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The post Tether Invests $20 Million In Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Tether said Tuesday it will invest $20 million in a strategic growth financing round for Mercado Bitcoin, a move that deepens the stablecoin issuer’s push into Latin America’s fast-growing market for blockchain-based financial services. Tether, the largest company in the digital asset industry and the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, framed the deal as part of a broader strategy of backing platforms that pair regulatory licensing with market scale.  Mercado Bitcoin, founded in São Paulo in 2013, has grown from a cryptocurrency exchange into what it describes as a full-stack on-chain financial services platform. The company now serves 4.5 million users and says it has issued more than 2 billion reais in tokenized assets. It holds more than 10 licenses across Brazil and Europe, including a payment institution license from Brazil’s central bank, along with broker-dealer, securitization and a

The post Traders Sue Polymarket, CEO Coplan Over Strategy Market Decision appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Two Polymarket users sued the prediction-market platform, its holding entities and CEO Shayne Coplan in New York state court, alleging the site wrongly resolved a market on whether Strategy would sell Bitcoin. William Wood and Thomas Bush filed the complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New… Two Polymarket users sued the prediction-market platform, its holding entities and CEO Shayne Coplan in New York state court, alleging the site wrongly resolved a market on whether Strategy would sell Bitcoin. William Wood and Thomas Bush filed the complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, on July 3, under index number 158389/2026, according to the filing law firm Burwick Law posted on its X account. The plaintiffs held “Yes” shares in a market asking whether Strategy Inc. (formerly MicroStrategy) would sell any bitcoin by May 31, 2026. The compla

DOJ reviews legal authority for the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve with federal agencies. Treasury and Commerce continue discussions over oversight of national Bitcoin holdings. Congress considers BITCOIN and ARMA Acts to establish the reserve through legislation. The U.S. Department of Justice is working with the Treasury and Commerce departments to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve […] The post DOJ Advances US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve With Treasury, Commerce appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Bitcoin came off two-week highs while US stocks dipped and John Bollinger described BTC price action as "at a critical point."

The post Tether backs Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin while USDT faces growing restrictions in Europe appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Tether has invested $20 million in Mercado Bitcoin, one of Latin America’s largest regulated digital asset platforms, as the stablecoin issuer expands its presence in high-growth markets. The investment comes as USDT faces increasing restrictions across regulated platforms in Europe. This follows the implementation of the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets [MiCA] framework, highlighting the contrasting regulatory environments shaping Tether’s global strategy. Tether doubles down on Latin America’s regulated crypto infrastructure Tether said the investment forms part of a strategic financing round for Mercado Bitcoin. It operates a regulated on-chain financial platform serving 4.5 million users. The services cut across trading, tokenized assets, lending, payments, and cross-border financial services. According to the company, Mercado Bitcoin has issued more than

Two Polymarket users sued the prediction-market platform, its holding entities and CEO Shayne Coplan in New York state court, alleging the site wrongly resolved a market on whether Strategy would sell Bitcoin. William Wood and Thomas Bush filed the complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New…

The post Galaxy Delivers 133 MW to CoreWeave AI Hub. appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Galaxy delivered 133 MW of critical IT load to CoreWeave under a 15-year lease. Helios shifted from Bitcoin mining into a revenue-generating AI data center campus. Phase II adds 260 MW as Galaxy targets over $1B in annual revenue from Helios. Galaxy has completed the first phase of power delivery at its Helios data center campus in West Texas. The milestone provides 133 megawatts of critical IT load to CoreWeave while transforming a former Bitcoin mining facility into a revenue-generating artificial intelligence infrastructure campus. Helios Completes First Phase of AI Infrastructure Galaxy announced the completion of Phase I at its Helios data center campus by delivering 133 megawatts of critical IT load to CoreWeave. The delivery also includes approximately 200 megawatts of gross power under a 15-year lease agreement signed between both companies. The company confirmed that Phase I reached compl

The post Bitcoin Retraces As Oil Tanker Attacks in Strait of Hormuz Escalate U.S.-Iran Tensions appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin is down today, falling below the psychological $63,000 level after a rally above $64,000 yesterday. The drop below $63,000 today follows attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, a development that further escalates tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Bitcoin Falls Amid Attack On Oil Tankers In Strait of Hormuz In an X post, the UK Military Center revealed an attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, with the tanker sustaining minor structural damage. This marked the second attack on an oil tanker in the Hormuz Strait today. The UK Military earlier reported about an oil tanker that also suffered structural damage. Meanwhile, there have now been attacks on vessels in the Strait in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin has retraced amid this development that again escalates tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with Qatar accusing Iran of being resp