- + Crypto Markets Will Be Driven by Macro Factors Following the Halving, Coinbase Says—These influences include rising geopolitical tensions, higher interest rates for longer, reflation and ballooning national debts, the report said. [Ca...
- + First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Price Bounces as Halving Nears—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 19, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualiz...
- + Tether Seeks to Boost Peer-to-Peer Payments on Telegram by Expanding Dollar, Gold Stablecoins to TON Network—The TON network has seen rapid growth recently helped by incentives for onboarding Telegram users. [Category: Finance, news, Tether]
- + Bitcoin Spot ETFs Register Five-Day Withdrawals Streak Ahead of Halving—GBTC again led the outflows, while inflows into BlackRock's IBIT continued to slow, provision data from Farside show. [Category: Markets, news]
- + Bitcoin Miners Are Better Positioned for the Halving This Time Round: Benchmark—Bitcoin's rally in the past six months will help cushion crypto miners from the effects of the 50% cut in their earned rewards, the report said. [Cate...
- + Protocol Village: Telos to Work With R&D Firm Ponos on Hardware-Accelerated Ethereum ZkEVM —The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 18-24. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Blo...
- + Polymarket Traders See 32% Chance of No Fed Rate Cuts This Year—The hawkish shift in the market sentiment could dampen the demand for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies and technology stocks. [Category: Market...
- + Bitcoin Back Above $62K as Crypto Market Calms After Reports of Limited Damage From Israeli Attack—Iran's first strike on Israel pushed down crypto and risk assets, while leading to a spike in gold. [Category: Markets, news, btc, Bitcoin, Iran]
- + Chia Network Makes Progress Toward an IPO, CEO Says—The cryptocurrency company founded by BitTorrent's inventor saw its IPO plans derailed last year by financial woes at its banker, Credit Suisse. [Cate...
- + This Bitcoin Halving Is Different. But Is It 'Priced In'?—Institutions launching Bitcoin ETFs this year have buoyed the bitcoin price to record levels. Does that mean the impact of the halving — the four-year...
- + Avail Confirms Token Airdrop Plans, a Week After Leaked Screenshots—Avail shared in a blog post that 354,605 wallet addresses are eligible to claim the 600 million tokens in their “unification drop.” [Category: Technol...
- + Sen. Lummis: It'll Pay to 'Choose Circle Over Tether' Under U.S. Stablecoin Proposal—Circle Internet Financial would have a distinct advantage over global stablecoin leader Tether under U.S. regulations along the lines being suggested ...
- + Bitcoin Halving Is Not a Bullish Event, Says 10x Research Analyst—Bearish signals are looming over the crypto market these days and will almost certainly push prices down in the short term, well-known research analys...
- + Kraken Is Buying TradeStation Crypto, Expanding Cryptocurrency Exchange's U.S. Reach—The takeover, which hasn't been previously disclosed publicly, expands the cryptocurrency exchange's regulatory licensing in the U.S. [Category: Finan...
- + Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken Acquires TradeStation Crypto—The takeover, which hasn't been previously disclosed publicly, expands the cryptocurrency exchange's regulatory licensing in the U.S. [Category: Finan...
- + Mango Markets Exploiter Avi Eisenberg Found Guilty of Fraud and Manipulation—NEW YORK – A Manhattan jury has found crypto trader Avi Eisenberg guilty on fraud and market manipulation for his $110 million heist from decentralize...
- + ‘It Can Be Said With Confidence the SEC Is Investigating Ethereum’: Consensys’ Bill Hughes Talks Crypto Law—Consensys Senior Counsel and Director of Global Regulatory talks about ETH's legal status and Ethereum's future. [Category: Consensus Magazine, interv...
- + Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin’s Supply Reduction—What does Bitcoin’s fourth halving mean, and why does it matter? [Category: Finance, opinion, Opinion, Crypto for Advisors, Financial Advisors, Financ...
- + Bitcoin Halving Partially Priced In With No Big Rally Expected Afterward: Deutsche Bank—Crypto prices are likely to stay high in anticipation of spot ether ETF approvals, central bank rate cuts, and regulatory changes, the report said. [C...
- + Protecting Crypto Users Is More Important Than Faster UK Registration: FCA Executive —Members of the industry have complained that the regulator takes too long to approve crypto applications. [Category: Policy, news, Regulations, Crypto...
- + Protocol Village: Safe, for 'Smart Accounts,' Completes Acquisition of Crypto Business Wallet Multis—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 18-24. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Blo...
- + Tokenization Growth Depends on Developing Blockchain-Powered Secondary Markets: Moody's —There aren't enough secondary markets that support tokenized assets, and they come with risks, the ratings company said. [Category: Finance, news, Reg...
- + First Mover Americas: BTC Dominance Increases, Binance to Re-Enter India—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 18, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualiz...
- + Aptos Strikes DeFi Partnership With Microsoft, Brevan Howard, SK Telecom—The aim is to offer banks and large institutions a gateway to decentralized finance on Aptos. [Category: Finance, news, Aptos, Aptos Labs, Microsoft, ...
- + Ondo Finance Brings Tokenized Treasuries to the Cosmos Ecosystem with Noble Integration—Introducing Ondo Finance's offerings to Cosmos "will bring vastly improved utility and liquidity to appchains and their users, all while offering expo...
- + DeFi’s Path to Mass Adoption Goes Through Fintech Firms, Centralized Exchanges, Morpho Labs Chief Says— [Category: Finance, news, Morpho labs, Interview, DeFi, Finance]
- + Tether Reorganizes Into 4 Divisions as It Expands Beyond Stablecoins—The company has formed four divisions to reflect its broadening focus: Data, Finance, Power and Edu(cation). [Category: Finance, news, Tether, Mining,...
- + Union Labs Plans Polygon-to-Cosmos Bridge with New AggLayer Integration—The new technology from Union Labs comes after the blockchain interoperability project raised $4 million in November. [Category: Technology, news, blo...
- + New Zealand Starts Digital Cash Consultation—The consultation paper asked New Zealand citizens to respond on the digital cash design, whether or not interest should be paid and if there should be...
- + Binance Secures Full Virtual-Asset Services Provider License in Dubai—The fourth and final stage of approval comes almost a year after the crypto exchange secured a third-stage license. [Category: Policy, news, Binance, ...
- + Bitcoin Likely to Drop After the Halving, JPMorgan Says—The bank’s analysis of open interest in bitcoin futures shows that the cryptocurrency is still considered overbought. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoi...
- + Bearish Flip in Crypto Crowd Sentiment Hints at Coming Bitcoin Price Bounce—Analytics firm Santiment's social-media metrics suggest the crypto crowd is beginning to lean bearish. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Markets, San...
- + USDe Holders Should Monitor Ethena's Reserve Fund to Avoid Risk, CryptoQuant Warns—Cryptocurrency data provider CryptoQuant has said that holders of Ethena Labs' USDe stablecoin should monitor the project's reserve fund to avoid risk...
- + Binance Could Come Back to India by Paying $2M Fine: Report—The exchange could return as a FIU-registered firm after paying the fine, the report added. [Category: Finance, news, Binance, India, OKX, Policy]
- + Bitcoin Dominance Increases as Halving Nears and BTC Price Lingers Near $61K—BTC dominance is creeping upwards as Layer-1s and Artificial Intelligence tokens had a rough week, while Google search interest in the halving skyrock...
- + Jury Begins Deliberations in $110M Mango Markets Fraud Trial—Crypto trader Avi Eisenberg’s fate now rests in the hands of 12 New York jurors, who have been tasked with deciding whether his October 2022 trades on...
- + The Protocol: Bitcoin Halving Spectacular, With Runes, 'Epic Sat,' Stacks Nakamoto—Unlike the last Bitcoin halving, a ho-hum affair where Covid-locked-down gawkers had little choice but to tune into livestreamed watch parties, the up...
- + What Is Bitcoin Meant to Hedge?—The cryptocurrency underperformed this week as an economic safe haven. But bitcoiners are taking a longer term view. [Category: Consensus Magazine, op...
- + QCP and Further Ventures Announce Partnership for Middle East Crypto Expansion—Both companies plan to develop new institutional digital offerings, while QCP is set to open an Abu Dhabi shop. [Category: Policy, news, QCP Capital, ...
- + QCP Capital and Further Ventures Announce Partnership for Middle East Crypto Expansion—Both companies plan to develop new institutional digital offerings, while QCP is set to open an Abu Dhabi shop. [Category: Policy, news, QCP Capital, ...
- + Crypto PAC Spent Millions to Get Alabama Candidate on Path Toward Congress—Shomari Figures, a Washington insider with a lengthy progressive resume, didn't pull in the most money in direct contributions as he sought one of Ala...
- + Bitcoin Miners Are Set for a Coiled Spring Rally—Miners face uncertain times as the halving changes Bitcoin’s economics. Which groups are best positioned for the future? Dan Weiskopf, at Tidal Financ...
- + Time to Take the Reins on Tokenization, or Risk Missing Out—Tokenization can revolutionize the way transactions are processed. But, for institutions, the highest potential lies in the digital assets themselves,...
- + Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs Likely Not Available for Mainland Chinese Investors: Bloomberg—Investors in mainland China won’t likely be allowed to buy into the newly approved Hong Kong-listed spot bitcoin ETFs, analysts at Bloomberg Intellige...
- + Bitcoin Tumbles Below $60K, Ether Under $3K; Correction Not Over, Says Strategist—Large bitcoin investors haven't started to buy the dip yet, suggesting that the correction may continue for a while, an LMAX Group strategist noted. [...
- + Kraken Releases Own Crypto Wallet, Joining Competition With Coinbase, MetaMask—According to a blog post shared with CoinDesk, the new Kraken Wallet will be the first from a major exchange to be open-sourced. [Category: Technology...
- + Worldcoin, Sam Altman's Crypto Project, Is Building a Layer-2 Chain—The human-focused blockchain network will be based on the OP Stack, a framework for building Ethereum-based layer-2 chains. [Category: Technology, new...
- + Zignaly Announces Cosmos-Based ZIGChain, $100M Ecosystem Fund—ZIGChain's ecosystem fund is backed by DWF Labs. [Category: Finance, news, Dubai, Licenses, TOKEN 2049, Cosmos, Blockchains, layer 1]
- + Tokenized Credit Platform Centrifuge Plans Institutional RWA Lending on Coinbase's Base, Raises $15M in VC Investment—CFG, the protocol's native token, spiked as much as 14% after the announcement before paring gains and outperformed other DeFi tokens. [Category: Fina...
- + DeFi Firm Usual Labs Raises $7M Round Led by Kraken Ventures and IOSG Ventures—The firm has received a commitment of $75 million in total value locked for the launch of its stablecoin USD0. [Category: Finance, news, DeFi, Stablec...
- + DeFi Firm Usual Labs Raises $7M Round Led by Kraken Ventures and IOSG—The firm has received a commitment of $75 million in total value locked for the launch of its stablecoin USD0. [Category: Finance, news, DeFi, Stablec...
- + Why Bitcoin's 'Monetary Maximalists' Oppose 'JPEG Enjoyers' (and Why They're Wrong)— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, Ordinals, Bitcoin, Maximalist]
- + First Mover Americas: BTC Post-Halving – Remember the Macroeconomy: Goldman Sachs—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 17, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualiz...
- + Bitcoin’s Outperformance Means Some of Expected Post-Halving Rally May Have Come Early: JPMorgan—Recent weakness in bitcoin mining stocks ahead of the reward halving offers an attractive entry point for investors, the report said. [Category: Marke...
- + Ether Options Show Bias for Weakness Over 3 Months—Ether's 90-day puts trade more expensive than calls on Deribit for the first time since January, according to Amberdata. [Category: Markets, news, Opt...
- + P2 Ventures Commits $50M Via Hadron FC to Startup Founders in Polygon Ecosystem—P2 was spun out out of Polygon Labs last year and now is allocating funds and mentorship to support project founders, including those focused on the P...
- + Buy Bitcoin Miners' Stocks Ahead of the Halving, Bernstein Says—Bitcoin’s bullish trajectory is expected to resume after the halving once mining hashrates have adjusted to the lower rewards and ETF inflows resume, ...
- + Buy Bitcoin Miners Ahead of the Halving, Bernstein Says—Bitcoin’s bullish trajectory is expected to resume after the halving once mining hashrates have adjusted to the lower rewards and ETF inflows resume, ...
- + UK Lawmakers Call for Govt to Develop Crypto, Blockchain Skills Pipeline—Member of Parliament Lisa Cameron called for the government to ensure that all stages of education and the workplace develop digital skills. [Category...
- + U.S. Senators Lummis, Gillibrand Take on Stablecoin Legislation With New Bill—U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) are taking another swing at crypto-specific legislation, with a narrowly tailore...
- + The Solution for Stablecoin Regulation— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, Stablecoins, stablecoin bill, Regulation, Federal Reserve, FDIC, Cynthia Lummis, Kirsten Gillibrand]
- + Goldman Cautions Against Extrapolating Previous Bitcoin Halving Cycles for Price Predictions—Bitcoin's fourth mining reward halving is just two days away. [Category: Markets, news, Goldman Sachs, Bitcoin, Halving]
- + Runes, Casey Rodarmor's Protocol for 'Sh!tcoins' on Bitcoin, Set to Go Live at Halving—Rodarmor created last year's breakout Ordinals protocol, which is used to create non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Bitcoin. Now, he says the relevance of ...
- + Ether Prices in Downtrend as Bitcoin Challenges $64K—Some other catalyst needs to happen before bullish sentiment returns, says one trader. [Category: Markets, news]
- + Looking at Sam Bankman-Fried's Appeals Process—As expected, Sam Bankman-Fried's legal team filed a notice of his intent to appeal his conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges. So far all we have ...
- + PSG Fan Token Jumps 25% as Football Club Triumphs Over Barcelona—Paris Saint-Germain's fan token is one of several issued for sports clubs by the crypto company Socios. [Category: Markets, news, Socios, Football, Sp...
- + Crypto-Skeptic Sen. Sherrod Brown Is Open to Advancing Stablecoin Legislation, Bloomberg Reports— [Category: Policy, news, Regulations, Congress, Stablecoins, Sherrod Brown]
- + Spot Bitcoin ETF Hype Dies Down, Normalcy Sets In—The initial euphoria for the spot bitcoin ETFs has seemingly dampened and reality is slowly kicking in with inflows recently unable to keep up with th...
- + OKX 'OG' Execs Tim Byun and Wei Lan Leave Crypto Exchange— [Category: Finance, news, OKX, Exclusive]
- + What Bitcoiners Are Saying About the Upcoming Bitcoin Halving—Is the halving priced in or not? Will it tank the bitcoin mining industry? Or accelerate adoption? Here's what experts and community members are sayin...
- + Is the Bitcoin Rally Over? Reasons to Stay Bullish on BTC Despite Correction—Bitcoin has pulled back more than 15% since hitting an all-time high one month ago, with some major altcoins nosediving 40%-50%, but "few understand h...
- + Bitcoin and Ether Show Relative Resilience Amid Widespread Losses: CoinDesk Indices Market Update— [Category: Markets, news, CoinDesk 20]
- + 'DePIN' Is Venture Capitalists' Latest Crypto Obsession. Can It Match the Hype?—Already a multi-billion-dollar sector of the crypto industry, the DePIN narrative is a promising one, according to experts. [Category: Markets, news_a...
- + Bitcoin Miners Must Optimize to Survive— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Halving, Bitcoin Mining, Core Scientific]
- + What the History of Linux Says About the Long Road to Decentralized Storage Adoption—Decentralized cloud is the stable end state for computing. [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, Decentralized Storage, Filecoin, Capitalis...
- + Max Boonen's PV01 Tokenizes $5M Treasury Bill, Plans to Look at Corporate Bonds—The company aims to bring corporate bonds to blockchain rails, which could have averted a similar credit meltdown to what happened in crypto in 2022, ...
- + OG Bitcoin L2 Stacks Is Getting a Major Overhaul—The Nakamoto update will decouple block production from Bitcoin itself, solving the problem of network congestion Stacks has had since it launched its...
- + Exploding Gold Sales at Pawnshops Offers Lesson for Bitcoin Bulls—As always, rising prices bring forth boosted supplies. [Category: Markets, news, Gold, Bitcoin]
- + Homium Raises $10M and Tokenizes Home Equity Loans on Avalanche—The loans are currently live in Colorado and plan to extend to other states. [Category: Finance, news, Avalanche, Real World Assets, Tokenization]
- + Binance.US Taps Former New York Fed Compliance Chief for Board Role—Binance.US added Martin Grant, a one-time New York Federal Reserve Bank official who spent 17 years as its chief compliance and ethics officer, to its...
- + First Mover Americas: BTC Below $62.5K While Altcoins Wipe Gains—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 16, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualiz...
- + Solana DEX Drift to Airdrop 100M Tokens in Weeks—Some surprise winners in Drift's road to decentralization include MetaDAO. [Category: Technology, news, Solana, DEX, Trading]
- + Bitcoin Could Surge to $120K on 'Doomsday Rally,' Trader Says—Geopolitical factors could see investors allocate funds to alternative assets such as bitcoin, some observers say. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, ...
- + TON-Based Economy Starting to Take Root in Telegram, TON Foundation Says—The Open League program, announced on April 1, is bringing users on-chain in "unprecedented numbers," TON Foundation's Justin Hyun said. [Category: Ma...
- + Liquid Restaking Protocol Puffer Raises $18M, Led by Brevan Howard, Electric Capital—The fresh round of capital will be used to help launch Puffer’s mainnet. [Category: Technology, news, Restaking, Liquid, Liquid staking, EigenLayer, S...
- + Bitcoin ETFs Are Driving a Spot Multiplier Effect, Canaccord Says— [Category: Finance, news, Bitcoin, ETF, Bitcoin ETF, Canaccord Genuity]
- + Tether, Circle Diverge on How to Tackle Global Patchwork of Stablecoin Rules—The two largest digital dollar providers have chosen different paths in dealing with a perceived lack of global clarity on stablecoin rules: Circle is...
- + Bored Ape NFT Prices Tank to August 2022 Levels, Down 90% From Peak—Bored Apes were one of the most globally hyped NFTs in the last bull market, but have suffered amid a general lack of demand for NFT collections. [Cat...
- + Bitcoin Miner CEOs Are Upbeat Ahead of the Halving, Expect M&A: Bernstein—Miners' shares have lagged as bitcoin outperformance has sucked retail liquidity from mining stocks, the report said. [Category: Markets, news, Miners...
- + Analyst Who Called Bitcoin's Pre-Halving Rally to $70K Turns Bearish—Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, has de-risked his portfolio in the wake of rising Treasury yields. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Markets...
- + Bitcoin Dips Below $62.5K as CoinDesk's BTC Trend Indicator Turns Neutral—CoinDesk Indices' Bitcoin Trend Indicator has been indicating a strong uptrend since last fall. [Category: Markets, news, btc, Bitcoin, Ether, Ethereu...
- + Crypto Exchange OKX's Polygon-Powered Layer 2, 'X Layer,' Hits Public Mainnet—The news about X Layer comes as other major cryptocurrency exchanges, like Coinbase and Kraken, have also pursued their own layer 2 networks over the ...
- + There Are Many Bitcoin Critics Left in Finance, Despite BlackRock's Newfound Love—At a recent gathering of investors in Miami, skepticism remained high even after finance titan BlackRock's shift toward touting the original cryptocur...
- + Elizabeth Warren Demands U.S. CFTC Chair Explain His Chats With SBF—The head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, had a lot of contact with Sam Bankman-Friend, the disgraced former CE...
- + Hong Kong Boards the ETF Express—The jurisdiction is the latest to approve exchange-traded funds for bitcoin, giving a boost to BTC. [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, B...
- + Ether, Altcoins Remain Under Pressure Following Volatile Weekend—Bitcoin has also given up some of its early Monday bounce, returning down to the $64,000 level. [Category: Markets, news, Ether, Bitcoin, Market Wrap]
- + Crypto Exchange VALR Obtains South African License—The Pantera-backed crypto exchange is among the first to receive regulatory approval in South Africa, alongside Luno and Zignaly. [Category: Policy, n...
- + Bitcoin First, Not Only: Fostering Widespread Adoption Through Education— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, Bitcoin, Markets, Investing, Altcoins]
- + ‘I'm a Pro-Freedom Candidate’: John Deaton on his Senate Race With Elizabeth Warren—The election pits a fierce crypto advocate against one of its biggest political opponents. Deaton is a speaker at this year's Consensus festival, in M...
- + Free Money? Polymarket Bet Pays 8.7% if China Doesn't Invade Taiwan—Betting against that outcome could yield almost 8x as much as Taiwan government bonds. Plus: Mideast turmoil barely changes presidential odds. [Catego...
- + Allen Farrington: Capital in the 21st Century— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, Bitcoin, Development, Capitalism, Culture, Bitcoin Halving]
- + How Investors Should Handle Celsius in Their Tax Returns This Year—Creditors to the failed crypto lender have got their dollars back after bankruptcy, but working out the tax implications is going to take longer, says...
- + Norway Wants to Restrict Crypto Mining by Regulating Data Centers, Lawmakers Say: Report —Energy-intensive crypto mining is an example of a type of business not wanted in Norway, Minister for Energy Terje Aasland reportedly said. [Category:...
- + First Mover Americas: Hong Kong Spot Bitcoin ETF Applicants Claim Approval—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 15, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualiz...
- + Meme-Coin, AI Tokens Lead Gains After Bitcoin Drop Causes $2B in Weekend Liquidations—One analyst firm said over $13 billion in open interest was wiped out as $1.5 billion in bullish bets were liquidated. [Category: Markets, news, Bitco...
- + UK to Issue New Crypto, Stablecoin Legislation by July, Minister Says—The country passed a landmark bill in June that laid the foundation for stablecoins and other crypto to be treated as regulated financial activities. ...
- + Bitcoin Price Recovery Lacks Whale Participation, Onchain Data Show— [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, bitcoin whale, market analysis]
- + Germany's Largest Federal Bank LBBW to Offer Crypto Custody Services With Bitpanda—LBBW will first offer crypto custody to corporate clients with a market launch planned for the second half of 2024. [Category: Policy, news, Regulatio...
- + Bitcoin From Rare 'Satoshi Era' Moves After 14 Years of Dormancy—The miner earned 50 bitcoin in April 2010 during the network’s early weeks and has held on to the asset so far. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, btc...
- + BTC, ETH Rise as Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF Applicants Say They've Been Approved —The Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong's markets regulator, has not made an official announcement. [Category: Policy, news, Bitcoin ETF, Hon...
- + Solana Rolls Out Update to Tackle Network Congestion—A meme coin trading frenzy and a rapid spike in users has stressed the network in recent months. [Category: Technology, news, Solana, Tech]
- + Bitcoin Halving Has Crypto Miners Racing for 'Epic Sat' Potentially Worth Millions —Bitcoin's once-every-four-years "halving" this week may be very different from those of earlier epochs, typically ho-hum affairs. Now, an intense comp...
- + Bitcoin Back in Green as Crypto Market Awaits Hong Kong Spot ETF Decision—The market has shaken off concerns of escalations between Iran and Israel as the U.S. appears to have talked Israel out of a counter-attack. [Category...
- + Protocol Village: Mayan Finance, Cross-Chain Swap Auction Protocol on Solana, Raises $3M—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 11-17. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Blo...
- + Gold-Backed PAXG Token Spikes to $2.9K Amid Geopolitical Tensions—Bitcoin traded at a perfect negative correlation to PAXG in a sign of weak demand as a geopolitical hedge, according to one observer. [Category: Marke...
- + Bitcoin Falls 8%, Drops Below $62K Before Rebound—Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market fell nearly 10% on Saturday. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Price]
- + Coinbase Seeks to Take Core Question in U.S. SEC Case to Higher Court—Coinbase is seeking to rip the bandage off of a legal impasse at the center of the crypto industry's fight with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commi...
- + Bitcoin Plunges to $66K, Altcoins Tumble 10-15% on Ugly Day for Risk Assets—Investors may expect market weakness due to the tax season, Ryze Labs said in a report. [Category: Markets, news, Market Wrap, Markets, Bitcoin, Altco...
- + Protocol Village: Berachain Closes $100M Series B Funding Round—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 11-17. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Blo...
- + Why Bitcoin Halving Calculators Are Out of Sync—The famously pre-planned, programmatic event, currently predicted for April 19, is surprisingly hard to predict at minute scales. [Category: Consensus...
- + Avail, Blockchain Data Availability Project, Sketches Out Eligibility for Token Airdrop—A screenshot of a document describing the eligibility criteria for the airdrop was posted on the social-media platform X by the user @Bitcoineo, and A...
- + Dogecoin Climbs 5.4%, Tops CoinDesk 20 This Week: CoinDesk Indices Market Update— [Category: Markets, news, CoinDesk 20]
- + Hacker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Stealing Over $12M From Crypto Exchanges—Shakeeb Ahmed, a security engineer who stole over $12 million from two different decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges built on Solana, was sentenced...
- + The Halving Highlights Why Bitcoin Needs to Upgrade—Higher fees from Ordinals and BRC-20 may be good for miners but they risk pushing activity to the fragmented world of L2s and harming adoption of Bitc...
- + How to Get Funded in Crypto— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, VCs, Venture Capital, Funding]
- + Asset Tokenization Draws Focus From Global Securities Watchdogs—The International Organization of Securities Commissions wants to analyse whether or not further policy direction is needed for tokenization. [Categor...
- + Protocol Village: EOracle Says the Market Can Incentivize Better Data—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 11-17. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Blo...
- + First Mover Americas: BTC Holds Stable at $70K—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 12, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualiz...
- + Hong Kong Could Approve Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs as Early as Monday: Bloomberg—Hong Kong could approve approve spot bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds as early as Monday, Bloomberg said, citing two people familia...
- + Australian Court Hands Over $41 Million of Crypto Held by Blockchain Mining Group at Regulator's Request—An Australian federal court agreed to a petition by markets regulator ASIC to hand over some US$41 million in digital assets invested by over 450 Aust...
- + Bitcoin Cash Sends Bitcoin Traders Warning Sign About Halving—Bitcoin cash has been seen a proxy for the upcoming halving of rewards on the Bitcoin blockchain. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin, Mar...
- + TON Foundation Teams Up With HashKey to Drive Crypto On-Ramping in Telegram—HashKey and the Foundation are focussing their partnership on Hong Kong in the first phase. [Category: Finance, news, TON, TON Foundation, Toncoin, ha...
- + Bitcoin Meme Coin PUPS Fuelled by Hype Ahead of Runes Release—Ordinals and Runes are both projects by long-time Bitcoin developer Casey Rodarmor, which has created trust and lent an idea of authenticity among use...
- + Ether.Fi Inks $500M Restaking Deal With RedStone Oracles—Under its deal with RedStone, Ether.Fi will dedicate $500 million to help secure RedStone's data oracles, which are used to pass information between b...
- + Hong Kong-Listed Bitcoin ETFs Could Unlock Up to $25B in Demand, Crypto Firm Says—Singapore-based Matrixport expects mainland Chinese investors to move billions into potential Hong Kong-listed spot BTC ETFs through the Stock Connect...
- + Bitcoin Stable Near $71K as GBTC Outflows Pick Back Up—The Thursday total ETF flow was negative, with GBTC leading the pack [Category: Markets, news, GBTC, Bitcoin, Grayscale, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, btc]
- + Ethena Labs Divides Opinion as High Yield Stirs Memories of Terra—"A lot of things can go wrong," in Ethena's yield-generation strategy, said Folkvang CEO Mike van Rossum. [Category: Finance, news_analysis, Ethena, ...
- + Top U.S. House Lawmakers Meet on Stablecoin Bill Strategy: Punchbowl—The U.S. congressional effort to establish regulations for stablecoins has become an increasing longshot for passage this year, but the lawmakers who'...
- + Ondo Spikes 8% as Ondo Finance Tests Instant Conversion From BlackRock's Tokenized Fund to USDC—Stablecoin issuer Circle introduced a new smart contract function earlier Thursday to allow near-instant, around-the-clock redemptions from BlackRock'...
- + Thai Crypto Exchange Bitkub May Be Valued as High as $3B in IPO: CEO—Jirayut Srupsrisopa said earlier this month that an IPO was planned for next year. [Category: Finance, news, Thailand, Exchanges, IPO]
- + Aptos Falls 16% Over Past Week, Lagging Ahead of $300M Token Unlocking Event—Nearly 25 million of locked-up APT tokens will be released Friday including to early investors, TokenUnlocks data shows. [Category: Markets, news, Apt...
- + Willem Schroé: Building Botanix, a Bitcoin Layer 2 That Brings the EVM to Bitcoin—A Belgian polymath and his team are building a “spiderchain” network that harnesses both bitcoin’s sound money properties and Ethereum’s technological...
- + Avi Eisenberg May Testify in $110M Crypto Fraud Trial, Defense Says—The crypto trader is facing up to 20 years in jail if convicted on all counts. [Category: Policy, news, Mango Markets]
- + The SEC’s Suit Against Uniswap Is an Opening Attack Against DeFi—The DEX received a Wells Notice from the regulator, suggesting an enforcement action is imminent. While we don’t know the nature of the potential char...
- + Craig Wright Drops Appeal Against Hodlonaut in Norway—Wright’s decision to drop his appeal comes a month after a U.K. court ruled that he was not Satoshi Nakamoto. [Category: Policy, news, Craig Wright, H...
- + FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Appeals Fraud Conviction—FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried filed to appeal his conviction and sentence for fraud and conspiracy charges on Thursday, hours before his deadline to d...
- + Ethereum's Next Upgrade, 'Pectra,' Could Include Relief for Institutional Stakers, Wallet UX Improvements—Developers' aim with Pectra is to make some minor code changes while simultaneously working on a bigger code change, Verkle trees, for the following u...
- + Chaos at MarginFi Shakes up Solana DeFi's Borrow-and-Lend Landscape—Solend and Kamino were the biggest winners in the Solana DeFi landscape. [Category: Finance, news, Solana, DeFi, Lending, Kamino]
- + Pepe Coin Spikes on Coinbase International Plan to List Perpetual Futures—The crypto exchange's off-shore arm will open perpetuals market for the popular meme coin on April 18. [Category: Markets, news, Pepe, Coinbase, perpe...
- + Chainlink Aims to Make Transfers Across Blockchains Safer with New Bridge App 'Transporter'—The bridge leverages Chainlink's CCIP tech, and allows users to transfer crypto assets across multiple blockchains, starting with Arbitrum, Avalanche,...
- + Crypto for Advisors: Are ETH ETFs Coming?—Market odds of approval in May are dwindling, but David Lawant and Purvi Maniar of FalconX say we’ll likely see an ETH ETF approval over the next 12-1...
- + Ether Spot ETFs Still Have No More Than 50% Chance of Approval in May: JPMorgan—There will probably be litigation against the SEC after May if ether ETFs aren’t approved, the report said. [Category: Policy, news, Ether ETFs, SEC, ...
- + Shiba Inu Joins CDSA to Battle AI-Driven Concerns Using Shibarium—Shiba Inu is the first layer 2 blockchain to join the media and entertainment association to develop blockchain technology for content security and di...
- + 'Bitcoin Sign Guy' Is Auctioning His Bitcoin Sign—Christian Langalis, whose 2017 photo-bombing of Janet Yellen became a viral meme, will use the proceeds to fund his Bitcoin/Lightning/Urbit startup. [...
- + Protocol Village: Tate Berenbaum Launches 'AO Ventures,' With $35M for Arweave Development —The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 11-17. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Blo...
- + Protocol Village: DLC.Link Uses Discreet Log Contracts to Create 'Safer Wrapped Bitcoin'—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 11-17. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Blo...
- + First Mover Americas: Uniswap's Token Slides on SEC Lawsuit—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 11, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualiz...
- + DePIN Platform Uplink Raises $10M Led by Framework Ventures—The decentralized wireless platform offers a token-reward system to incentivize users to contribute to the network. [Category: Finance, news, Framewor...
- + Dubai Regulator Wants to Lower the Cost of Compliance for Small Crypto Firms—While Dubai's regulatory rules were broadly welcomed, some firms worried about the expense. [Category: Policy, news, Regulations, Crypto, Dubai]
- + Bitfinex Securities Introduces El Salvador’s First Tokenized Debt to Fund New Hilton Hotel —The token will be issued on the Liquid Network, a bitcoin sidechain. [Category: Finance, news, Debt, El Salvador]
- + Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Sees Record Lowest Daily Outflow of $18M—The relatively low figure is a sharp decline from GBTC's usual outflow amounts. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Grayscale]
- + South Africa Starts Issuing Crypto Licenses With Luno, Zignaly Among First Recipients—Regulators in the country have said they plan to authorize up to 60 digital asset firms by April. [Category: Policy, news, Regulations, South Africa, ...
- + South Africa Starts Issuing Crypto Licenses, And Luno, Zignaly Among First Recipients—Regulators in the country have said they plan to authorize up to 60 digital asset firms by April. [Category: Policy, news, Regulations, South Africa, ...
- + Luno Among First Crypto Firms to Receive South Africa License—Regulators in the country have said they plan to authorize up to 60 digital asset firms by April. [Category: Policy, news, Regulations, South Africa, ...
- + Stablecoins Are Beneficial to U.S. Economy, Tether's Custodian Says—Stablecoins boost demand for U.S. Treasury notes, Howard Lutnick, the CEO of Tether custodian Cantor Fitzgerald, said. [Category: Markets, news, Stabl...
- + Bitcoin Ecosystem Tokens, RUNE, STX, and ORDI May See Gains After Halving—“There exists a large, untapped pool of capital within the Bitcoin ecosystem that remains dormant,” Wintermute’s OTC desk told CoinDesk. [Category: Ma...
- + Bitcoin’s Meteoric Rise Makes Everything Else Look Like ‘Junk,’ Trader Says—Bitcoin's Relative Strength Index is now above 79, a place it hasn't been since the bull market of late 2021. [Category: Markets, news]
- + Bitcoin is Pricing in Two Fed Rate Cuts for 2024, Trader Says—Bitcoin is stable as Asia begins its trading day, but crypto quant shop sees risk assets pricing in two, not three rate cuts. [Category: Markets, news...
- + Bitcoin is Pricing in Two Fed Rate Cuts For 2024, Trader Says—Bitcoin is stable as Asia begins its trading day, but crypto quant shop sees risk assets pricing in two, not three rate cuts. [Category: Markets, news...
- + MarginFi Leader Resigns on Fiery Day for Major Solana Lender—"The main problem was our lack of organizational execution," MarginFi's longtime leader Edgar Pavlovsky told CoinDesk. [Category: Technology, news, So...
- + Bitcoin Rebounds to $70K, Shrugging Off Hot U.S. Inflation Print—Major U.S. equity indices closed the day lower as faster CPI reading for March, will BTC was up 1%. [Category: Markets, news, Market Wrap, Bitcoin, In...
- + Former Ethereum Adviser Intends to Sue U.S. Government for $9.6B Over Dropped Extortion Charges—The former Ethereum adviser has retained well-known civil liberties lawyer Alan Dershowitz to serve as a consultant on constitutional issues in the ca...
- + Hong Kong's Incoming Spot Bitcoin ETFs Could Be 'Big Deal.' Here's What Analysts Say—Massive demand for a China-listed gold ETF sent its premium soaring to 30% earlier this week. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin ETF, Bitcoin, Hong Kon...
- + DeFi Exchange Uniswap Receives Enforcement Notice From the SEC—Decentralized crypto exchange Uniswap received a notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to pursue an enforcemen...
- + DeFi Exchange Uniswap Receives Enforcement Notice from the SEC—Decentralized crypto exchange Uniswap received a notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to pursue an enforcemen...
- + NEAR to Hire Artificial-Intelligence Engineers as Part of AI Roadmap—The company will begin its AI initiative in the next 3-6 months according to a document reviewed by CoinDesk. [Category: Finance, news, Near, Artifici...
- + The Protocol: How to Engineer Harder Money, or Just Make Your Own—Bitcoin's supply growth is set to automatically drop by 50% when next week's "halving" arrives, Ethereum is pondering a cut in ETH issuance, and meme ...
- + EigenLayer, Crypto's Biggest Project Launch This Year, Is Still Missing Crucial Functionality—The "restaking" protocol with $15 billion in deposits won't pay rewards to depositors and is missing its mission-critical "slashing" feature. [Categor...
- + The Rise of Crypto Options and Structured Products—Retail dominance of crypto trading and the lack of institutional infrastructure and participation has led to imbalance in the structure of the options...
- + BTC Halving: Sell-The-News or Buy-The-Alt-Rotation—Contrasting Bitcoin derivatives with Ethereum’s tells us a story around the potential opportunity for a post-halving rotation. [Category: Markets, opi...
- + Binance 'Working Collaboratively' With Nigerian Government to Free Detained Executive, Compliance Chief Says—Binance is “working as collaboratively as we can” with the Nigerian government to secure the release of its jailed financial crimes investigations chi...
- + Crypto Derivatives Exchange Stream Trading Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding—The funding round values the company at $20 million. [Category: Finance, news, seed funding, Arbitrage, Exchanges, Derivatives]
- + Half of Solana Pre-Sales Are Scams, Blockaid Says—Blockchain security firm Blockaid said 50% of recent pre-sale token launches on Solana have been malicious. [Category: Finance, news, Solana, meme coi...
- + Ripple-Owned Metaco Sees Most of Execs and Marketing Teams Depart: Source— [Category: Finance, news, Metaco, Ripple, Exclusive]
- + EU's MiCA Rules Have Had Little Influence on the European Crypto Market, Regulator Says—The rules, which take effect at the end of the year, have yet to spur increased euro-based transactions in crypto markets. [Category: Policy, news, Re...
- + 'What Are We Waiting for'? SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Discusses Moving Crypto Regulation Forward—Known for her fiery dissenting opinions, "Crypto Mom" discusses how the SEC operates, why she wants to see crypto thrive and her "Safe Harbor" proposa...
- + 'What Are We Waiting for'? SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Discusses Moving Crypto Regulation Foward—Known for her fiery dissenting opinions, "Crypto Mom" discusses how the SEC operates, why she wants to see crypto thrive and her "Safe Harbor" proposa...
- + Alpen Labs Looks to Scale Bitcoin With Zero-Knowledge Proofs Using $10.6M Funding—Alpen Labs has emerged from stealth mode following the funding round, having spent the last year developing Bitcoin rollup infrastructure to bring sma...
- + Ordinals Defy Bitcoin's Design Principles but Offer Miners Huge Post-Halving Advantages—Ordinal inscriptions and BRC-20 tokens are controversial for using up valuable space on the Bitcoin network. But, with rewards set to be cut in half, ...
- + How the Halving Will Impact the Bitcoin Market—While speculators will likely position themselves in advance of the halving on April 20, long- term investors should pay minimal attention to the halv...
- + Staking Provider P2P Launches Staking-as-a-Business for Institutions—The platform also recently surpassed $7.4 billion in total value locked, or TVL. [Category: Finance, news, Staking]
- + U.S. CPI Comes in Faster Than Hoped, Rising 0.4% in March, 3.5% Y/Y—Stubbornly high inflation has shattered Wall Street expectations for a long series of rate cuts in 2024. [Category: Finance, news, Inflation, CPI, Bit...
- + First Mover Americas: Meme Coin Indexes Are Here—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 10, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualiz...
- + New Zealand Crypto Policy Should Support Industry, Minister for Commerce Says —The country's "wait and see" approach to regulating crypto could risk New Zealand missing out on the benefits of industry developments, a government i...
- + Crypto Miners Run Down Bitcoin Inventory to 3-Year Low in a Strategic Pre-Halving Move—Bitcoin miners have been running down inventory in a rising market, moving away from the accumulation strategy seen ahead of prior halving in May 2020...
- + Bitcoin Falls Below $69K Ahead of U.S. CPI; Cardano, Dogecoin Lead Losses in Altcoins—One analyst said profit taking by long-term holders spiked meaningfully into the $73,000 level and has cooled down in recent weeks, supporting a bulli...
- + Grayscale CEO Says Bitcoin ETF Outflows Are Reaching Equilibrium: Reuters—Sonnenshein said that some of the selling connected to settlements of bankrupt crypto companies like FTX are "largely behind us." [Category: Markets, ...
- + Hong Kong Said Likely to Approve Spot Bitcoin ETFs Next Week: Reuters—Hong Kong regulators are likely to approve the first set of applications for spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds next week, making it possible that the...
- + Bitcoin’s Bullish Quarter Eases Consumer Skepticism: Deutsche Bank—While 40% of respondents to the German bank’s survey said bitcoin will thrive in the coming years, 38% said they expect the cryptocurrency to disappea...
- + Bitcoin’s Bullish Quarter Eases Retail Skepticism: Deutsche Bank—While 40% of respondents to the German bank’s survey said bitcoin will thrive in the coming years, 38% said they expect the cryptocurrency to disappea...
- + WOO X Introduces Meme Coin, Layer 2 Index Perpetuals in Partnership With Wintermute, GMCI—Indices provider GMCI’s MEME index includes top meme coins like SHIB, PEPE and DOGE, while the L2 index monitors leading blockchain scaling tokens lik...
- + Friend.Tech Money Metrics Surge Ahead of Potential Airdrop, V2 Release—The social application was one of the biggest blockchain-based platforms by revenue for a short period last year before usage dropped off. A new versi...
- + Hong Kong-Based First Digital's $3B Stablecoin Arrives to Sui Network in DeFi Push—FDUSD has quickly become the fourth-largest stablecoin since its launch in July under Hong Kong's digital asset regulations, benefitting from crypto e...
- + Is the Sam Bankman-Fried Story Over?—Last month, I attended Sam Bankman-Fried's sentencing hearing. Not that anyone asked, but I have some thoughts. [Category: Policy, opinion, Newsletter...
- + VanEck CEO Says Transaction Fee Is Bigger Story Than Bitcoin or Ethereum ETFs—Jan Van Eck told CoinDesk TV's Jen Sanasie that not hearing back from the SEC is a sign that ETH exchange-traded funds likely wont make the May deadli...
- + Why Christie's First Bitcoin Inscriptions Auction Matters—With the halving and new tech set to give Ordinals a further lift, Bitcoin-based inscriptions are demonstrating staying power and some advantages over...
- + EigenLayer and EigenDA Launch on Ethereum Mainnet—The launch comes after $12 billion has already been deposited into the protocol. [Category: Technology, news]
- + Republican Sen. Tillis Calls for ‘Light’ Crypto Regulatory Framework Ahead of Presidential Election—Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle urged the need for new crypto laws on Tuesday, as Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo asked for “additional t...
- + DeFi Trader Eisenberg 'Wasn't Borrowing, He Was Stealing,' Prosecutor Says in Opening Argument—The defense countered that Eisenberg "risked 13 million of his own dollars" to net $110 million from Mango Markets. [Category: Policy, news]
- + Lummis: Crypto Will Erupt as Big Issue in Senate Races Including Banking Chair Brown's—U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said that the high-stakes Ohio election that could decide both the Senate majority and the leadership of the Sena...
- + Venture Firm A16z Releases Jolt, a 'Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machine'—The release is the product of a16z's first foray into deep tech research. [Category: Technology, news, A16z, A16z crypto, Zero knowledge, Zero-Knowled...
- + Bitcoin Buckles Below $69K as Crypto Bulls Endure $175M Liquidations—Bitcoin is showing resilience despite the slip, but the corrective period might continue for a while before a return to growth, one observer noted. [C...
- + Blockchain Developer Monad Labs Raises $225M Led by Paradigm—The company is looking to offer an Ethereum-compatible environment that's faster than the original. [Category: Finance, news, layer 1, Blockchains, EV...
- + Solana-Based Zeta Markets Debuts Governance Token Z—The launch of governance token is part of a broader strategy that involves plans to release Solana's first layer 2 scaling solution, Zeta Markets said...
- + Key Congressman McHenry Is Bullish U.S. Stablecoin Law Will Pass This Year—The window is narrowing for legislation to set up rules for stablecoin issuers in 2024, but the retiring chairman of the House Financial Services Comm...
- + Pompliano, Ex-Journo Melinek Spin Up 'Token Relations' Startup for Blockchain Firms—The media startup will offer a "third bucket" of information to crypto startups' stakeholders. [Category: Finance, news]
- + First Mover Americas: BTC Drops to $70K, TON Rallies—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 9, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualize...
- + Financial Stability Study Calls for Consistent Regulatory Response to Stablecoins—Countries have varying definitions and categorizations for stablecoins that may pose a risk to financial stability, the report by the Financial Stabil...
- + Bitcoin Layer 2 Mezo Emerges From Stealth With $21M Raise Led by Pantera—Mezo is a permissionless Bitcoin economic layer that uses a neutral smart contract infrastructure to offer a wide range of applications. [Category: Fi...
- + Crypto.com Obtains Full Dubai Operational License—Singapore-based crypto platform Crypto.com has received full operational approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for its loca...
- + Fantom Cofounder Mulls Idea for 'Safer' Meme Coins—Fantom's Cronje is the latest in a line of blockchain teams that are open to directly engaging with memecoins. [Category: Markets, news, Trading, Fant...
- + Stablecoins Are Seeing Adoption as a Cross-Border Settlement Mechanism: Bernstein—Solana is leading the field in blockchain payments, but the network has scalability issues, the report said. [Category: Finance, news, Stablecoins, So...
- + Bitcoin Supply Inactive for a Year Slides to 18-Month Low of 65.8%—The decline likely represents profit-taking by investors who held coins for one year and over and marks a shift from the holding strategy seen through...
- + Metaplanet Shares Soar as Japanese Firm Mimics MicroStrategy on Bitcoin Buying—Metaplanet began as Red Planet Japan, a budget hotel operator, before pivoting to become a Web3 developer. [Category: Markets, news, investments, yen,...
- + Filecoin Liquid Staking Platform STFIL Claims Team Members Under Investigation by Chinese Police—Tokens on the platform were moved to an "unknown, external address" last week while its team members were under detention. [Category: Policy, news, Fi...
- + Solana Meme Coin Generator Pump on Track for $66M Yearly Revenue—The tool has made over $5 million since going live in early March, with thousands of tokens issued daily. [Category: Markets, news, Solana, Trading, m...
- + Bitcoin Could Slump Around Reward Halving Time, Arthur Hayes Says—The crypto market faces the U.S. tax season liquidity test around the time Bitcoin's blockchain implements the fourth mining-reward halving on April 2...
- + BCB Group Moves Custody of Digital Asset Operations to Metaco’s Platform—The move will allow the crypto payments firm to consolidate its custody technology. [Category: Finance, news, Metaco, Switzerland, Ripple, BCB Group, ...
- + South Korea’s April 10 Election: What’s at Stake for the Crypto Universe—On April 10, 2024, South Korea is heading into its legislative polls which will see multiple parties and coalitions battle it out for 300 seats in the...
- + Ether Rallies to $3.6K as Bitcoin Holds Steady at $71K—Liquid staking tokens like Lido, Rocket Pool, and ether.fi follow ether's gains. [Category: Markets, news, ETH, Ether, btc, Bitcoin, Lido, Lido dao]
- + Crypto Trader Eisenberg's $110M Fraud Trial to Put DeFi Under Microscope—The two-week trial will test the government's strategy of portraying complex crypto trades as simple fraud. [Category: Policy, news, Mango Markets, Av...
- + Stablecoin Growth Is More Important Cue for Crypto Bull Market Than Bitcoin ETF Inflows: Analyst—Rapidly expanding stablecoin supply shows that "fiat money is being moved into crypto at an accelerated pace," 10x Research's Markus Thielen said. [Ca...
- + Crypto Does Not Have an Illicit Finance Problem, Bad Actors Do— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion]
- + Crypto Market Cap to Double to $5 Trillion by Year-End: Ripple CEO—Brad Garlinghouse highlighted several macroeconomic factors behind the potential growth of the total crypto market value. [Category: Finance, news, Ri...
- + 6 Ways the Halving Will Impact Bitcoin Mining—The next Bitcoin halving, scheduled for April 20, is poised to significantly impact the mining landscape. Below Jaran Mellerud, of Hashlabs Mining, fo...
- + Detained Binance Exec Pleads Not Guilty to Money Laundering Charges in Nigeria: Reports —Tigran Gambaryan was remanded pending trial, reports say. [Category: Policy, news, Regulations, Crypto, Binance, Nigeria]
- + ENA Rises 15% as Ethena Labs Increases Staking Rewards—ENA, the native token of Ethena Labs, surged by 15% on Monday following the announcement of "season 2," which includes a 50% increase in rewards for s...
- + Which Crypto Projects Will Airdrop Next? Prediction Markets Are Placing Bets—Eigenlayer has a 75% chance of sending users free tokens by June 30, the odds on Polymarket signal. Plus: Kalshi lands a big Wall Street account. [Cat...
- + DeFi Firm 1inch Introduces Web3 Debit Card in Partnership With Mastercard and Baanx— [Category: Finance, news, Mastercard]
- + Chainalysis Hires Former IRS Criminal Investigations Chief Jim Lee—In his new role, Lee will advise law enforcement and tax agencies on how they can better fight crypto crime with Chainalysis’ data. [Category: Finance...
- + JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's Annual Letter: Interest Rates Could Go Far Higher Than Many Expect (Full Text)—Dimon believes investors are being overly optimistic with respect to the chances for an economic soft landing. [Category: Markets, news, JPMorgan, Jam...
- + MicroStrategy Should Continue to Rally as Bitcoin Halving Nears: Benchmark—The broker raised its price target for the software company to $1,875 from $990 and maintained its buy rating on the stock. [Category: Markets, news, ...
- + First Mover Americas: BTC Reclaims $72K; Meme Coins Rally—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 8, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualize...
- + Crypto VC Firm Polychain Tops Up AI Platform Ritual's $25M Funding Round With 'Multimillion Dollar' Investment—Blockchain firms are attempting to address concerns that Big Tech giants like Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet will build an artificial-intelligence oliga...
- + TokenFi Developers Propose New Program to Boost Benefits for TOKEN Holders—The proposed move would allow eligible users to acquire up to four times more tokens than the standard quota per wallet, among other benefits. [Catego...
- + Bitcoin May Rally to $80K on Triangle Break: Technical Analysis—Bitcoin's recent triangular consolidation has ended with a bullish breakout, price chart shows. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Technical Analysis,...
- + Bitcoin Halving Is Not a Volatility Event, Analyst Says as Implied Volatility Rises—Options implied volatility is overpricing the event, Amberdata's Greg Magadini said. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Markets, Trading, Volatility, ...
- + Crypto Stocks Gain as Bitcoin Tops $72K for First Time Since March—Crypto-related companies looked set to start the week on a positive note. [Category: Markets, news, Stocks, Markets, US]
- + Bitcoin Tops $71K, Ordinals Bets Rise Ahead of Halving—Broader crypto markets remained little changed over the weekend but some Ordinal ecosystems saw gains as a proxy bet for BTC. [Category: Markets, news...
- + HashKey’s Crypto Exchange Goes Live After Winning License in Bermuda—The HashKey Group, an Asian firm offering digital asset services, has launched the HashKey Global exchange, after being granted a license in Bermuda t...
- + Protocol Village: Obol's Distributed Validator Clusters Ready for Lido Simple DVT Module on Ethereum Mainnet—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 4-10. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Bloc...
- + What the Ethereum Community's Staking Argument Is Really About—The Ethereum community is debating the power and responsibilities of the Ethereum Foundation, which some think is playing central banker by suggesting...
- + New York Jury Finds Do Kwon, Terraform Labs Liable for Fraud in SEC Case—The SEC accused Kwon and his company of misleading investors about the stability of their so-called “algorithmic stablecoin” Terra USD. [Category: Pol...
- + Genesis Completes Redemption of GBTC Shares, Buys 32K Bitcoins with Proceeds—The company in February got permission from a New York bankruptcy court to sell approximately 36 million shares of Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust. [Categor...
- + Bitcoin Mining’s Boon for Small Town America—Will Foxley’s doc about a small Texas town’s embrace of a new mining facility paints a more positive story about Bitcoin’s impact on rural communities...
- + Jury Begins Deliberations in Civil Fraud Case Against Do Kwon, Terraform Labs—NEW YORK – Lawyers for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rested their case against Terraform Labs and its co-founder, Do Kwon, on Frid...
- + Did Strong Bitcoin ETF Demand Kill Halving's Potential Bullish Rally?—The much stronger-than-expected inflows into the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have already caused concerns about a supply shock in the bi...
- + Ethereum Foundation Researchers' Proposal to Slow ETH Issuance Draws Pushback—The proposal, initially introduced in February, could harden Ethereum's native cryptocurrency, ether, as as a form of money – by reducing the inflatio...
- + Bitcoin Cash Rally Led CoinDesk 20 Gainers Last Week: CoinDesk Indices Market Update— [Category: Markets, news, CoinDesk 20]
- + The EasyA Consensus Hackathon: Web3 Unicorn Breeding Ground— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Consensus 2024]
- + DWS, Galaxy Digital List Exchange-Traded Commodities Offering BTC, ETH Exposure in Germany—The products, which track the performance of the two largest cryptocurrencies by market value, carry a fee of 0.35% and were listed on the Deutsche Bo...
- + BlackRock Adds Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, UBS as APs for Bitcoin ETF—BlackRock (BLK) has added five additional authorized participants (APs) to the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), bringing the total number to nine as the ...
- + MicroStrategy’s Implied Premium to Bitcoin Settling Into New Norm, BTIG Says— [Category: Finance, news]
- + Bitcoin’s Acceptance as 'Digital Gold' May Spur Demand From New Investors: Coinbase—Gold has outperformed after the Federal Reserve expressed a cautious stance on the pace of future interest-rate cuts, the report said. [Category: Mark...
- + Shinobi: How Covenants Help Scale Bitcoin—Bitcoin Magazine’s technical editor says it’s necessary to implement covenants - which allow joint ownership of UTXOs - if Bitcoin is to fulfill its p...
- + U.S. Added 303K Jobs in March, Outpacing Expectations for 200K—The ETF-led bitcoin rally has stalled over the past month, at least in part thanks to economic indicators pointing to higher than expected interest ra...
- + Warning for Altcoin Bulls: The Ether-Bitcoin Ratio Is About to Flash Death Cross—A death cross occurs when a short-term moving average drops below a long-term moving average, signaling a potential long-term bearish shift in momentu...
- + Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Has Larger, More Diversified Business Model Following USBTC Merger: Canaccord—The broker cut its price target to $14 from $17.50 while maintaining its buy rating. [Category: Markets, news, Hut 8, Analyst Ratings, Miners]
- + Australian Asset Manager Monochrome Applies With Cboe Australia for a Spot Bitcoin ETF, Eyes Decision by Mid-Year—Australian firm, Monochrome Asset Management, has applied for a spot bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) with the global listing exchange, Cboe Austral...
- + Ethena Onboards Bitcoin as Backing Asset to Make USDe 'Safer'—The platform will use a cash-and-carry trade to short bitcoin futures and pocket funding rates to generate yield on its USDe tokens. [Category: Market...
- + Crypto Derivatives Lost Overall Market Share in March Despite Hitting Record High Trading Volume of $6.18T—The share of crypto derivatives in total market activity slipped to 67.8% in March, according to CCData. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Markets, C...
- + EU Watchdog Says Reordering Blockchain Transactions Might Be Market Abuse. Industry Says It's Not—Maximum Extractable Value (MEV), in which crypto miners reorder transactions they validate for profit, is not inherently bad, some policy experts poin...
- + Protocol Village: Ellipsis Labs, Developer Behind Solana-Based DEX Phoenix, Raises $20M—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 4-10. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Bloc...
- + Crypto Has 'Too Many Tokens' and Mergers Are Coming—TK [Category: Finance, news, AI, mergers and acquisitions, Analysis]
- + Bitcoin Adds 4.5% as Stocks Reverse Lower on Hawkish Fed Commentary—The world's largest crypto regained the $69,000 level at one point in the session before slipping a bit. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, CoinDesk 2...
- + OneCoin Compliance Chief Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Role in $4B Ponzi Scheme— [Category: Policy, news, Regulation, Criminal, Department of Justice, OneCoin, Court Cases]
- + What Does Ripple’s Stablecoin Mean for XRP?—XRP has plenty of internet fans but Ripple has struggled to win real enterprise customers. Will its new stablecoin fill the gap and overshadow its exi...
- + Coinbase Says Canadian License Makes It Country's Biggest Registered Crypto Exchange—Coinbase's expansion into Canada has cleared the hurdle of a "restricted dealer" registration, the company said on Thursday, making it the biggest reg...
- + Ether Could Avoid Designation as a Security With Centralization Risk Easing, JPMorgan Says—Staking platform Lido’s share in staked ether has continued to fall, reducing concerns about concentration in the Ethereum network, the report said. [...
- + Near Record High Funding Rate Suggests Bitcoin Pullback Not Over—Though modestly higher today, bitcoin remains lower by about 8% from its record high hit two weeks ago. [Category: Markets, news, CryptoQuant, Bitcoin...
- + Crypto for Advisors: Governance in a Blockchain World—Scott Sunshine discusses how advisors can leverage blockchain-based governance to enhance trust, improve accountability, streamline operations and unl...
- + Activity Is Beginning to Accelerate in the Bitcoin NFT Space: Franklin Templeton— [Category: Finance, news]
- + Protocol Village: Manta Pacific to Provide On-Chain Access for AGI Models—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 4-10. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Bloc...
- + Coinbase to Benefit From Long-Term Adoption of Blockchain Technology: Oppenheimer— [Category: Finance, news]
- + DAOs Beware: Neo-Imperialism Is on the Rise in Crypto-Land—Wyoming's new legal entities for decentralized unincorporated nonprofit associations sets up legal entities that cheapens the idea of creating protoco...
- + Binance Stops Support for Bitcoin NFTs Citing 'Streamlining' of Offered Products—Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will cease support for bitcoin-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as it undergoes a process to "streamline" its product ...
- + Ripple, Developer Behind XRP Ledger, Enters Stablecoin Fray vs. Tether, USDC—The token will be "100% backed by U.S. dollar deposits, short-term U.S. government Treasuries and other cash equivalents." according to the company. [...
- + Credbull's First Crypto Fund Chases High Fixed Yields —Crypto's high yield structured product sector is getting a bit more mature. [Category: Finance, news, DeFi, Lending]
- + Google Takes Legal Action Against Alleged Crypto Scammers for Uploading Fraudulent Apps—The defendants are said to have committed hundreds of acts of wire fraud, "causing harm to Google and at least approximately 100,000 Google users." [C...
- + First Mover Americas: Galaxy Digital to Raise $100M for New Fund—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 4, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualize...
- + Bitcoin Cash Spikes 10% After Halving, Bitcoin Hovers Above $66K—Analysts said BTC traders are probably waiting for macroeconomic signals before making a move, referring to the current market lull. [Category: Market...
- + Nigeria Court Adjourns Hearings for Binance, Execs' Tax Evasion Cases: Reports—The local tax watchdog last month filed charges in an Abuja court against Binance and the two executives who were detained in the country. [Category: ...
- + Ethereum Layer 2s Could Rocket to $1T Base Valuation by 2030, VanEck Says—The valuation is based on the future expected usage of several layer 2 networks across usecases such as metaverse, banking and gaming. [Category: Mark...
- + Wormhole’s W Token Is Paying Out 999% a Week on Solana Protocol Kamino—The Solana DeFi application Kamino is offering a weekly yield of more than 999%, paid out in W and JTO tokens. [Category: Markets, news, Solana, Tradi...
- + Crypto Market Maker GSR Receives Singapore Crypto License—The license is the first awarded by Singapore to a crypto market maker. [Category: Policy, news, Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore, GSR, GSR ...
- + Crypto Market Maker GSR Recieves Singapore Crypto License—The license is the first awarded by Singapore to a crypto market maker. [Category: Policy, news, Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore, GSR, GSR ...
- + Frax Finance Expands to Cosmos Ecosystem Via Asset Issuance Chain Noble—The Frax token (FRAX), a crypto-collateralized stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar, and its staked version, sFRAX, will become native to the Cosmos e...
- + Protocol Village: Optimism-Based DEX Velodrome Deploys to Bitcoin L2 BOB—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 4-10. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Bloc...
- + Choppy Bitcoin Price Action Continues Ahead of Friday's Jobs Report—Flows into the new spot ETFs have been subdued for a couple of weeks, possibly prompting a renewed interest in macro drivers for price direction. [Cat...
- + For Crypto, the Global Regulatory 'Olympics' Has Already Begun— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, Regulations, Competition, SEC, global crypto industry]
- + The Protocol: Using the Money Printer—If you have the money printer – as is the case for many of the blockchain projects with the power to create their own digital tokens – why wouldn't yo...
- + Digital Asset Platform With Ex-Goldman Partner as Co-Founder Gets Bahrain Crypto License—ARP Digital says its the "first and only Central Bank-licensed OTC service provider specialized in digital asset-structured products." [Category: Fina...
- + Defending Goldman Sachs’ Latest Crypto Criticism—Instead of poking holes in recent anti-crypto comments made by Goldman Sachs’ CIO of Asset & Wealth Management, Noelle Acheson attempts to underst...
- + Cultivating Diversity, Inclusion and Humanity in the Crypto Community—As we enter another bull run, how do we make sure the crypto rocketship doesn’t become another boys’ club? [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opi...
- + Galaxy Plans to Raise $100M for Crypto Venture Fund— [Category: Finance, news, Galaxy Digital, VC, Funds]
- + Where BlackRock Goes, Liquidity Flows—BlackRock and Securitize’s new digital assets fund is a game-changer for tokenization and the wider regulated market, says Peter Gaffney, head of rese...
- + Are You Too Late to Crypto?—Recent price appreciation veils the far greater potential of blockchain technology. [Category: Markets, opinion, Opinion, Crypto Long & Short, Bit...
- + Must Bitcoin ‘Drop Ideals’ of Decentralization to Achieve Mass Adoption?—Key management is crucial to Bitcoin maintaining decentralization. But, as hacks and exploits have grown in number, the dream of self-custody has beco...
- + U.S. SEC Calls for Comments on Spot ETH ETFs—The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened the window for comments on three ether spot exchange traded fund (ETF) proposals. [Category: Po...
- + Cathie Wood Attributes Bitcoin's Rise to National Currency Devaluations— [Category: Finance, news, Cathie Wood, Ark, Ark Investment, Bitcoin]
- + UK Regulators Publish Draft Guidance on Digital Securities Sandbox Open to DLT—The DSS will last five years and could lead to a new regulatory regime for securities settlement. [Category: Policy, news, Regulations, Crypto, FCA, U...
- + Crypto Exchange Bitget's Wallet Team Joins Meme Coin Hype, Issues Token That Rises 14,000%—The token's rise comes alongside a wave of trading volume. [Category: Finance, news, meme coin, meme, Bitget, Exchange]
- + Central Bank Group Starts Tokenization Project to Enhance Monetary System —The project will investigate the integration of tokenized commercial bank deposits with central bank money using smart contracts and programmability, ...
- + Far Out Sci-Fi Ideas Inspired by New Ethereum Token Designs— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, Ethereum, Ethereum improvement proposals]
- + Texas Takedown: Nic Carter and David Hoffman Square Off for Karate Combat at Consensus—The influencers, representing Bitcoin and Ethereum, will enter the pit at the Consensus festival May 30, 2024. Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland is also...
- + Binance Says Compliance Exec Detained in Nigeria Has No Decision-Making Power at Firm —Tigran Gambaryan should not be held responsible in ongoing talks with Nigerian government officials, Binance said in a statement, as he and the exchan...
- + Binance Says Compliance Chief Detained in Nigeria Has No Decision-Making Power at Firm —Tigran Gambaryan should not be held responsible in ongoing talks with Nigerian government officials, Binance said in a statement, as he and the exchan...
- + Bermuda-Licensed Relm Insurance Unveils Suite of Crypto Risk Products—As well as cyber and crime markets, Relm is offering reimbursement for losses associated with staking on the Ethereum network. [Category: Finance, new...
- + First Mover Americas: Ethena Labs’ New Token Rallies Overnight—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 3, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualize...
- + Wormhole Debuts at $3B Valuation in 617M Token Airdrop—Cross-chain bridge Wormhole initiated an airdrop that will see early users rewarded with 617 million of its newly issued governance token, W [Category...
- + Galaxy Digital-Owned Crypto Custody Specialist GK8 Unveils Tokenization Wizard—The first client to use the tool will be a partnership between asset manager DWS, Flow Traders and Galaxy to manage a fully collateralized euro-denomi...
- + Robinhood Initiated as Market Perform at KBW as Retail Trading Returns—Retail engagement materially accelerated in the first quarter, the report said. [Category: Markets, news, Robinhood, Analyst Ratings, Trading, Trading...
- + Crypto AI Projects Would Need to Buy Chips Worth Their Entire Market Cap to Meet Ambitions—Supporting the creator economy with AI-generated video will take more GPUs than all major tech companies operate. [Category: Markets, news_analysis, A...
- + Bitfinex Derivatives Users Can Now Place Bets on Bitcoin and Ether Implied Volatility—Bitfinex Derivatives announced the launch of perpetual futures tied to Volmex's proprietary bitcoin and ether implied volatility indices. [Category: M...
- + Stablecoin Expansion Continues as Bitcoin Rally Appears to Stall—The unabated expansion of stablecoin supply shows capital continues to flow into the crypto market, one observer noted. [Category: Markets, news, Bitc...
- + Bitcoin ETF Trading Volumes Tripled in March as the Largest Cryptocurrency Hit Record Highs—Trading volumes for the exchange-traded funds soared to $110 billion, three times higher than either January or February, led by BlackRock's IBIT. [Ca...
- + ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF Logs $88M of Outflows, Overtaking Grayscale for First Time—For the first time, outflows from Ark 21 Shares overtook Grayscale’s. [Category: Finance, news, Bitcoin, Trading, ETF]
- + Coinbase Offers Unique Exposure to the Long-Term Growth of Crypto: KBW—The broker raised its price target to $230 from $160 and maintained its market perform rating. [Category: Markets, news, Coinbase, broker]
- + Bitcoin Back Down to $66K as Rising Treasury Yields Catch Investor Interest—Prediction markets and CME's Fed Watch Tool have virtually ruled out a rate cut until later this year [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, btc, CME, Pol...
- + What a Judge Said About the SEC's Suit Against Coinbase—Coinbase and Custodia both lost early and preliminary court fights. The Coinbase loss was more or less expected – companies rarely win much on a motio...
- + The SEC’s Shot Across the Bow on 'AI Washing'— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, AI, Law, SEC, Regulation]
- + Memes to Millions: The Tax Implications of Sudden Crypto Wealth— [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, taxes, meme coins, Memes]
- + Bitcoin Cash's 29% Advance Led CoinDesk 20 Gainers Last Week: CoinDesk Indices Market Update— [Category: Markets, news, CoinDesk 20]
- + Crypto Venture Capital Fundraising Jumped Over 50% in March Amid Rally—Most capital went into infrastructure and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, data by RootData shows. [Category: Finance, news, Venture Capital, Fu...
- + Goldman Sachs Clients Not Interested in Crypto, Says Chief Investment Officer: WSJ—Goldman Sachs, nowadays one of the few Wall Street banks to do so, isn’t backing away from its negative stance against crypto, as it doesn’t see the v...
- + Crypto Venture Capital Firm Paradigm Looking to Raise Up to $850M for New Fund: Bloomberg—The VC is looking to raise between $750 million and $850 million, Bloomberg reported citing source familiar. [Category: Finance, news, Funding, Paradi...
- + Are Bitcoin Developers Losing Faith in Lightning?—High-profile defections, and ongoing criticism from the community, paints a picture of a much-hyped scaling project running out of steam. But bitcoine...
- + Argentina President Milei Disappoints Some Bitcoiners as Crypto Registration Rule Begins—The nation unveiled a mandatory registration process for cryptocurrency platforms. [Category: Finance, news, Argentina, Javier milei, Inflation, Strik...
- + Silk Road Bitcoin Worth $2B Moved by U.S. Government: On-Chain Data— [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Silk Road]
- + Crypto Exchange Figure Markets Has a Plan to Democratize Finance—What appears to be another post-FTX trading and custody play with institutions in mind, is really all about visionary disruption. [Category: Finance, ...
- + Ethereum Could Face 'Hidden Risks' From Ballooning Restaking Market: Coinbase—Restaking has grown into the second-largest DeFi sector on the Ethereum blockchain and is likely to become a core part of the network’s infrastructure...
- + Telegram's Pivot to TON Payments for Ads Boosts Toncoin—The messaging app's switch to TON creates a circular economy for the closely-linked crypto. [Category: Finance, news_analysis, Analysis, TON, TON Coin...
- + How the Bitcoin Halving Could Affect Network Security—After the block reward drops to 3.125 bitcoins, miners could power down their less efficient machines. [Category: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion...
- + Bitcoin Lightning Exchange FixedFloat Sees 'Suspicious' Transfers of $3M to Ethereum, Tron—The website was down for “technical work” as of early European afternoon hours Tuesday. [Category: Markets, news, Hack, Exploit]
- + DeFi Protocol Cega's New Options Product Marries Gold, Ether to Offer Up to 83% Yield—The new offering called "Gold Rush" offers a trifecta of decent return, market exposure and protection from losses. [Category: Finance, news, Gold, Xa...
- + First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops to $65K to Start the Month—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 2, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualize...
- + Crypto Funds Saw Inflows of $862M Last Week Following $1B of Outflows the Week Before: CoinShares—The recovery from the week before coincided with a recovery in BTC's price which sat at just under $70,000 on March 29, up nearly 10% on a week earlie...
- + Crypto Market Conditions That Fueled FTX, Bankman-Fried, No Longer Hold: Galaxy Digital—U.S. investors now have access to regulated bitcoin ETFs that provide the same protections as buying stocks and reduce the incentive to move to unregu...
- + Ethena Labs' ENA Token Goes Live, Starts Trading at 64 Cents—Ethena has invited holders of USDe to claim their share of the airdrop of 750 million ENA tokens, equating to 5% of the total supply. [Category: Marke...
- + TRON Foundation, Justin Sun Ask U.S. Court to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit—The TRON Foundation and Justin Sun asked a New York court to dismiss an SEC lawsuit, arguing that the regulator failed to establish that the court has...
- + Crypto Market Setup Looks Positive for Second Quarter: Coinbase—The bitcoin halving, expected in mid-April, remains the main supply-side event, the report said. [Category: Markets, news, Markets, Halving, Bitcoin]
- + Crypto Exchange Deribit's Dubai-Based Unit Wins Conditional VASP License —Obtaining the full VARA spot and derivatives license is an important next step in our efforts to raise the overall quality & governance standards ...
- + Crypto Bulls See $400M Liquidations as Solana, Dogecoin Lead Slide in Majors—The CoinDesk 20 index, which tracks major tokens minus stablecoins, slumped just over 4.5%. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Trading, Markets]
- + Singapore Enacts Licencing Requirements for Crypto Custody Services and Others—Singapore has expanded the scope of what cryptocurrency-related activities it regulates to include custodial services, the Monetary Authority of Singa...
- + Bitcoin Drops Over 5% as Upbeat U.S. Factory Data Powers Dollar Index to Nearly 5-Month High—The U.S. factory activity unexpectedly expanded in March, data released Monday showed, sending the dollar index higher. [Category: Markets, news, Bitc...
- + Sam Bankman-Fried Expresses Remorse for His Actions After Getting a 25-Year Prison Sentence—FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has said "of course" he is remorseful for his actions after he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fr...
- + Sam Bankman-Fried Now Feels Remorse for His Actions After Getting a 25-Year Prison Sentence—FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has said "of course" he is remorseful for his actions after he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fr...
- + Protocol Village: Lorenzo Plans First 'Bitcoin Liquid Restaking' Protocol Using Babylon Tech—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 28-April 3. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol...
- + Protocol Village: BSX, Non-Custodial CLOB Perps DEX on Base, Launches Open Beta—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 28-April 3. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol...
- + Bitcoin’s Future as Currency—Bitcoin has flourished as digital gold. But, in the long-term, its biggest impact will be in denominating business and trade, says Zac Townsend, CEO o...
- + Tether Added Nearly 8.9K Bitcoin to Holdings in First Quarter: On-Chain Data—The stablecoin issuer's BTC holdings now top 75,000 tokens worth about $5 billion. [Category: Markets, news, Tether, Bitcoin, Stablecoins]
- + 12 Future Bitcoin Scenarios: From Bullish to Bearish—Predictions from Anthony Pompliano, Des Dickerson, Cory Klippsten, Isaiah Jackson, David Johnston, Wendy O, Cas Piancey, and others. [Category: Consen...
- + Who Will Trump Pick for Veep? Polymarket Gives Tim Scott Best Odds: Prediction Markets—Plus: Free money? "Democrat wins New York" contract trades at 90 cents on the dollar. [Category: Markets, news_analysis, Analysis]
- + Trading Volume on South Korean Crypto Exchange Upbit Crashes 75%—Upbit's 24-hour crypto trading volume stood at $3.79 billion at press time, down 75% from the high of $15 billion on March 5, CoinGecko data show. [Ca...
- + Thai Crypto Exchange Bitkub Plans 2025 IPO: Bloomberg—The exchange's owner signaled its intention to sell shares to the public in a 2023 letter that didn't give a timeframe. [Category: Finance, news, Thai...
- + Meme Coins on Degen Chain Flourish as New Layer 3 Racks up Millions in Volumes—Degen Chain was released last week as a specialized network that sits atop Base, which itself is an Ethereum layer 2. [Category: Technology, news, Mem...
- + Bitcoin Becomes More Volatile Than Ether as Halving Approaches—Bitcoin's annualized 30-day historical or realized volatility rose to nearly 60% late last week, surpassing ether's 30-day realized volatility by near...
- + Crypto Market in Zen Mode as Bitcoin Remains Stable at $70K Ahead of Halving—All eyes are on the upcoming Bitcoin halving event. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, ETH, Ether]
- + Protocol Village: Horizen Team Deploys Proof Verification Chain to Testnet—The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 28-April 3. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol...
- + Tornado Cash Dev Roman Storm Moves to Dismiss Indictment Over Crypto-Laundering Allegations— [Category: Policy, news, Regulations, Tornado Cash, Roman storm, DOJ]
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