Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Former Franklin Templeton digital asset executive Christopher Jensen will lead StablecoinX, the largest corporate holder of Ethena’s ENA token.StablecoinX appointed former Franklin Templeton digital asset executive Christopher Jensen as CEO, putting...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bybit added USDT-settled perpetuals tracking EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY, with 24/7 trading and leverage of up to 100x.Dubai-based crypto exchange Bybit has launched USDT-settled perpetual contracts tracking three major foreign currency pairs, addin...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Robinhood will route event contracts through OG.com’s CFTC-regulated infrastructure as it expands its prediction markets business.Robinhood has taken equity stakes in Crypto.com and its newly spun-off prediction market platform OG.com as part of a mu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Visa is combining VisaNet settlement data with blockchain lending as stablecoin payment volume on its network jumps nearly 200% year over year. Payment giant Visa is connecting its settlement network with onchain lending, giving stablecoin-linked car...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Bitcoin fell with US stocks on the opening of Tuesday’s Wall Street trading session as analysis warns that BTC price support at $78,300 must hold.Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $78,000 at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as risk assets fell on renewed Middle E...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
While Bitmine’s completed 97% of its goal to acquire 5% of Ether’s supply, Tom Lee’s team faces a $5.1 billion unrealized loss on its main treasury asset.Bitmine Immersion Technologies, the largest corporate Ether holder, announced another purchase o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Bitcoin believers see it as an almost certain long-term investment, but retirement demands a different approach. How much crypto exposure is too much for your retirement account?You stack sats. You farm yield, and you’d rather sell your car than part...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Strategy repurchased $176 million worth of its STRC preferred stock and doubled the size of its digital securities repurchase program to $2 billion, while pausing on new Bitcoin buys. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin treasury,...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Two suspects face a Wednesday hearing over four killings allegedly linked to a crypto wallet believed to hold millions of dollars in Bitcoin.Two suspects in the killing of four people in Mexico allegedly sought a cold wallet they believed held millio...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Tazapay processes $25 billion in annualized volume and offers payout rails across 100-plus markets, extending Circle’s USDC payments reach.[Update 13:30 UTC, Sept. 8: Adds the $400 million purchase price and stock payment terms disclosed in Circle’s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Humo Digital will test HUMO payments with more than 20 merchants under a sandbox jointly overseen by NAPP and Uzbekistan’s central bank.Uzbekistan has launched a pilot to test payments with a som-pegged stablecoin backed by government securities.&...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Ledger and Trezor said researchers have a responsibility to publish their findings if vendors fail to fix bugs within an agreed disclosure window.Hardware wallet makers Ledger and Trezor called for more responsible disclosure of security vulnerabilit...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Growing demand for tokenized stock trading may drive the Robinhood chain’s annual fees to $160 million by 2028, predicted analysts from Bernstein.Trading platform Robinhood’s blockchain network is expected to generate as much as $160 million in annua...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Unrealized gains by whale speculators hit their highest levels on record last week, per data going back to 2016.Bitcoin (BTC) whales have more reason to sell than at any time in Bitcoin’s recent history as their unrealized profits hit records.Key poi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Cronos’s post-mortem put the Tectonic exploit’s affected borrowing at $120.4 million, with 7.6% transferred off-network before validators intervened.Layer-1 blockchain Cronos said $9.19 million left its blockchain before validators halted the network...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Financial market operator SIX and payment app TWINT have joined numerous banks in the sandbox seeking to develop a Swiss franc-based stablecoin.Nine Swiss companies have begun sandbox tests of CHFD, a Swiss franc stablecoin, for programmable payments...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
AUSTRAC said its yearlong sweep included canceled, suspended and unrenewed registrations, while its action against GetCoins helped disrupt organized investment scams.Australia’s financial intelligence regulator said it canceled, suspended or refused...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The actors returned 85% of the Bitcoin withdrawn from Liquid’s federation wallet following the security incident.Purported white-hat hackers returned 3,400 Bitcoin worth about $270 million to the Liquid Federation wallet after withdrawing roughly $32...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Companies offering binary options for retail investors have been barred from selling, marketing and distributing products in the UK since 2019 following a directive from the FCA.The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reportedly has reached out to...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Ethereum’s Hegotá upgrade will center on FOCIL and Frame Transactions as developers weigh dozens of other proposed changes for inclusion.The Ethereum Foundation has identified two “must ship” proposals for the Hegotá upgrade, prioritizing censorship...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Hunter Biden will reportedly distribute 200 million of the LAPTOP token to his substack subscribers, members of a mailing list and investors in President Donald Trump’s memecoin.Hunter Biden, son of former US President Joe Biden, announced that he pl...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Polish prosecutors charged Romana Ż. with organized crime and misappropriation offenses involving $2.1 million in Zondacrypto user funds.Polish prosecutors investigating cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto, have formally charged an individual, identi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Bitcoin’s struggle to break $80,000 comes as markets price in a growing chance of a September rate hike, putting monetary conditions back in focus. Crypto fund flows are becoming increasingly sensitive to changes in the US interest-rate outlook, with...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Capital B’s latest Bitcoin purchase was its largest in nearly a year, pushing the French company ahead of H100 Group among publicly traded BTC holders.French Bitcoin treasury company Capital B has acquired 376 Bitcoin (BTC) for 25.3 million euros ($2...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Bitcoin price fell 2% in low-liquidity conditions as the US Labor Day holiday saw $80,000 once again slip from bulls’ grasp.Bitcoin (BTC) drifted lower on Monday as a low-liquidity environment erased the weekend’s gains above $80,000.Key points:Read...
