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Optimism Won’t Commit to OP Buyback Beyond 12 Months as Purchases Fall 87%
- Optimism told BeInCrypto it will re-evaluate the OP buyback after 12 months.
- Monthly buybacks fell from 6.95 million OP in March to 926,000 in April.
- Roughly 216 million OP still reaches the market before April 2027.
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The Web’s Missing Payment Primitive Didn’t Need Better Tech, It Needed to Ditch Humans
- Micropayments died since the 1990s on cognition, not technology.
- x402 removes the human, not the friction, from the decision.
- Average x402 payment is 32 cents, not a fraction of a cent.
Hedge Funds Made Their Rarest Bitcoin Bet in Years, But 2 Charts Say Wait
- Hedge funds turned bullish on CME Bitcoin futures for the first time in years
- But the Coinbase premium is negative, so US institutions aren't buying spot Bitcoin
- Open interest near yearly lows means the rally lacks fresh money to fuel it
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Australia Pulls 96 Crypto ATMs Offline Over AML Reporting Failures
- AUSTRAC has suspended Cryptolink’s registration for three months over AML concerns.
- The operator can no longer run its 96 crypto ATMs across Australia.
- AUSTRAC issued Cryptolink a $56,340 infringement notice in October 2025.
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Elon Musk Says AI Agent Traffic Will Vastly Exceed Human Internet Usage
- Musk called Cloudflare's forecast accurate, saying the bot takeover is "not a close call."
- Cloudflare's CFO projected non-human traffic could hit 1,000 times human levels within five years.
- Independent reports from HUMAN Security and Imperva confirm bots already outpace human traffic.
Bitcoin Miners Demand Ousting of OCEAN Leadership After BIP-110 Fork Disaster
- OCEAN redirected miner hashrate to a failed minority chain without explicit consent.
- Blockstream CEO demanded the financial losses be deducted from Luke Dashjr’s salary.
- The mining pool faces a massive reputational crisis as its hashrate collapsed by 96%.
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Stablecoin Banking Competition Expands Beyond Settlement
- Stablecoins are gaining ground across payments, payroll, business transfers and settlement.
- Card issuance, foreign exchange, compliance and account management offer providers greater revenue opportunities and stronger customer relationships.
- Stablecoin neobanks face growing responsibility as they combine payments, yield, credit and trading within one product.
The Korean Crypto Laundering Method Behind $6.4 Billion, and Why Police Struggle to Stop It
- A cross-border technique called Hwanchigi sits behind 90% of South Korea's illegal crypto transfers
- Money laundering cases surged 152-fold in H1 2026, from 8 in all of 2025 to 1,214 in six months
- Police detected more cases than ever, but made only 18 arrests
