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Bitcoin miner HIVE Digital Technologies rose after reporting record revenue for its most recent quarter, adding to the sector’s wins from Bitcoin’s mid-year gains.HIVE said on Monday that it had “record revenue” for the quarter ending Sept. 30 of $87.3 million, up 285% from the same time a year ago and nearly doubling quarter-over-quarter.The company reported a net loss of $15.8 million for the quarter, which it attributed to “driven by accelerated two-year depreciation” of Bitcoin (BTC) mining machines used in its expansion efforts in Paraguay.“Despite Bitcoin hashprice being up only about 25% year-over-year, our revenue soared 285% year-over-year due…

VanEck has launched the US’s third exchange-traded fund (ETF) featuring Solana staking, as more altcoin-tied funds are set to enter the market soon.The VanEck Solana ETF (VSOL) launched on Monday, joining similar funds from Bitwise and Grayscale that debuted late in October and have jointly seen over $380 million in inflows.Like Bitwise and Grayscale’s ETFs, VSOL offers staking yields, where Solana (SOL) is locked up on the blockchain to earn rewards. It has also waived its 0.3% fee until Feb. 17 or until it reaches $1 billion in assets in a bid to compete.Asset managers have been flooding the market…

A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.The U.S. office market has been in a tailspin since the start of the pandemic, when workers were first ordered home. Some, especially younger workers, never came back — leaving many office buildings half full or empty. The overall vacancy rate for offices, however, fell 20 basis points in the…

Key takeaways:ETH falls to a 4-month low despite recent layer-2 growth cutting base fees and boosting Ethereum’s use in tokenization and stablecoin.ETH may recover as global risks ease and new liquidity enters markets, helping the price move back toward $3,900.Ether (ETH) crashed below $3,000 on Monday, and the drop reflects a sector-wide risk-off shift where traders are worried that the bull run may have ended after a 40% correction from the $4,956 all-time high in August. ETH/USD (blue) vs. altcoin market cap (red). Source: TradingView / CointelegraphEther’s performance has closely tracked the altcoin market, signaling a lack of asset-specific catalysts…

Japan is all set to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA). Further to this, it also plans to introduce a new taxation regime for this sector as part of its crypto reform process. According to an article published by a local media, Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) wants to reclassify 105 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), under the FIEA, effectively putting crypto under the same umbrella as stocks and bonds. This expansion of the regulatory umbrella onto crypto aims to ensure that the sector falls under investor protection rules and is…

AI engineers often chase performance by scaling up LLM parameters and data, but the trend toward smaller, more efficient, and better-focused models has accelerated. The Phi-4 fine-tuning methodology is the cleanest public example of a training approach that smaller enterprise teams can copy. It shows how a carefully chosen dataset and fine-tuning strategy can make a 14B model compete with much larger ones.The Phi-4 model was trained on just 1.4 million carefully chosen prompt-response pairs. Instead of brute force, the Microsoft Phi-4 research team focused on “teachable” examples at the edge of the model’s abilities and rigorous data curation. The Phi-4 reasoning…

Despite new methods emerging, enterprises continue to turn to autonomous coding agents and code generation platforms. The competition to keep developers working on their platforms, coming from tech companies, has also heated up.AWS thinks its offering, Kiro, and new capabilities to ensure behavioral adherence set up a large differentiator in the increasingly crowded coding agent space. Kiro, first launched in July on public preview, is now generally available with new features, including property-based testing for behavior and a command-line interface (CLI) capability to tailor custom agents.Deepak Singh, AWS vice president for databases and AI, told VentureBeat in an interview that Kiro…

Bitcoin Bitcoin investors are confronting sharply conflicting narratives this week. On one side is a viral social-media prediction calling for Bitcoin to hit $220,000 within 45 days.Key Takeaways: Man with highest IQ in the world predicts $220K Bitcoin. Analysts highlight three bearish signals similar to late 2021. Short-term outlook shows $71K–$95K, not a breakout. JPMorgan still expects ~$170K over the longer term. On the other is a series of technical breakdowns that analysts say historically precede extended price corrections. The viral forecast originated from YoungHoon Kim, a social media personality who identifies himself as having an IQ of 276. Kim…

Nashville, TN – November 17, 2025 – BTC Inc (the “Company”), the leading provider of Bitcoin-related news and events, today announced the appointment of Brandon Green as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. In this role, Green will oversee the Company’s strategic and operational direction, including leading the continued growth of Bitcoin Magazine and the global Bitcoin Conference series.  As part of this leadership transition, David Bailey, Chairman and CEO of KindlyMD (NASDAQ:NAKA) and Co-Founder of BTC Inc, will step down as Chief Executive Officer of BTC Inc and continue to serve as the Company’s Chairman of the Board, supporting the…

Senate bill targets crypto’s regulatory paradox: Security vs. commodity Since its inception, the US cryptocurrency industry has faced a regulatory challenge: determining when a digital asset qualifies as a security and when it qualifies as a commodity.This uncertainty has hindered institutional adoption, fueled legal disputes and made it difficult for crypto companies to interpret complex rules. But a draft bill from the Senate Agriculture Committee, led by Chair John Boozman and Senator Cory Booker, proposes changes that may address this.The bill is part of a broader effort to establish a unified framework for digital asset markets. The bipartisan discussion draft…