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El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment turns 5: ‘It was for us, not them’

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Five years after El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender, the experiment has fallen short of its original promises for locals, but it’s been great for Bitcoin’s global profile.

Published Date: 2026-08-12 13:30:00
Creator: Cointelegraph by Christina Comben
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Wintermute to pour $1B into AI, high-frequency trading amid TradFi expansion: Report

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Wintermute will reportedly invest $1 billion in AI infrastructure and high-frequency trading as part of its expansion into traditional finance.

Published Date: 2026-08-12 13:23:57
Creator: Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai
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Fidelity files with SEC to add staking to Ethereum ETF

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Fidelity plans to add staking to its Ether fund, with 85% of rewards retained by FETH and quarterly cash distributions planned for investors.

Published Date: 2026-08-12 12:42:58
Creator: Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
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Binance, RedotPay clash over fate of Singapore lawsuit

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Amid a $473 million legal dispute, RedotPay says it expects Binance to end its Singapore case, while Binance says its claims remain active.

Published Date: 2026-08-12 10:21:00
Creator: Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
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Bitcoin miners earn under 0.7% of revenue from fees in new 10-year low

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Bitcoin miners showed a “concerning” trend of pivoting to AI amid a profit squeeze as transaction-fee income barely bounced from 10-year lows of 0.52% of revenue.

Published Date: 2026-08-12 10:06:05
Creator: Cointelegraph by William Suberg
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Crypto companies urge AI firms to give Bitcoin developers early access

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The Bitcoin Policy Institute and other industry participants urged AI companies to offer early access to their frontier models to aid Bitcoin and open-source developers in their cybersecurity efforts.

Published Date: 2026-08-12 09:03:01
Creator: Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai
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Inside the fake crypto startup that fooled North Korean IT workers

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Suspected North Korean IT workers joined a fake crypto startup — without realizing their every move was being tracked to extract valuable intel.

Published Date: 2026-08-12 07:34:58
Creator: Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun
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Harmony considers rollback after suspected exploit inflates ONE supply

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Harmony is working with exchanges to freeze funds and is preparing a patch after claims that 2.8 billion unauthorized ONE hit trading platforms.

Published Date: 2026-08-12 06:02:52
Creator: Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
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CFTC invokes emergency powers to keep Kalshi operating in New York fight

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The order escalates a jurisdictional fight over whether states may treat federally regulated event contracts as illegal gambling.

Published Date: 2026-08-12 04:53:26
Creator: Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
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Ravencoin hits record low as network exploit puts transactions at risk

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Mining pools controlling most of Ravencoin’s hash rate are building a competing chain that could trigger a three-day reorganization.

Published Date: 2026-08-12 01:11:51
Creator: Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
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