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Stablecoins, Not Bitcoin, Extend US Dollar Hegemony, Chinese Economist Warns
23.3.2025
A Chinese economist, Zhang Ming, argues that U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins, not Bitcoin or Ethereum, are strengthening the U.S. dollar’s global dominance. Dollar-Pegged Stablecoins Bolstering Dollar’s Global Role According to Zhang Ming, deputy director of the Institute of Finance and Economics...
Crypto security will always be a game of ‘cat and mouse’ — Wallet exec
23.3.2025
Cryptocurrency wallet providers are getting more sophisticated, but so are bad actors — which means the battle between security and threats is at a deadlock, says a hardware wallet firm executive.“It will always be a cat and mouse game,” Ledger chief experience officer Ian Rogers...
Crypto security will always be a game of ‘cat and mouse’ — Wallet exec
23.3.2025
Cryptocurrency wallet providers are getting more sophisticated, but so are bad actors — which means the battle between security and threats is at a deadlock, says a hardware wallet firm executive.“It will always be a cat and mouse game,” Ledger chief experience officer Ian Rogers...
Feds Seize $7M in Crypto Scam—DOJ Tells Victims: Come Get Your Money
23.3.2025
DOJ asks victims to claim $7 million recovered from a global crypto scam that used fake platforms, shell companies, and coercion to drain investor funds. Feds Recover $7M—Now DOJ Urges Victims to Claim Share of Recovered Funds The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on March 21 that...
Coinbase Aligns With Treasury to Fight Crypto Bad Actors Without Wrecking Privacy
23.3.2025
Coinbase CEO backed Treasury’s shift on crypto regulation, urging crime crackdowns that protect innovation, privacy, and free speech without punishing open-source technology. Coinbase to Treasury: Let’s Crush Crypto Crime Without Killing Innovation Brian Armstrong, the CEO of crypto exchange...
OFAC Unshackles Tornado Cash—But Security Hawks Warn: Frontend Remains a Minefield
22.3.2025
In a notable regulatory pivot, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has rescinded sanctions targeting Tornado Cash, an Ethereum-powered service for algorithmic mixing of digital assets, reigniting discourse about its operational integrity. Even as legal barriers...
Fidelity Files for Solana Fund in Delaware, Signals ETF Ambitions
22.3.2025
Fidelity Investments, overseeing $15.1 trillion in client assets, took a pivotal step toward launching a solana ( SOL)-focused investment product by registering a Fidelity Solana Fund in Delaware on March 20, 2025—a precursor to a potential spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). Fidelity Enters Solana...
Gold-backed stablecoins will outcompete USD stablecoins — Max Keiser
22.3.2025
Gold-backed stablecoins will outcompete US dollar-pegged alternatives worldwide due to gold's inflation-hedging properties and minimum volatility, according to Bitcoin (BTC) maximalist Max Keiser.Keiser argued that gold is more trusted than the US dollar globally, and said governments of foreign...
The 48-Hour Crypto Shell Game: Lazarus Group Moves 109 BTC Under the World’s Nose
22.3.2025
North Korea’s cybercrime collective Lazarus Group persists in transferring bitcoin to obscured wallets, with its reserves diminishing by 109 BTC ($9.1 million) over the past two days. The Sleight of Hand Behind Lazarus’ Bitcoin Vanishing Act Today’s activity recorded by Arkham Intelligence, reveals...
The current BTC 'bear market' will only last 90 days — Analyst
22.3.2025
The current Bitcoin (BTC) bear market, defined as a 20% or more drop from the all-time high, is relatively weak in terms of magnitude and should only last for 90 days, according to market analyst and the author of Metcalfe's Law as a Model for Bitcoin's Value, Timothy Peterson.Peterson compared...
Blackrock’s IBIT Carries Bitcoin ETFs to 6th Day of Inflows
22.3.2025
Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) attracted $83.09 million on Friday, with the majority of the capital funneled into Blackrock’s IBIT. Bitcoin ETFs End Week in the Green as IBIT Draws $104.99M U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs closed the week on a positive note, drawing in approximately $83.09 million...
Pakistan Crypto Council proposes using excess energy for BTC mining
22.3.2025
Bilal Bin Saqib, the CEO of Pakistan's Crypto Council, has proposed using the country's runoff energy to fuel Bitcoin (BTC) mining at the Crypto Council's inaugural meeting on March 21.According to an article from The Nation, the council is exploring comprehensive regulatory frameworks...
Pakistan Crypto Council proposes using excess energy for BTC mining
22.3.2025
Bilal Bin Saqib, the CEO of Pakistan's Crypto Council, has proposed using the country's runoff energy to fuel Bitcoin (BTC) mining at the Crypto Council's inaugural meeting on March 21.According to an article from The Nation, the council is exploring comprehensive regulatory frameworks...
Lightning Network Sheds 820 BTC in 37 Days—Lowest Capacity Since 2023
22.3.2025
According to recent metrics, bitcoin ( BTC) held in the Lightning Network, a payment-oriented layer two (L2) protocol, has declined sharply over the past 37 days. Lightning Network’s $69M Drain The network’s capacity—the total BTC locked in its channels—now sits at 4,550 BTC, the smallest amount...
Bitcoin sidechains will drive BTCfi growth
22.3.2025
Opinion by: Brendon Sedo, Core DAO initial contributorBitcoin is outgrowing the “digital gold” narrative. The primary driver of this shift is the rise of Bitcoin DeFi (BTCfi), which looks beyond the mere store-of-value use cases. In 2024, Bitcoin (BTC) became a natively...
Centralized exchanges’ Kodak moment — time to adopt a new model or stay behind
22.3.2025
Opinion by: Ido Ben Natan, co-founder and CEO of BlockaidCentralized exchanges (CEXs) have controlled what people can trade for years. If a token wasn’t listed on major exchanges, it didn’t exist for most users. That system worked when crypto was small. But today? It’s completely...
Trader nets $480K with 1,500x return before BNB memecoin crashes 50%
22.3.2025
An unknown trader pocketed nearly half a million dollars in profit from a newly launched memecoin shortly before the token lost half its value, fueling insider trading allegations amid a recent wave of memecoin collapses.The savvy trader made an over 1,500-fold return on his initial investment...
Will new US SEC rules bring crypto companies onshore?
22.3.2025
Once, long ago, cryptocurrency companies operated comfortably in the US. In that quaint, bygone era, they would often conduct funding events called “initial coin offerings,” and then use those raised funds to try to do things in the real and blockchain world.Now, they largely do this...
Will new US SEC rules bring crypto companies onshore?
22.3.2025
Once, long ago, cryptocurrency companies operated comfortably in the US. In that quaint, bygone era, they would often conduct funding events called “initial coin offerings,” and then use those raised funds to try to do things in the real and blockchain world.Now, they largely do this...
The SEC Resets Its Crypto Relationship
22.3.2025
The SEC's Crypto Task Force held a roundtable Friday to air out the issues with how the crypto world interacts with securities laws