Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Physical co-location and nanosecond advantages end as alpha shifts onchain. High-frequency trading firms own blockchain infrastructure.Opinion by: Annabelle Huang, co-founder and CEO of Altius LabsFor centuries, the world’s traders and speculators ha...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Tether increases physical gold holdings to 130 metric tons while Coinbase promotes futures trading as Bitcoin lags and gold tops $5,300 per ounce.As gold prices surged to $5,300 this week, Tether and Coinbase — the two companies behind the world’s la...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The Financial Services Commission chief says ownership limits are still under negotiation as lawmakers debate the Digital Asset Basic Act ahead of a mid-February deadline.South Korea’s top financial regulator said crypto exchanges should face ownersh...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
European Central Bank executive Piero Cipollone has argued that rising geopolitical tensions make a European-controlled payments system a strategic necessity.Rising geopolitical tensions are strengthening the case for a European-controlled digital pa...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bitcoin ETF investors contend with price dropping to their aggregate entry level, but a crypto executive claimed that new institutions were lining up.Bitcoin (BTC) institutional investors face a test of “conviction” as exchange-traded fund (ETF) hold...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bitcoin price traded below $90,000 as investors braced for Jerome Powell’s post-FOMC speech that could trigger volatile swings toward key BTC price levels.Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to break the resistance at $90,000 on Wednesday, as traders expect...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
A wallet linked to an alleged theft of US government-seized crypto launched a Solana memecoin on Pump.fun that later crashed 97%, raising tokenomics red flags.A cryptocurrency wallet linked by blockchain investigators to an alleged theft of US govern...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
OKX says the card supports USDC and USDG spending, is issued via Monavate on Mastercard’s network and is available to verified EU users.Cryptocurrency exchange OKX is rolling out a payment card in Europe, allowing users to spend stablecoins at mercha...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Chainalysis says the on-chain money laundering ecosystem processed $82 billion in funds in 2025, with Chinese-language networks now dominating.The use of centralized crypto exchanges for laundering illicit funds is on the decline, with Chinese-langua...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes says the yen is weakening while Japanese government bond yields are rising, which could lead to Japanese investors selling US Treasuries.Bitcoin could break out of its “sideways funk” if the United States central bank atte...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Coinbase’s musical ad depicting a run-down UK, which was already blacklisted from TV, has reportedly seen a wider ban by the country’s ad watchdog for being “irresponsible.”The UK’s advertising watchdog has reportedly banned a series of Coinbase adve...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Coinbase is testing Flipcash’s USDF as part of a new feature that would let businesses issue branded, dollar-backed stablecoins.Coinbase is testing Flipcash’s in-development stablecoin, USDF, on its backend as part of a new feature that will allow bu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Silver prices have been on the rise and hit a new all-time high of just over $117 on Tuesday, though some analysts warn that a price top for the precious metal could be coming soon.Social media discussions about silver and gold have outpaced crypto o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
ERC-8004, which a lead developer has tipped will be deployed to mainnet this week, enables AI agents to discover and trust each other across platforms without centralized gatekeepers.An Ethereum smart contract standard enabling trustless artificial i...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The restaurant chain said that its adoption of Bitcoin is one of the main reasons that it is “trouncing” its fast-food competitors.US fast-food restaurant chain Steak ’n Shake has added $5 million worth of Bitcoin to its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve as...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Adoption has been strongest in the hospitality, travel, digital goods, and gaming industries. Millennials and Gen Zs are proving to be the most crypto-savvy shoppers.Almost four in ten US merchants now accept cryptocurrency at checkout, as customers...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway announced on Saturday that it was shutting down, and has now been followed by Rodeo, which only launched on iOS last March. Social NFT marketplace Rodeo has become the second NFT platform this week to announce its closur...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bitcoin options data shows bearish bets holding the advantage in Friday’s $10.8 billion expiry, unless bulls manage a pre-expiration breakout above $90,000.Key takeaways:Bearish options strategies maintain an edge unless Bitcoin secures a decisive pr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bitwise’s Matt Hougan says crypto will have to “wrestle with prolonged regulatory grind and skepticism” if the US fails to pass a market structure bill.The crypto industry will need to become ingrained in everyday life in the US should Congress fail...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
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Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The US Marshals Service confirmed “the matter is under investigation,” following claims that millions in government-seized crypto was stolen.US authorities confirmed that an investigation was underway into claims that the son of a federal contractor...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
AI data center expansion is facing increasing local opposition over power, infrastructure and costs, echoing the resistance that once slowed Bitcoin mining.For years, Bitcoin miners expanding across the United States learned that access to cheap powe...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Despite Bitcoin trading about 12% lower than a year ago, corporate accumulation shows few signs of slowing in 2026.Public companies are quietly expanding their Bitcoin treasuries in early 2026, with new disclosures this week showing continued accumul...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Data shows February tends to be one of BTC’s best performing months, leading Bitcoin network economist Timothy Peterson to dub it the real “Uptober” event. Will history repeat?Bitcoin’s (BTC) monthly gains have been limited to just 2.2%, but February...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
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