Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
ETH price crashed below $1,600 as a vulnerability in Zcash emerged and Bitcoin sold off below $60,000 for the first time in months. Key takeaways:Ether (ETH) plummeted to a 13-month low of $1,540 on Friday, following the bearish trend across the broa...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Travala’s new protocol lets AI agents search and book hotels with USDC on Base, but travelers still approve the final payment.Singapore-based crypto travel platform Travala has launched a protocol it says lets artificial intelligence agents search, r...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Among the issues US lawmakers are expected to discuss in a digital asset taxation hearing are “de minimis” reporting exceptions for crypto transactions.The US House Ways and Means Committee circulated seven discussion drafts of bills to address digit...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Bitcoin bears piled into short positions as BTC price slid to $60,000. Will the $2.6 billion in short leverage lead to an upside squeeze? Key takeaways:The Bitcoin (BTC) crash to $61,100 on Friday wiped out $335 million in leveraged long positions....
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Eligible users in more than 110 markets can register for tokenized SpaceX equity ahead of the company's highly anticipated public listing. Crypto exchange Kraken is giving customers access to the upcoming SpaceX initial public offering through xStock...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The law, part of a budget plan passed by Illinois lawmakers, would put the burden of collecting a 0.2% tax on crypto transactions on a registered broker.Some digital asset industry advocates are pushing back against a provision in a $56 billion state...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Strategy’s Bitcoin sale challenged the “never sell” narrative, while JPMorgan attacked CLARITY and Capital B pursued a huge fundraising plan for BTC.Strategy’s sale of 32 Bitcoin shouldn’t have mattered. The company still holds hundreds of thousands...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Pump.fun launched a new bounty platform where users started funding bizarre memecoin marketing stunts, including forehead tattoos, skydiving as a mascot and setting a vehicle on fire.Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun introduced a new open boun...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Michael Saylor’s essay calls for Bitcoin to expand through banks, credit, securities and higher layers while preserving its base layer.Strategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin needs “disciplined expansion” through banks,...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Bitcoin sellers were losing steam, market analysis said as ongoing BTC price downside brought the market closer to $60,000.Bitcoin (BTC) extended losses after Friday’s Wall Street open as traders prepared for a retest of $60,000.Key points:Read more
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Visa is testing private stablecoin settlement on Canton with Brale, exploring whether institutions can use blockchain without exposing sensitive transaction data.Visa is testing whether privacy-enabled blockchain networks can support institutional st...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Zcash developers are weighing a new shielded pool and turnstile accounting after the Orchard bug raised supply verification questions.Zcash developers and researchers are discussing whether a new shielded pool could help restore supply verification c...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Bitcoin whales flipped to support a BTC price rebound, but analysis warned that the Coinbase and Kimchi Premium still needed to return.Bitcoin (BTC) has fulfilled two of three key conditions to spark the next BTC price “rally,” new analysis says.Key...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
House Republicans plan a summer vote on a congressional stock trading ban and new restrictions on lawmakers’ prediction market activity.Republicans in the US House of Representatives are moving to add prediction market restrictions to a stalled congr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Some of the largest banks are reportedly launching a tokenized deposit network in early 2027 in response to growing competition from stablecoin companies entering TradFi.Some of the largest US banks are reportedly planning to launch a tokenized depos...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Bitcoin’s downside targets cluster near $50,000, but a larger weekly bearish setup puts a deeper correction toward $33,000 on the radar.Bitcoin (BTC) is heading for its worst weekly performance since November 2022, down around 15% week-to-date as of...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Forward Industries moved $31.9 million in SOL to Coinbase Prime as its Solana bet sits over 70% underwater, underscoring growing strain on corporate crypto treasuries.Forward Industries transferred roughly $31.9 million worth of Solana tokens to Coin...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
South Korean police reportedly launched the country’s first illegal gambling probe into local Polymarket users amid election-betting scrutiny.South Korean police have reportedly launched the country’s first illegal gambling probe into local Polymarke...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Tether-linked billionaire Christopher Harborne and BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo donated $9.4 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the first quarter. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK received 7 million British pounds ($9.4 million) from two crypto billionair...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
“Less Bitcoin on levered DAT balance sheets and more on diversified corporate balance sheets will be a positive,” said Grayscale’s head of research, Zach Pandl.Strategy’s leveraged Bitcoin model is stressed, which could limit the firm’s ability to ke...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Companies have been developing AI very quickly to stay ahead of the market, but Favaro and Clark argue that a slowdown would allow more time to deal with the technology’s implications. US-based AI firm Anthropic warns AI development is advancing at...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
ZEC market capitalization fell by almost $3 billion over the past 24 hours following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability, despite it being patched already. The price of ZEC fell on Thursday after the public disclosure of a critical counterfei...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
ZEC market capitalization fell by almost $3 billion over the past 24 hours following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability, despite it being patched already. The price of ZEC fell on Thursday after further details were disclosed of a critical c...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Senator Cynthia Lummis has led a group of lawmakers urging financial regulators for “fair capital treatment for on-balance sheet treatment of digital assets.”A group of Senate Republicans has urged US financial regulators to clarify the capital stand...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
US Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould and New York Representative Gregory Meeks sparred over Donald Trump’s influence on regulators he has nominated as president at a Thursday oversight hearing.Jonathan Gould, the comptroller of the currency...
