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Iran’s internet formally remained part of global routing, but user activity fell almost to zero. That points to a managed restriction on citizens’ access to the external network. Source: IODA.

But in that digital darkness, one vital financial service continued to operate without interruption: Nobitex, a cryptocurrency exchange linked to Iran’s ruling elite.

We compiled the available information about the platform and tried to understand how Iranian authorities use it, what investigations by analytics firms have revealed, and why, despite all these findings, the exchange is still not on OFAC's SDN List.

Nobitex is far from a niche platform. While estimates vary, analysts agree that the asset flows moving through the exchange are measured in the billions of dollars. For instance, TRM Labs recorded an observed volume of approximately $5 billion between 2025 and March 2026.Earlier, Chainalysis noted that asset inflows to Nobitex addresses exceeded the combined figure for Iran’s 10 other largest exchanges. Source: Chainalysis.

Nobitex has an extensive retail user base. According to the platform's own figures, it serves about 11 million Iranians — almost 12% of the country's population.

The exchange offers a suite of services typical for the industry: spot and margin trading, yield-bearing products, liquidity pools, digital gift cards, and even crypto-collateralized lending.

Nobitex also caters to professional market participants and institutional players. These entities are provided with specialized terms, such as increased limits and high-speed APIs.

What drew attention to the platform, however, wasn't its retail operations. It was information suggesting Nobitex functions as a national currency gateway for a country cut off from SWIFT.

A series of investigations available online focus on how Nobitex helps the Iranian leadership evade eco

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Why Bitcoin Didn’t Correlate With the Rally in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq
Bitcoin has spent years moving almost in sync with U.S. stocks, especially technology shares. When the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 rallied, Bitcoin usually rallied harder. When equities crashed, Bitcoin often fell even faster.

But 2026 has looked very different.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq recently reached fresh all-time highs, fueled by strong corporate earnings and the ongoing artificial intelligence boom. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has remained stuck below $80,000, trading well below its late-2025 peak of $126,000.

The divergence has surprised many investors because crypto and equities have become deeply connected over the last few years. Yet this cycle shows that Bitcoin is still influenced by its own unique market forces, not just risk appetite on Wall Street.

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SEI looks ready to break $0.0694 resistance - Can bulls push toward $0.080?

Selling pressure steadily faded after Sei [SEI] established a firm floor between the $0.050 and $0.052 range during early April. A rounding bottom gradually formed afterward, signaling buyers were slowly absorbing weakening sell-side liquidity beneath the surface.

Momentum strengthened further once the $0.0563 resistance flipped into support, which later became the launchpad for the breakout.

Before the expansion, price briefly dipped below the $0.055 support zone, likely sweeping weaker positions and unlocking liquidity for continuation higher.



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HTX Community April Creation ContestBitcoin Mining Pool Giants Foundry, Antpool and F2pool Signal Stratum V2 Shift Seven of the largest names in bitcoin mining formally joined the Stratum V2 Working G

Bitcoin Mining Pool Giants Foundry, Antpool and F2pool Signal Stratum V2 Shift
Seven of the largest names in bitcoin mining formally joined the Stratum V2 Working Group this week, signaling the clearest industry shift yet toward miner-controlled transaction selection.

Key Takeaways:

Antpool, F2pool, Foundry, and 4 others joined the Stratum V2 Working Group on May 7, 2026.

Stratum V2 offers miners up to 7.4% higher profitability through lower latency and better fee capture.

Braiins and Spiral founded the Working Group in 2022, now entering a new deployment phase in 2026.

7 Bitcoin Mining Pools Back Stratum V2 as Miners Push for Block Template Control

Antpool, F2pool, Foundry, Spiderpool, Block Inc., MARA Foundation, and DMND are now part of the effort to advance the open mining protocol standard. The announcement was published by Pavlenex on the Stratum V2 Working Group’s official site.

Stratum V2 replaces Stratum V1, a push-based protocol released in 2012 by Marek “Slush” Palatinus that became the industry default but was never designed as a formal standard. V1 left pools in full control of transaction selection, ran in plaintext, and exposed miners to hashrate hijacking and surveillance.

The newer protocol addresses those problems. It uses end-to-end authenticated encryption, cuts bandwidth use by roughly 60% on the pool side and 70% for miners, and introduces a Job Declaration sub-protocol that lets miners build their own block templates instead of accepting what pools assign.

According to the official announcement, “By maintaining Stratum V2 as a public, vendor-neutral specification, we remove compatibility barriers and allow the ecosystem to focus on what matters most: improving efficiency, privacy, security, and miner autonomy, ultimately leading to increased profitability.”

Real-world tests from Braiins show miners can capture up to 7.4% higher profitability through faster template delivery, lower latency, and im

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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Morgan Stanley is now undercutting Coinbase, Robinhood, and Charles Schwab on Bitcoin and crypto trading fees — and Strike CEO Jack Mallers isn’t worried about it one bit.Related Reading: Crypto Security Fears Rise As Chaos Labs Reveals Attempted Advanced Wallet AttackWall Street’s Growing FootprintThe bank recently launched a crypto trading pilot through its E*Trade platform, charging clients 50 basis points per transaction. That’s less than what the biggest US crypto and brokerage platforms charge for standard retail trades. It’s one of the more concrete signs yet that traditional financial giants are moving deeper into digital asset territory.But Mallers, whose payments company Strike is built around Bitcoin, pushed back hard against the idea that this trend spells trouble for the asset.Asked on the What Bitcoin Did podcast whether institutional involvement threatens Bitcoin’s core principles, his answer was short: no. “If Wall Street getting into Bitcoin kills it, it was never going to be successful in the first place,” Mallers told host Danny Knowles in the episode published Thursday on YouTube.Bitcoin: Money For Everyone — Including Your EnemiesHis argument rests on what he sees as Bitcoin’s foundational promise. The asset, he said, was built on the idea of being money for all people — not just those who share the same politics, values, or background. He extended that to include rivals and adversaries. A network that claims to be open to everyone can’t logically draw a line at Wall Street, in his view.Large institutions buying in was always going to happen, Mallers said, because Bitcoin is competing for global capital. He described a future where real estate, fine art, and government debt all lose value relative to Bitcoin as the asset gets increasingly adopted worldw

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As Bitcoin climbed back above $78,000, Strategy Executive Chairman declared on X: “Winter’s over.” At the same time, Strategy added another 13,927 BTC, bringing its total holdings to an astonishing 78

As Bitcoin climbed back above $78,000, Strategy Executive Chairman  declared on X:
“Winter’s over.”
At the same time, Strategy added another 13,927 BTC, bringing its total holdings to an astonishing 780,897 BTC — further cementing its position as the world’s largest public corporate Bitcoin holder.
Not everyone agrees with Saylor’s optimism.
Some analysts argue that while Bitcoin may have recovered, altcoins are still struggling through their own “cold season.” Others believe the recent market correction wasn’t even a true crypto winter — just a sharp pullback inside a larger bull market.
But one thing is becoming increasingly clear:
Bitcoin is entering a new era driven by institutions.
What started with early adopters in 2013, expanded through retail mania in 2017, and evolved into institutional adoption after 2021…
…may now be entering its next phase: Nation-state adoption.
The conversation is no longer just about companies buying BTC.
Now markets are watching governments.
The U.S. government already holds roughly 300,000 BTC and continues discussing a strategic Bitcoin reserve. Meanwhile:
🇸🇻 El Salvador keeps buying Bitcoin daily
🇨🇳 China reportedly holds around 190,000 BTC
🇬🇧 The UK holds over 61,000 BTC
Even pension funds and state-level institutions are beginning to gain Bitcoin exposure.
This changes the entire narrative.
Bitcoin is slowly moving from a speculative asset… to a geopolitical reserve asset.
Years ago, people asked: “Will Bitcoin survive?”


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HTX Community April Creation ContestBTC Shakes at $80K—Up or Down?MEGA: Real-Time Execution Layer for Ethereum XRP News Today: GraniteShares 3x Leveraged ETFs Launch May 7 as Pepeto Presale Crosses $9

XRP News Today: GraniteShares 3x Leveraged ETFs Launch May 7 as Pepeto Presale Crosses $9.86M

The XRP News tape activated on May 7 after GraniteShares cleared its 3x Long and 3x Short XRP ETFs for launch on NASDAQ per 24/7 Wall St, with XRP at $1.38 per CoinGecko sitting 61% below the $3.65 ATH and the CLARITY Act facing a Senate Banking deadline before the May 21 recess.

Every XRP News headline points to a multi week breakout setup, but the cleaner XRP News driven trade sits in a presale at $0.0000001869, where Pepeto crossed $9.86 million raised, a SolidProof audit, 175% APY staking, and a working DEX live ahead of the listing at Pepeto.

XRP News Activates as 3x Leveraged ETFs Open and CLARITY Act Hits Senate Deadline

GraniteShares 3x Long and 3x Short XRP ETFs launched on NASDAQ on May 7 after five prior delays per 24/7 Wall St, and Polymarket gives the CLARITY Act a 62% chance of passing in May with Senator Cynthia Lummis confirming a Senate Banking markup before the May 21 recess.

XRP ETF inflows printed $55.39 million during the week of April 17, the strongest weekly XRP News inflow of 2026, while Standard Chartered targets $2.80 by year end and Polymarket gives XRP 24% odds of doubling, but every catalyst still requires months of execution before the full move lands.



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