Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Stablecoin monthly transaction volume reached a record $1.8 trillion in February, as USDC surprised analysts with 70% of the total volume.Stablecoins have hit an all-time high in monthly transaction volume, as Circle’s USDC (USDC) flipped Tether’s US...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
xAI’s Grok drew massive attention on X after delivering profanity-filled roasts of Elon Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu and Keir Starmer following user prompts.xAI’s chatbot Grok has sparked widespread buzz on X after delivering a series of explicit roasts...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Bitcoin whales have sold about 66% of the Bitcoin they recently accumulated since Wednesday, according to crypto sentiment platform Santiment.Retail investors have been scooping up Bitcoin after it slipped below $70,000, but whale activity suggests t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Mixers, privacy coins and the threat quantum computing could pose to Bitcoin were all points of speculation across the industry following the release of Trump’s Cyber Strategy.Crypto industry executives are combing through US President Donald Trump’s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
If the crypto industry and community banks cannot find common ground on the CLARITY Act, the only winners will be the “big banks,” according to crypto executive Austin Campbell.A crypto executive has pushed back against claims by the president of a c...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Bitcoin’s price volatility tends to scare off buyers, but data shows investors who hold for at least three years have a higher chance of locking in significant returns.Bitcoin (BTC) gets a bad name among some investors due to its steep double-digit d...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
A pilot involving the central bank and major financial institutions tested whether distributed ledger infrastructure could streamline bond issuance, trading and settlement.Canada has completed a pilot program testing the use of distributed ledger tec...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
A new war, private credit market weakness and spiking commodities prices add tail risk to Bitcoin’s price. Is $65,000 BTC’s next stop?Key takeaways:Bitcoin faced pressure as rising oil prices and weak US data sparked risk-off sentiment and drove inve...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Nevin Shetty was convicted of wire fraud related to secretly moving $35 million in funds from a Seattle startup to his own crypto platform in 2022 to use for DeFi investments.A Seattle judge has sentenced the former chief financial officer of a local...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Bitcoin sold off below $70,000 on Friday, leading analysts to conclude that this week’s breakout to $74,000 was a relief rally rather than a longer-lasting sign of a trend change.Key points:Analysts believe that Bitcoin will have to stay above the $6...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
The Curve Finance team told PancakeSwap that it must go through the proper licensing process to collaborate and use code created by Curve.The team behind the Curve Finance decentralized finance (DeFi) platform accused the PancakeSwap decentralized ex...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Profit-taking by short-term Bitcoin traders accelerated the BTC drop below $70,000, but spot and futures traders may kickstart a quick recovery.Bitcoin (BTC) slipped back into its monthly trading range under $70,000 after dropping 5% over the past tw...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Bitcoin bounced back this week as stablecoin inflows surged, and DeFi faced fresh pressure from Aave governance strife, exploits and exchange security moves.Bitcoin and the leading cryptocurrencies staged a recovery this week following initial shockw...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
In a Cointelegraph interview, Arthur Hayes explains why global markets may not be pricing in a longer war in the Middle East, and what that may mean for energy prices, liquidity and Bitcoin.As geopolitical tensions escalate and global markets face a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
The bill legally formalizes oversight over Pakistan's crypto industry, sanctions compliance and anti-money laundering regulations.Pakistan’s parliament passed the Virtual Assets Act, 2026 on Wednesday, cementing the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
The new onchain trading engine from the xStocks platform enables trading of more than 70 tokenized equities across Ethereum and Solana.Kraken’s tokenized equities platform xStocks has launched xChange, an onchain trading engine designed to facilitate...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
The crypto exchange responded to a Senate inquiry over sanctions by claiming that “no Binance account transacted directly with an Iran-based entity.“Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has officially responded to a February inquiry launched by a group of...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Kraken secures Fed payment access, MARA clarifies its Bitcoin treasury plans, Fold cuts $66M in debt, and analysts say NYSE tokenization could attract institutions.The digital asset sector took another step toward integration with traditional finance...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Bitcoin erased its latest breakout attempt after hitting $74,000 as surprisingly weak labor-market data offered no tailwind to crypto or risk assets.Bitcoin (BTC) slipped under $70,000 around Friday’s Wall Street open as weak US employment data faile...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
This year has proven that anyone arguing Bitcoin’s four-year cycle is over was wrong, says analyst Benjamin Cowen.
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
The US Federal Reserve has issued a limited-use master account to Kraken, marking a major pro-crypto shift in policy.Recent events at the US Federal Reserve signal acceptance of digital assets at the highest levels of the country’s monetary system. K...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Demand is surging for tokenized precious metals that offer more accessibility than their traditional counterparts, with investors seeking 24/7 safe-haven asset availability.Demand for tokenized commodities is increasing as investors look for safe-hav...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Trading in tokenized stocks and ETFs via 1inch’s Ondo integration has topped $2.5 billion, as real-world assets become one of the few reliable growth engines in a weak crypto market.Trading volumes in tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs)...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Officials said the bank may start allocating funds to crypto-related equities and ETFs as early as April.Kazakhstan’s central bank plans to begin investing as much as $350 million from its gold and foreign exchange reserves into a crypto-linked portf...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Bitcoin’s rebound to $74,000 sparked disagreement among traders as opinions diverged on whether the BTC price bottom is behind us.Bitcoin (BTC) traded 4.5% below the $74,000 high reached on Thursday, with traders conflicted over whether this level ma...
