Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 7 hours ago
IMF first deputy managing director Dan Katz says users may favor digital dollars for their liquidity, network effects and cross-border acceptance.Domestic-currency stablecoins intended to curb reliance on dollar-backed tokens could instead make it ea...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 9 hours ago
Expedited discovery allows the exchange to seek account identities, balances and transaction histories from platforms with US operations.United States court records unsealed on Thursday show that a federal judge backed crypto exchange Bybit’s effort...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 16 hours ago
The president’s company will unwind an agreement with Crypto.com to create a multibillion-dollar CRO treasury and reportedly not integrate prediction markets onto Truth Social.US President Donald Trump’s company, the Trump Media and Technology Group...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 17 hours ago
The US government sanctioned an individual and two crypto exchanges it said facilitated money laundering for a combined $5 million in digital assets linked to Iran.The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctio...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 20 hours ago
The rollout gives X Layer users access to Circle-issued USDC and crosschain transfers as the stablecoin expands across major blockchain ecosystems.Circle has launched its USDC stablecoin on X Layer, OKX’s Ethereum layer-2 network, extending the stabl...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 20 hours ago
As the chairman of the Reform UK calls for an investigation into a FTX-linked political donation, the party’s leader prepares to face voters amid his own crypto-related scandal. The chairman of the UK’s Reform party has called for an investigation fo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 22 hours ago
Bitcoin hit month-to-date highs above $65,000 as risk-assets gained on low US nonfarm payrolls data.Bitcoin (BTC) hit new August highs into Friday’s Wall Street open as markets reacted to weaker US jobs numbers.Key points:Data from TradingView showed...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 22 hours ago
Crypto business is converging with banking as stablecoin reserves, tokenized funds, Treasury income and balance sheet management become key profit drivers.At first glance, this week’s biggest business stories could have come straight from Wall Street...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Ethereum’s proposed EIP-8363 staking overhaul aims to reduce issuance, but critics say it could hurt DeFi, decentralization and institutional adoption.Ethereum researchers just wanted to reduce staking incentives. Instead, they sparked one of the big...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Dice entropy may become the new gold standard after the Coldcard hack In light of the catastrophic low-entropy bug in Coldcard hardware wallets, linked to publicly observed thefts beginning on July 30, Bitcoin holders have started to re-evaluate the...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Russia has shut down nine unregistered crypto exchanges in Moscow, with the FSB alleging they helped move scam proceeds abroad through Ukrainian call centers.Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has raided nine unregistered crypto exchange service...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Perpetual futures trading volume on crypto exchanges fell to its lowest level in 31 months, while perpetual trading on decentralized platforms neared a one-year low.Crypto perpetual futures trading volume on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEXs...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Binance saw a record divergence between daily spot and futures trading volumes, with the latter reaching nearly $58 billion.Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives trading volumes are now nearly eight times higher than spot markets on Binance.Key points:Read more
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
CleanSpark’s shares fell 5.5% on Thursday after the Bitcoin miner reported $138 million in quarterly revenue, narrowly missing Wall Street’s consensus estimate.Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark reported $138 million in revenue for the t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Stripe-owned Bridge has entered the EU MiCA register following Luxembourg approval, joining regulated providers under the bloc’s crypto framework.Bridge Building, the Luxembourg-based entity behind Stripe-owned stablecoin infrastructure company Bridg...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Industry figures warned that continued legislative limbo could slow institutional adoption, revive regulation by enforcement and push innovation offshore.The US Senate’s delay of a vote on crypto market structure legislation could give Hong Kong and...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
The Coldcard exploit, which caused more than $100 million in losses, helped push July crypto thefts to $247 million, making it the second-worst month of 2026.July emerged as the second-worst month of 2026 for cryptocurrency thefts, largely due to the...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Japanese authorities called for address registration, customer-specific limits and stronger authentication as part of a broader push to curb misuse of exchange accounts.Japan’s financial regulator has asked crypto exchanges to introduce withdrawal de...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
The latest bipartisan ethics proposal would reportedly require Trump to divest crypto businesses while allowing him to defer capital gains taxes on those sales. A bipartisan ethics proposal pitched to US President Donald Trump to secure passage of th...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Crypto exchange Bitget has signed an agreement with Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority to pursue a regulated local presence.Bitget has signed an agreement with Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority to explore establishing a licensed local opera...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed that the chamber was “punting” the vote until September.Update (Aug. 7, 2026, at 6:20 am UTC): Added comments from Crypto Council for Innovation CEO Ji Hun Kim.Senate Republican leaders are expected to leav...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Bitcoin miner MARA posted its highest quarterly Bitcoin production in over a year, but was overshadowed by a 28% decline in the average price of Bitcoin.Bitcoin miner MARA swung to a net loss of $611.3 million from a year-earlier profit in the second...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
Wintermute said the registration allows the firm to position itself for the growth of tokenized securities in the US. Wintermute’s US arm has registered as a broker-dealer, enabling the crypto trading firm to expand into traditional financial service...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
The Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress PACs reported spending more than $1.5 million on media for four House and Senate races ahead of Aug. 18 primary elections.Two groups affiliated with the cryptocurrency company-backed political action comm...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 day ago
A week-long streak of inflows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs has coincided with the Coldcard wallet exploit, fueling debate over whether some investors are shifting away from self-custody. Demand for US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has accele...
