The chief executive of Opendoor Technologies says his company is offering mortgages a full percentage point below the national average, a move that puzzles some observers wondering about its effect on the company’s business.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5Y2IyN2EtZGQ3Mi03MTkwLTg2ZGMtNTlkYTcxNzUxOWVmLmpwZw==.jpg" alt="Bank of Japan testing blockchain settlement for bank deposits in new sandbox" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the experiments will examine links between blockchain systems and Japan’s existing settlement infrastructure.</p>
Ben Delo paid a $10 million fine after pleading guilty to US banking violations in 2022 and was granted a pardon by President Donald Trump in March 2025.
Jan van Eck suggested that analysts have been overcomplicating recent Bitcoin price action, arguing that the four-year cycle has been the main driver holding prices down.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDEvMDE5YmQzMDgtY2QyYS03NTdmLWI3MzEtNDA2NWZlNWZiZWM2LmpwZw==.jpg" alt="Core Scientific shares move lower as Q4 earnings miss estimates" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Core Scientific missed revenue expectations in the fourth quarter as Bitcoin miners were squeezed by lower prices and higher costs.</p>
Compressed volatility, strengthening ETF flows and a diminished Coinbase discount “are not characteristics of a market accelerating into a fresh leg lower,” said 10x Research.
The ClickFix technique gained popularity among crypto hackers last year, but security researchers have been tracking it since 2024, with targets spanning several industries.
The OpenAI CEO admits he came off as “opportunistic” in how he announced the company’s new government deal and says he will amend the language to emphasize restrictions
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5Y2IxNDgtYzJjZS03ZmFkLWE1YjQtNjllZjlkY2MzOTY0LmpwZw==.jpg" alt="Nasdaq files for prediction market-style options on Nasdaq-100" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The offering could enable traders to bet on the stock performance of Nasdaq-100 companies such as Nvidia, Apple, Google and Tesla.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5Y2IxMGEtZTMyYy03NzhjLTliN2ItZDVlZjg2MGU0YTAwLmpwZw==.jpg" alt="OpenZeppelin finds data contamination in OpenAI’s EVMbench" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Security auditor OpenZepplin found that EVMbench’s dataset contains training data leaks and at least four invalid high-severity vulnerability classifications.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5Y2IxNTgtZTU5NS03ZGI2LThkOTYtZWE4OTEwOTdlODZlLmpwZw==.jpg" alt="Senate housing bill amendment proposes to block US CBDC until 2030" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The amendment appears in a broader housing bill and revives language from earlier standalone efforts to block a Fed-issued digital dollar.</p>
A federal judge said Uniswap isn’t responsible for scam tokens traded on the crypto platform, a decision that its founder Hayden Adams said was a “sensible outcome.”
A “planned” transition involving the exits of two sales leaders is also rattling investors.
Noto, who already owns a SoFi stake worth about $215 million on paper, has been known to buy the dip before.
Elliptic’s initial tracing found many of the funds were sent to foreign crypto exchanges, potentially indicating capital flight from Iran amid rising uncertainty in the region.
The company is boosting the storage capacity of its devices, a move thought to be a prelude to expected Siri enhancements later this year.
“I intervened, shut the business down and got him into therapy and support for gambling-type behaviors.”
The satellite-communications company is essentially a hedge fund with a SpaceX stake, in the view of MoffettNathanson analysts.
The U.S. is the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, and one relatively obscure U.S. company seems ready to reap the benefits of a surge in global natural-gas prices following the U.S. and Israel’s attacks on Iran and the widening conflict in the Middle East.
Investors leaned onto U.S. energy stocks on Monday, with the widening conflict in the Middle East boosting shares of major U.S. exploration and production and integrated-energy companies, in particular Chevron.