Why is Bitcoin price down today?
16.4.2025
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has dropped by over 2.5% over the last 24 hours to $83,400 as concerns over tariff impacts continue to sour investor sentiment.BTC/USD daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewSeveral factors are behind Bitcoin’s decline today, including:Sluggish institutional...
Ethena Fined €600K by German Regulator and Ordered to Reverse USDe Token Issuance
16.4.2025
Ethena GmbH has been ordered by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) to wind up its business related to the issuance of its USDe tokens. BaFin revealed it found serious deficiencies in Ethena GmbH’s operations during the authorization procedure and imposed sanctions...
Italy finance minister warns US stablecoins pose bigger threat than tariffs
16.4.2025
Italy’s minister of economy and finance warned that US stablecoin policies are more concerning than President Donald Trump’s tariffs, citing the potential for these crypto assets to undermine the euro’s dominance in cross-border payments.Speaking at an event in Milan, Giancarlo...
Italy finance minister warns US stablecoins pose bigger threat than tariffs
16.4.2025
Italy’s minister of economy and finance warned that US stablecoin policies are more concerning than President Donald Trump’s tariffs, citing the potential for these crypto assets to undermine the euro’s dominance in cross-border payments.Speaking at an event in Milan, Giancarlo...
OKX reenters US market following $505M DOJ settlement
16.4.2025
Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange OKX announced that it is reentering the US market.According to an April 16 blog post, OKX will return to the United States market along with the appointment of former Barclays director Roshan Robert as its US CEO. Robert said in the post:“Today...
OKX reenters US market following $505M DOJ settlement
16.4.2025
Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange OKX announced that it is reentering the US market.According to an April 16 blog post, OKX will return to the United States market along with the appointment of former Barclays director Roshan Robert as its US CEO. Robert said in the post:“Today...
Sony’s Soneium taps EigenLayer to cut finality to under 10 seconds
16.4.2025
Soneium, a layer-2 (L2) blockchain network developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs, said it has slashed its blockchain finality time by over 98%, as it aims to solve one of the biggest challenges in blockchain scalability.Astar, a Japanese Web3 adoption collective bridging Astar Network and Soneium...
Sony’s Soneium taps EigenLayer to cut finality to under 10 seconds
16.4.2025
Update April 16, 10:50 am UTC: This article has been updated to clarify the relationship between Astar and Soneium.Astar, a Japanese Web3 adoption collective bridging Astar Network and Soneium, said it has slashed Soneium’s blockchain finality time by over 98%, as it aims to solve one of...
Crypto Winter Appears to Have Arrived With Bitcoin, Top 50 Tokens Falling Into Bear Market Territory: Coinbase Institutional
16.4.2025
Traditional metrics for bear markets may not fully capture shifts in investor sentiment and market structure in the crypto space
Gold Soars, Tech Futures Tumble as U.S. Hits China With Higher Tariffs
16.4.2025
Tech stock futures fell as the U.S. imposed tariffs of up to 245% on Chinese imports while gold hit a record high and Nvidia plunged on export control fallout
Ratings Agency Issues US Downgrade Warning as Trade War Could Boost Alternatives to the Dollar
16.4.2025
European rating agency Scope has issued a warning regarding a potential downgrade of the US sovereign credit rating due to uncertainty surrounding US trade policy. The agency outlines three possible scenarios for the credit outlook: a “tariff-light” approach, a full-scale trade war,...
Bitcoin trader sees gold 'blow-off top' as XAU nears new $3.3K record
16.4.2025
Bitcoin (BTC) faces an uphill struggle as a safe haven in 2025 as gold fund inflows circle $80 billion.Data from Bank of America (BoA) uploaded to X by trading resource The Kobeissi Letter on April 15 confirms gold’s “best streak” since 2013.Gold beats records as Bitcoin ETFs...