Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Bitcoin bulls face an uphill battle to turn the March options expiry in their favor, requiring a 6% price rally to $75,000 before Friday.Key takeaways:Over 90% of Bitcoin call options may expire worthless if the price fails to break above $71,000 by...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The stablecoin issuer was accused of freezing 16 hot wallets linked to operating businesses, including crypto exchanges and online casinos.Stablecoin issuer Circle, the company behind the USDC (USDC) dollar-pegged token, wrongfully froze 16 wallets i...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The number of Ether staked continues to rise while ETH outflows from exchanges are increasing. Will the phenomenon have a positive or negative impact on ETH price?Ether’s (ETH) liquid supply on the Ethereum network continues to tighten, with exchange...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Industry executives told US lawmakers that existing investor protection and financial surveillance regulations should apply to tokenized securities.Crypto industry executives on Wednesday told the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Se...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Bitcoin charts point to a possible rally to $80,000, but spot volumes need to increase in order for the rally to hold.Bitcoin (BTC) is testing the $71,500 pivot, a key level across multiple timeframes and analysts noted that price action is tilted to...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Available initially to non-US investors, the funds will offer onchain exposure to equities, bonds and gold through crypto wallets.Franklin Templeton is teaming with Ondo Finance to bring tokenized versions of its exchange-traded funds onchain, allowi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Bitcoin bulls are attempting to seize control of the market, but they are expected to face strong resistance in the $72,000 to $74,500 zone.Bitcoin (BTC) continues to face significant resistance at the $72,000 level, but the bulls have kept up the pr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The council, co-chaired by White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks and science advisor Michael Kratsios, include Mark Zuckberg, Larry Ellison and Jensen Huang.US President Donald Trump announced the appointment of 13 members from the crypto, block...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The MAVAN platform extends Bitmine’s staking operations to external clients as institutional demand for validator infrastructure accelerates.Bitmine Immersion Technologies has launched MAVAN, an institutional-grade Ethereum staking platform that will...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Startale said SBI invested $50 million to complete its Series A, with the firms working on tokenized securities, stablecoins and consumer onchain products in Japan.Startale Group said on Wednesday that SBI Group had invested $50 million to complete t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Analysts say new US stablecoin rules may hit yield distribution, not issuers, as USDC growth in payments and trading continues to accelerate.Circle’s shares sell-off on Tuesday may have been overdone as investors failed to see that the stablecoin iss...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Bitcoin price remains stuck below $72,000, as investor distribution, low whale activity, and declining network growth cast doubt on BTC's short term prospects.Bitcoin (BTC) price struggled to break above $72,000, as several key onchain metrics highli...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Why Argentina is blocking Polymarket despite global growth, focusing on gambling laws, user protection concerns and regulatory pressure on prediction markets.Argentina’s nationwide ban on Polymarket shows that rapid global growth does not shield plat...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Decentralized crowdfunding supports NFT artists through market crashes. Onchain purchases deliver direct capital and visibility when centralized platforms fail.Opinion by: Joshua Kim, CEO and founder of DonaFi.Traditional crowdfunding has always been...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The Vienna-based crypto broker announced its Ethereum layer-2, aimed at helping European banks and fintechs issue tokenized assets under MiCA and MiFID II.Bitpanda said Wednesday it is building Vision Chain, an Ethereum layer-2 that the Vienna-based...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Despite an IMF warning regarding the potential risks, the Marshall Islands is proceeding with a partnership which could expand its digital sovereign bond to institutional markets.Update (March 25 8:22PM UTC): This article has been updated to clarify...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
A UK review led by Philip Rycroft recommended a temporary moratorium on crypto political donations until stronger safeguards and statutory guidance are in place.Philip Rycroft, a former senior civil servant, recommended that the UK government impose...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
STS Digital said the platform offers institutional clients access to options-based strategies through predefined crypto investment products.Crypto derivatives firm STS Digital said on Wednesday it had launched a structured products platform for digit...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Bitcoin is beating gold during the Iran war, but its dependence on liquidity cycles keeps the safe haven narrative in question.Before the Iran war broke out, Bitcoin spent months trading sideways while gold rallied to record levels.At the time, gold...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The trouble with upgrading Bitcoin and Ethereum with quantum secure digital signatures is that no one knows for certain if they’ll even work.
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The trouble with upgrading Bitcoin and Ethereum with quantum secure digital signatures is that no one knows for certain if they’ll even work.
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Bitcoin traders agreed that BTC price action needed to retake $72,000 to open up the odds of further upside as gold and US stocks gained.Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $72,000 on Wednesday as gold continued its rebound from four-month lows.Key points:Bitc...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
CBDCs bridge the 1.3 billion unbanked cash-digital divide. Governments must actively promote them as trusted, low-cost gateways to formal financial inclusion.Opinion by: Xin Yan, co-founder and CEO of Sign.Financial exclusion remains one of the most...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The ECB’s Piero Cipollone said the central bank wants key technical standards for a possible digital euro locked in by this summer so banks and merchants can prepare for the rollout.European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said on...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Bitcoin bounced back above $71,000 after US President Donald Trump’s administration sent a proposal to Iran aimed at ending the war.Bitcoin (BTC) rose back above $71,000 during the early Asian trading hours on Wednesday after Trump’s administration o...