Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
US spot Bitcoin ETFs have turned negative year-to-date with $596 million in outflows as IBIT posted near-record withdrawals and Bitcoin fell below $75,000.BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) posted its second-largest daily outflow on...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
An unknown entity burned $8.5 million worth of Bitcoin after 12 years of holding, rendering the BTC unspendable, despite its price increasing by 12,700%.An unknown entity burned 107 Bitcoin, worth about $8.5 million at the time, effectively removing...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Polymarket executive Josh Stevens said identity checks apply only to early beta access and are not being added to Polymarket’s existing platform.Polymarket’s vice president of engineering, Josh Stevens, clarified that the prediction market platform i...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The Bank for International Settlements' collaboration with seven central banks and more than 40 institutions concludes a two-year project with a prototype settling wholesale payments in seconds.The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Over $935 million was wiped out across the crypto market as traders shifted their focus to $70,000 as the last line of defense for Bitcoin.Bitcoin (BTC) sold off into the early Asian trading session on Thursday as the drop to $72,600 produced signifi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Around 47% of crypto organizations onboarded in 2026 are operating at alerting standards that would have ranked among the industry’s strictest five years ago.Nearly half of the organizations onboarded into the crypto industry in 2026 are operating at...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The physically backed fund gives US investors exchange-traded exposure to the Binance-linked cryptocurrency through traditional brokerage accounts.VanEck launched the first US spot BNB exchange-traded fund on Thursday, giving investors regulated expo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The crypto market capitalization has fallen to its lowest level since mid-April after the US carried out strikes on Iran for the second time in three days amid peace talks.Cryptocurrency markets have shed around $80 billion in value over the past 24...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The CFTC claimed that its settled complaint filed under the Biden administration relied heavily on a whistleblower’s allegations that Gemini inflated trading activity to distort user demand.The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked a fede...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Bitcoin dropped closer to a critical support level as spot and long futures traders’ efforts to hold $75,000 failed. Is sub-$70,000 BTC next?Bitcoin’s (BTC) rising funding rate and aggregated open interest suggest bullish investors are opening longs...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The Justice Department and the CFTC allege that Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo profited $1.2 million on Polymarket after accessing non-public information at work. US authorities have charged a Google employee with allegedly using informat...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Within the first 10 hours of launch, the Kraken Earn BTC Vault raked in $30 million worth of Bitcoin deposits from 4,000 unique wallets.Crypto exchange Kraken launched a non-custodial Bitcoin product offering a 2.5% yearly yield, adding to the compan...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Bitcoin’s underperformance of stocks deepened as BTC miners pivoted to AI and pro-crypto regulation in the United States stalled.Key takeaways:Bitcoin’s (BTC) rejection at $78,000 on Thursday marked a decoupling from traditional markets after two mon...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Payment volume on crypto-linked credit and debit cards has been steadily increasing since 2024, reaching about $7.8 billion in cumulative transactions this month. Monthly payment volume on crypto-linked debit and credit cards is up about 230% over la...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Weakening spot demand, miner inflows to exchanges and freshly opened shorts put downside pressure on Bitcoin price.Bitcoin (BTC) miner inflows to Binance crossed 20,000 BTC for only the second time this year, placing fresh pressure on Bitcoin’s daily...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The predictions market operator reportedly explored mandatory user verification requirements, breaking from its policies of allowing traders to access its services using pseudonyms.[Clarification (May 28 at 2:15 pm UTC): Polymarket’s vice president o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Accredited investors can buy and sell the gold-backed GLDY token through permissioned liquidity pools operating on the Solana blockchain.Tokenized commodities platform Streamex said it is launching a Solana-based marketplace for trading tokenized ass...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
While crypto-backed candidates won runoffs in Texas on Tuesday, industry PACs have less of a stake in California races next week.After six Republican and Democratic candidates supported by cryptocurrency-backed interest groups won primaries for US Ho...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The company owns 5,058 Bitcoin, ranking it as the 20th largest publicly traded BTC treasury company, according to data from Bitcoin Treasuries.Nakamoto (NAKA) is trading down more than 10% on Wednesday just days after the Bitcoin treasury company com...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Ether futures positioning tightened near $2,000 as rising open interest and dense short liquidity increased focus on a possible squeeze above $2,150.Ether (ETH) remains under pressure after failing to reclaim the $2,150 resistance level. Despite the...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Bitcoin briefly lost the $75,000 level after net flows into spot BTC ETFs turned negative. Do technical charts point to a BTC and altcoin recovery?Key points:Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $75,000 on Wednesday, indicating that the bears are slowly taking c...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The payments giant can now legally conduct digital asset business activity in New York as it deepens its focus on blockchain-based settlement systems. Mastercard’s US transaction services unit has received a BitLicense from the New York State Departm...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
XBIT DEX takes the lead in introducing leverage to on-chain prediction markets, prioritizing the 2026 FIFA World Cup for its initial category. The whitelist application is now live.XBIT DEX takes the lead in introducing leverage to on-chain predictio...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Bitcoin disappointed bulls by dropping below $75,000 on Iran peace deal reports while US stocks hit new all-time highs and oil saw one-month lows on Hormuz hopes.Bitcoin (BTC) fell back below $75,000 at Wednesday’s Wall Street open as relief over a U...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
BTC Prague, Europe’s premier Bitcoin conference, returns to the PVA Expo Prague on June 11-13, 2026.Prague, Czech Republic, May 18, 2026 - BTC Prague, Europe’s premier Bitcoin conference, returns to the PVA Expo Prague on June 11-13, 2026. Entering i...
