Bitcoin daily gains near 3% as stocks ignore US-Iran war threat, oil drops
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Bitcoin bulls avoided a correction as US markets opened, but analysis warned that Strategy was responsible for much of the latest BTC price strength.
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Bitcoin bulls avoided a correction as US markets opened, but analysis warned that Strategy was responsible for much of the latest BTC price strength.
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Bitmine bought 101,627 Ether last week, lifting holdings to 4,976,485 ETH, or about 4.12% of supply, as the company moves closer to its 5% target.
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The Japanese Securities Clearing Corporation will test using Japanese government bonds as digital collateral on the Canton network with Mizuho, Nomura and Digital Asset.
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ZachXBT challenged MemeCore to justify its valuation and explain what he claimed is insider-held supply, as the onchain sleuth widened a probe after the RAVE tokenβs collapse.
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RAVE is trending inside a descending channel pattern, and is about to test the lower trendline target near $0.30 amid price manipulation concerns.
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Strategy bought 34,164 Bitcoin for $2.54 billion last week, marking its third-largest BTC purchase on record.
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With $75,000 possibly the new floor, Bitcoin is giving hints that a BTC price breakout is about to begin, based on two classic technical indicators.
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Coinbase launched USDC loans for UK users backed by BTC, ETH and cbETH, expanding its borrowing product as Britain moves toward a crypto regulatory regime.
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Crypto investment products recorded $1.4 billion in inflows last week as Bitcoin almost touched $78,000, with assets under management rising to $154.8 billion.
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LayerZero said that Kelpβs DVN setup allowed the $290 million exploit, as investors questioned which protocol would step up to cover the shortfall.
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Mastercard is testing stablecoin settlement with SoFiUSD to speed up card transaction clearing and help bridge traditional finance and blockchain.
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Bitcoin saw a green weekly close despite renewed US-Iran war momentum, and a trader forecast that BTC price action would beat last week's local highs.
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BIS general manager Pablo HernΓ‘ndez de Cos said US dollar stablecoins may pose risks to financial stability and urges stronger global coordination on regulation.
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Strategyβs Michael Saylor posted βThink Even Biggerβ on Sunday, coming just a week after it disclosed $1 billion of Bitcoin buying.
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Brian Armstrong has now predicted that AI agents will not only transact onchain more than humans but will outnumber employees at his company very soon.
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Vercel has confirmed it was compromised after a member of a hacking forum put the companyβs information up for sale for $2 million.
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Why Bitcoin and Ethereum are taking different paths to address future cryptographic risks and long-term blockchain security.
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Polymarketβs potential $15 billion valuation would still put it below the $22 billion valuation of competitor platform Kalshi in its latest funding round.
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EasyDNS CEO Mark Jeftovic said the social engineering attack was highly sophisticated and the company is conducting further investigation to determine how the breach occurred.
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Bitcoin briefly crashed below $74,000 on Sunday as Iran threatened retaliation for a US military seizure of an Iranian cargo ship.
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The Aave token fell nearly 20% to $89.5 in just over 24 hours as users withdrew billions of dollars from the lending protocol.
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A prohibition on yield-bearing stablecoins and robust payments infrastructure in the US means stablecoins will not eat into banks' market share.
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Volatility and upside have been declining with each Bitcoin halving cycle, but the new dynamics may not be permanent, according to Galaxy's Alex Thorn.
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The contagion from the Kelp exploit could have been contained, but at the cost of capital efficiency, according to the founder of Curve Finance.
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Bitcoin foreshadows fresh market mayhem as it appears that the US-Iran war has returned, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz oil route.
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Alcoa is nearing a deal to sell its idle upstate New York Massena East smelter to NYDIG as US industrial sites increasingly shift toward Bitcoin mining and AI data centers.
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RaveDAO denies involvement in RAVE token price surge and crash as Binance and Bitget launch investigations into suspected market manipulation.
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Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities executives have both aired early interest in getting involved in prediction markets, but are looking to steer clear of sports offerings.
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A group of JENNER memecoin buyers sued Jenner and her late manager, Sophia Hutchins, in November 2024 claiming they lost thousands when the token plummeted in value.
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SEC Chair Paul Atkins is under fire from Senator Elizabeth Warren, who says he βmay have been deliberately tryingβ to mislead Congress about the agencyβs enforcement activity.
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The attack triggered a "cross-protocol contagion" that has hit at least nine crypto protocols, blockchain security firm Cyvers said.
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SOLβs steady recovery alongside the wider crypto market has traders debating whether $100 could be the next stop for the altcoin.
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Bitcoin miners have faced challenges over the past year, amid reduced block rewards, rising energy prices, a crypto bear market and geopolitical shocks.
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The Iranian government chose Bitcoin as a payment method for oil tolls due to its confiscation-resistant properties, but only dollar stablecoins have been used so far.
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Polandβs parliament has once again failed to overturn President Karol Nawrockiβs veto of the crypto regulation bill.
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Stablecoins promise seamless dollar movement, but fragmented liquidity is turning large transfers into complex execution problems, says Eco CEO Ryne Saxe.
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $1 billion in weekly inflows, their strongest performance in over three months amid improving risk sentiment.
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The SEC has sued crypto executive Donald Basile over an alleged $16 million scheme involving false claims about an βinsuredβ Bitcoin Latinum token.
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The USDC Bridge adds to Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, which often sees over $500 million worth of USDC transfers each day.
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Canadians using Xβs Cashtags feature are directed to online brokerage Wealthsimple, but there is not yet an equivalent for US users.
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Most of the integrations are aimed at fighting deepfakes as the rise of AI-generated content makes it increasingly difficult to distinguish humans from AI.
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Individuals and groups would be required to register with the Bank of Russia before offering certain crypto services, or potentially face fines and prison time.
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Traders on the Polymarket prediction market platform place the odds of the Strait returning to normal traffic by May 31, 2026, at 73%.
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A letter from US Senator Richard Blumenthal said he was concerned about βmounting allegations of dangerously lax anti-money laundering prevention by Binance.β
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A confirmed cup-and-handle breakout on Etherβs chart and a double-digit increase in ETH accumulation wallet balances could be earlier signs of a longer-term rally for the altcoin.
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Nearly a billion dollars in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours as the Bitcoin price rallied above $78,000.
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Payward, the parent company of the Kraken crypto exchange, cited Bitnomial's regulatory licenses as the primary driver for the acquisition.
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Bitcoin pole vaulted to $78,000 and altcoins soared after Iran said that the Strait of Hormuz was fully open. Will bulls be able to sustain the upward momentum?
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The Bahrain-based lender lets institutional clients convert fiat currency to US dollar-pegged stablecoins directly from their accounts.
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The country's finance minister supported the Qivalis initiative, launched in 2025, to create a euro-pegged stablecoin under the MiCA framework.
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Bitcoin price rallied above $77,000 amid cooling geopolitical tensions and record-high back-to-back closes for the S&P 500.
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Neoβs proposed overhaul would restructure its foundation, return tokens to the community and impose formal oversight, as co-founders clash over governance and control.
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Notable crypto execs descended on Paris Blockchain Week, bringing more attention to personal security as kidnapping and ransom attempts skyrocket.
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Bitcoin surged above $77,000 as oil futures fell 10% after Iranβs foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz open for the remainder of the ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran.
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov cited claims the EUβs new age-check app was hacked in minutes, warning it could expand into wider online identity controls.
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The crypto infrastructure company said its new wallet lets users buy, sell, swap and cash out digital assets in one app without relying on outside providers.
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Bloomberg reported Flow Capital plans to tokenize its private credit fund to raise additional capital, but crypto execs warn tokenization doesnβt magically make hard-to-trade assets liquid.
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Tempoβs new βZonesβ feature offers private, permissioned stablecoin transactions on its layer-1 for enterprises, but critics warn the operatorβcontrolled design adds back centralized trust.
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Foundation is shutting down after a failed sale to Blackdove, having processed about $230 million in NFT primary sales since its launch in 2021.
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Industry speakers at Paris Blockchain Week said tokenization can broaden access and issuance, but it does not by itself create active secondary markets for illiquid assets.
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Meta-1 Coin was sold and marketed from 2018 to 2023 as an investment backed by $44 billion in gold and $1 billion in artworks, which turned out to be fictional.
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March was the βweakest month" with $800 billion in centralized crypto exchange trading volume, the lowest since November 2023.
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