Select Source:
- CoinDesk
- Bitcoin.com
- NewsBTC
Institutional investors located in Canada significantly increased their holdings of cryptocurrencies in 2023, a survey by KPMG found. [...]
Avi Eisenberg’s centi-million dollar exploit of the decentralized Mango Markets trading platform revealed the perverse incentives of bug bounties. [...]
One of the issuers waived management fees for the first six months, undercutting rival offerings. [...]
The next era of Web3 will be defined by the ability of projects to attract and retain users, says Kelly Ye of Decentral Park Capital. Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 is… [...]
On-chain real-world assets and the integration of wallet infrastructure will replace intermediaries and become standard in the modern asset management lifecycle, says Mehdi Brahimi, head of institutional business at L1. [...]
The new regulations could offer banks a competitive edge by limiting institutions without a banking license to a maximum stablecoin issuance of $10 billion, the report said. [...]
The firm also completed the development of its three-nanometer mining chip, which it had been working on since April 2023. [...]
Bitcoin Conversions will charge a flat 1% fee to automatically convert a portion of merchant revenues into BTC. [...]
The products check decentralized applications across 40+ blockchains via WalletConnect, Fireblocks’ browser extension, and MetaMask Institutional. [...]
Strike, the payments application using the Bitcoin blockchain, has launched in Europe, allowing customers to buy, sell and withdraw bitcoin {{BTC}} in the region, it announced Wednesday. [...]
Germany is a relatively conservative financial market, and landesbank are among its most conservative institutions. So what is the country’s largest landesbank doing launching crypto services? Noelle Acheson explains. [...]
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 24, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto… [...]
Binance's founder and former chief executive, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has apologised for his "poor decisions" and accepted "full responsibility" for his actions, in a letter to the judge overseeing his… [...]
The number of addresses holding stablecoins has risen 15% this year. [...]
A directive circulating in Nigeria asked regulated financial institutions in Nigeria to identify persons or entities transacting in or operating with Bybit, KuCoin, OKX and Binance, but the nation's central… [...]
Some banks, however, expect the dollar index to stay firm over the near term. [...]
India’s general election in 2024 is not expected to immediately affect crypto policy, and its current – restrictive – rules are expected to continue on through the upcoming Parliamentary term. [...]
Hedera's native HBAR token surged by more than 107% on Tuesday as investors believed that BlackRock was involved in a fund tokenization project on the Hedera blockchain, the token then… [...]
Mexico is poised to have its biggest election ever in a few weeks, with 100 million voters choosing 628 elected officials, thousands of local officials and the president. And crypto… [...]
Use of Tether has increased in Venezuela after the U.S. reimposed sanctions on oil exports. [...]
Binance's founder and former chief executive, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, should spend three years in prison for his role in enabling the crypto exchange to violate federal sanctions and money laundering… [...]
Indonesian President Joko Widodo warned the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) to monitor the use of crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for money laundering during a speech last… [...]
Investors are still gauging macroeconomic factors, one observer said. [...]
Last week, U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced a joint bill addressing how stablecoins could be regulated in the country. It's the latest effort to try… [...]
Tokenization initiatives from BlackRock, JP Morgan and others presage a revolution in payments, wealth management and other key activities of Wall Street, says author Annelise Osborne. [...]
Detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan will remain in prison in Nigeria until at least May 17, following an Abuja court’s ruling to postpone a scheduled bail hearing until after he… [...]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a New York court to impose $5.3 billion in fines on Terraform Labs and co-founder Do Kwon for their role in… [...]
Five new editors were added to help speed up the process of approving and merging Bitcoin Improvement Proposals. [...]
“Having an eye on the horizon makes things less crazy,” says the Consensus 2024 speaker. [...]
The defunct crypto exchange will distribute 142,000 BTC and 143,000 BCH to creditors later this year, 10 years after its implosion due to a hack. [...]
The bank reiterated its year-end bitcoin and ether targets of $150,000 and $8,000, respectively. [...]
A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule expanding the definition of a "dealer" to capture digital assets activity went too far, a lawsuit by the Blockchain Association and Crypto Freedom… [...]
The firm maintains the "highest" anti-money laundering standards in the industry, it said in a statement to CoinDesk. [...]
The reentrancy bug was discovered by Asymmetric Research, a core contributor to the Wormhole interoperability protocol. [...]
The company from ex-Coinbase employees aims to help developers build better blockchain wallets. [...]
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 23, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto… [...]
The decentralized cloud computing company also announced its ‘Akash summit’ on Monday, which will take place before Consensus. [...]
The 200-day simple moving average is one of the most widely tracked indicators of the long-term trend. [...]
DYDX also has a large unlock scheduled but is not experiencing the same pricing pressure. [...]
Derivatives exchange Deribit is the first to integrate FalconX’s Prime Connect. [...]
Ripple Labs filed its opposition on Monday against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposal to ask a New York judge to impose a nearly $2 billion fine against… [...]
The new BTC supply added to the market could drop to $30 million per day, according to Bitfinex. [...]
Venezuela's state-run oil company started experimenting with Tether in 2023. [...]
Crypto-focused stocks also bounced higher, led by bitcoin miners Riot Platforms and Hut 8. [...]
The upgrade seeks to solve congestion issues, and will officially launch in May. [...]
Two lawyers for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) were forced to resign after a federal judge sanctioned the agency last month for committing a “gross abuse of power”… [...]
Bitcoin recently completed its first difficulty adjustment following the fourth halving, recording a 1.99% increase and pushing the mining difficulty to a record high. The network’s difficulty level rose from… [...]
Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of Binance, has publicly apologized for his past decisions and accepted full responsibility for his actions. This comes as U.S. prosecutors are seeking a 36-month… [...]
Per the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong, the region’s newly authorized spot bitcoin and ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set to commence trading on Tuesday, April 30,… [...]
Federal prosecutors have recommended a 36-month prison sentence for Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s former CEO, for U.S. law violations. Prosecutors contend Zhao’s deliberate non-compliance facilitated massive unlawful… [...]
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has been instructed to share information on unauthorized digital asset service providers with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society. The regulator warned investors… [...]
PRESS RELEASE. Monaco, April 24, 2024 – Memereum, a promising project on the BNB Smart Chain, is delighted to announce the launch of its presale. It invites investors to join… [...]
South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority said on April 22 that it has approved 75 institutions to be licensed as crypto asset service providers (CASPs). The regulator said the unveiling… [...]
A misinterpreted announcement by the HBAR Foundation suggested that Blackrock’s ICS US Treasury Fund was tokenized on the Hedera blockchain in partnership with Archax and Ownera, leading to a significant… [...]
Ray Youssef, the former Paxful CEO, has commented on the negative impact of high transaction fees on bitcoin adoption in emerging markets. Youssef stated on social media that the recent… [...]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines has requested that tech giants Apple and Google remove Binance apps from their respective app stores. The SEC chairman stated that… [...]
Crypto analyst Egrag Crypto has singled out VeChain (VET) and XRP as two crypto tokens that could soon witness significant price surges. The analyst also outlined price targets crypto investors… [...]
On-chain data shows the new whale entrants in the Bitcoin market now hold almost twice as much as the veterans. Here’s what could be behind this shift. Bitcoin Newbie Whale… [...]
Worldcoin (WLD) could be the victim of a significant downtrend in the coming weeks. The team plans to sell as many as 1.5 million WLD tokens over the next six… [...]
Prior to the Bitcoin Halving event, BTC’s price saw considerable instability, but it has since rebounded, reaching the $66,000 level, triggering bullish predictions from top crypto analysts regarding the coin’s… [...]
Solana, like many Proof-of-Stake (PoS) cryptocurrencies, relies on a decentralized network of validators who secure the network by staking their SOL coins. In exchange for staking, validators earn rewards. However,… [...]
Two Solana-based memecoins, Bonk (BONK) and Dogwifhat (WIF), have registered substantial gains over the past 24 hours. BONK recorded a 35% increase, while WIF climbed by 19%, positioning them among… [...]
Polkadot (DOT), the interoperable blockchain platform designed for connecting different blockchains, is currently caught in a tug-of-war between technical indicators suggesting a potential price dip and bullish predictions from some… [...]
In his latest essay, Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of crypto exchange BitMEX, introduced a bold investment philosophy he calls the “Left Curve.” This strategy diverges sharply from traditional investment… [...]
The cryptocurrency market continues to grapple with volatility, and XRP has been no exception. After a promising start to the year, the price of XRP has mirrored the broader market… [...]
XRP price is recovering higher above the $0.500 resistance. The price is signaling a positive bias and might rally above the $0.580 and $0.600 levels. XRP is attempting a recovery… [...]