Fortitude Invests $45M in Zcash Mining Infrastructure to Drive Vertical Integration

This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag) provides news, data, and insights on the energy–compute–markets nexus. The expansion includes a $31.5 million miner purchase commitment and two acquisitions totaling $13.9 million for power contracts, land, buildings and mining equipment. Together,…

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