Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
A spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee decried the move as “an opportunity to use the power of the presidency to make [Trump] and his family even richer.”Some of the fighters in Sunday's Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Nvidia’s planned bond sale reinforces booming AI infrastructure demand, strengthening the case for Bitcoin miners pivoting toward AI data centers. Chipmaker Nvidia has reportedly become the latest company to tap the AI debt boom with a planned $20 bi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
The CFTC staff appointment came amid the US Congress seeking to overhaul federal financial regulators’ roles over digital assets with the CLARITY Act.The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hired a new chief data innovation officer wit...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
BitMine continued buying Ether through the market downturn, growing its stake to nearly 5% of the circulating supply while generating staking yield amid mounting ecosystem challenges. BitMine Immersion Technologies continued to expand its Ether holdi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
The offering follows Kraken's acquisition of Bitnomial and comes amid a broader push to bring crypto derivatives trading onshore.Kraken on Monday launched perpetual futures trading for eligible US users through Bitnomial, expanding its domestic...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Bitcoin’s double-bottom setup, weekly RSI divergence and whale flows put traders on alert as BTC tests a key breakout zone.Bitcoin (BTC) chart technicals suggest that the BTC price rebound to $100,000 may still happen by September.BTC/USD daily chart...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Bitcoin snatched upside liquidity as the US trading session began, but traders warned over a failure to preserve BTC price gains.Bitcoin (BTC) neared $67,000 at Monday’s Wall Street open as the US-Iran peace deal kept risk assets surging.Key points:B...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Pudgy Penguins will halt development of Pudgy Party and focus on Pudgy World, as another Web3 gaming project shuts down after failing to find a sustainable business model.Non-fungible token (NFT) project Pudgy Penguins is winding down its mobile game...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
The new offering gives eligible users access to tokenized institutional bond funds as demand for blockchain-based real-world assets continues to grow.Crypto exchange Bybit will offer eligible customers access to tokenized bond funds managed by PIMCO...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Strategy acquired 1,587 Bitcoin for $100 million last week, lifting holdings to 846,842 BTC after raising $209 million through MSTR stock sales.Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, added to its cryptocurrency reserves...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Standard Chartered forecasts assets locked in decentralized finance will reach $2.7 trillion by 2030, driven by tokenization and crypto-native growth.Standard Chartered expects assets locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) to grow 37-fold to $2.7 tri...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
AI agents could use crypto wallets to monitor portfolios, prepare transactions and make payments, but safeguards will be crucial.How AI agents could connect AI and DeFiFor years, AI has largely stayed outside direct economic activity. AI systems coul...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Bitcoin gained bullish short-term BTC price targets with $69,000 on the radar thanks to the US-Iran peace deal, due to be signed in the coming days.Bitcoin (BTC) starts the third week of June with a spring in its step as the US-Iran peace deal sends...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank warns users of possible account suspensions for Polymarket-linked transactions, citing Japan’s gambling laws.[Update June 16, 07:05 am UTC. Adds response from Bitbank spokesperson in the third paragraph.]Bitbank, one...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
US President Donald Trump says the US and Iran have a deal for a “toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz,” sending Bitcoin to a two-week high.Bitcoin came just shy of $66,000 during Monday morning trading after US President Trump claimed that the...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
New Mexico is the eighth state sued by the CFTC over prediction markets, as Gary Gensler doubted the regulators' claim of authority over sports event contracts.New Mexico is the latest US state to be pulled into the Commodity Futures Trading Com...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
The Aztec Connect platform was deprecated in March 2023, but the immutable smart contract still held over $2 million in crypto assets.Aztec Connect, a deprecated decentralized finance platform, was drained of around $2.1 million in crypto on Sunday a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Bitcoin mining difficulty has undergone its second-largest downward difficulty adjustment this year, following February’s 11% shift.Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped by 10.09% on Sunday, marking the blockchain’s 11th-largest downward adjustment and e...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
A single missing feature in Bitcoin Script has spawned twelve competing proposals. Cointelegraph Research gives an overview. Recently, the concept of so-called covenants has received renewed attention as Bitcoin development and protocol discussions u...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick tells clients “winter is over” as the analyst said crypto prices have likely seen the low for the cycle, ahead of Strategy’s Bitcoin purchase update. Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick on Friday told clients...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
The SPHINCS- proposal aims to reduce the cost of post-quantum signature verification on Ethereum while the network works toward a longer-term solution.Ethereum could begin adding post-quantum protections to accounts for as little as $0.07, without wa...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
A fake Bithumb email used in the $36 million Humanity Protocol hack points to the involvement of North Korean threat actors, according to Quantstamp.A malicious attachment delivered through a phishing email points to the involvement of North Korea-li...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
A fake Bithumb email used in the $36 million Humanity Protocol hack points to the involvement of North Korean threat actors, according to Quantstamp.A malicious attachment delivered through a phishing email points to the involvement of North Korea-li...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Bitcoin stayed near local highs on a new US-Iran peace deal pledge as analysis saw conditions favoring a sustained BTC price rebound.Bitcoin (BTC) circled $64,000 into Sunday’s weekly close as a US-Iran peace deal appeared imminent.Key points:Read mo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe said a peace deal, which would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, would likely send liquidity back to risk-on assets such as cryptocurrencies.US President Donald Trump said a deal to end the fighting between the US and I...
