“Their fast-clock architecture could crack a private key in 9 minutes, while bitcoin blocks take 10 minutes on average. That changes the threat model entirely.”

“Crypto is demonstrating itself to be a good ‘war time’ store of value,” BitMine Chairman Tom Lee said.

Potential homebuyers can pledge their cryptocurrencies as down payment collateral when getting a mortgage backed by Fannie Mae.

The gaming and collectible retailer has pledged over 99% of its bitcoin stockpile as collateral for its covered-call strategy with Coinbase Credit.

The former bitcoin miner turned data center developer also secured a $200 million revolving credit facility.

Coinbase fell on the report as well.

The platform aims to enable around the clock trading of digital tokens that represent securities.

Meanwhile, BitMine announced scooping up $141.8 million last week as part of its ethereum treasury strategy.

Spot trading volume for non-bitcoin cryptocurrencies has collapsed since October.

While the crypto industry has shed $564.3 billion in 2026, Hyperliquid’s native token has bucked the downtrend and jumped 54.8% year-to-date.Source: Sherwood News.