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US Treasury Cites Rising Cryptocurrency Misuse in 2024 National Risk Assessments
9.2.2024
In its 2024 National Risk Assessments, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has unveiled the concerning trend of criminals increasingly turning to cryptocurrencies to finance illegal activities. US Treasury Reports Identify Crypto’s Role in Illicit Finance The U.S. Department of the Treasury...
CoinDesk’s New Owner Bullish Replaces CEO in Restructuring
9.2.2024
Sara Startoberdha succeeds Kevin Worth, who has led CoinDesk since 2017
New BTC ETFs Hold Over 178,000 Bitcoin, Drain Massive Liquidity From Market
9.2.2024
TDLR: Nine ETFs have collectively accumulated a total of 177,949 Bitcoin BlackRock and Fidelity Dominate with Nearly 75% GBTC Bitcoin Reserves declined but still hold a higher number of BTC than all the nine funds combined According to recent reports, the nine new spot Bitcoin ETFs, which were...
Rebel Satoshi’s Innovative Approach Sparks Investor Curiosity as AVAX and THORChain Navigate Market Challenges
9.2.2024
TLDR Investors increasingly focus on Rebel Satoshi (RBLZ) as it outshines new ICOs. Market experts predict Avalanche (AVAX) will see a price increase of 102% in 2024. Analysts believe THORChain (RUNE) will surpass the $7 mark by the end of 2024. Rebel Satoshi (RBLZ) has stood out as the best...
Ether’s Prometheum Test
8.2.2024
The “only U.S.-registered crypto securities platform" is listing ETH in a bold test of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's thesis that most cryptocurrencies are securities
Welcome to the ‘Bitcoin Era’ on Wall Street
8.2.2024
With a roster of bitcoin ETFs already trading, companies will need to figure out how to differentiate their products
Solana Gains More Than Bitcoin as Trader Speculates an 'Extreme Move' Is Ahead
8.2.2024
The broader altcoin market also showed signs of rebounding from oversold levels, one analyst noted
Argentine President Javier Milei Rules out Dollarization Process in 2024
8.2.2024
Javier Milei, the libertarian president of Argentina, has ruled out the possibility of applying his dollarization plan during 2024. In an interview with local media, Milei stated that while dollarization and the free convertibility of coins was the final goal of his administration, there was...
JPMorgan Survey Shows Over Half of Institutional Traders Don't Want Crypto Exposure
8.2.2024
The bank’s survey of over 4,000 traders found that 78% of the participants do not plan to trade cryptocurrencies, while just 12% plan to do so in the next five years
U.S. Senators Berate SEC's Gensler for Agency's 'Unethical' Handling of Crypto Case
8.2.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's admission that it misrepresented evidence in a lawsuit against the blockchain project DEBT Box casts doubt on its wider enforcement practices, several Republican senators argued in a letter to Chair Gary Gensler
Bitcoin Mining and the Politicization of a Once Reputable Federal Agency
8.2.2024
The Department of Energy's statistics wing is feigning an "emergency" to attack legitimate U.S. businesses and score political points, Texas Blockchain Council President Lee Bratcher and Chamber of Digital Commerce CEO Perianne Boring write
Layer-2 Blockchain Developer StarkWare Plans ‘Cairo’ to Verify Layer-3s
8.2.2024
Cairo, which the StarkWare and the Herodotus developer team worked on together, is a key piece of technology that verifies proofs and posts them back to the layer-2 blockchain, instead of Ethereum’s mainnet
Polygon Releases 'Type 1 Prover,' Claiming Milestone Set by Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin
8.2.2024
The announcement means that existing EVM chains or optimistic rollups can connect to the prover without modification, then plug into Polygon’s newly released Aggregation layer, providing access to "all of the liquidity and value on Ethereum itself,” Polygon said
Bitcoin ETFs (Ex-GBTC) Now Hold More BTC Than MicroStrategy
8.2.2024
The recently launched spot bitcoin ETFs, excluding Grayscale's GBTC, added nearly another 5,000 tokens to their holdings yesterday, and now at more than 192,000 BTC, hold more of the crypto than MicroStrategy (MSTR), whose total stood at 190,000 as of the end of January
Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin as a Building Block for Portfolios
8.2.2024
A practical, unbiased, and proven approach could classify bitcoin as another building block in institutional investors' portfolios
Bitcoin Could Hit $48K in Days, Propelled by Historic Chinese New Year Gains: 10X Research
8.2.2024
Bitcoin targets $48,000 in the short term fueled by a strong historic track record around the Chinese New Year, 10X Research's Markus Thielen said
Bitcoin Breaks Above $45K, Traders Predict a Possible $50K Push
8.2.2024
The cryptocurrency last traded above $45,000 on Jan 11
Cryptodollar Minting Protocol M^0 Will Allow Institutions to Issue Stablecoins Backed by U.S. Treasuries
8.2.2024
Ethereum Developers Target March 13 for Milestone 'Dencun' Upgrade on Mainnet
8.2.2024
The timing for the long-awaited Dencun upgrade, with its much-touted "proto-danksharding" feature, was announced Thursday on a call with top developers for the Ethereum blockchain
Protocol Village: Order-Routing Protocol Flood Raises $5.2M Led by Bain Capital Crypto, Archetype
8.2.2024
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 8-14