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Nasdaq urges SEC to treat certain digital assets as 'stocks by any other name'
25.4.2025
Nasdaq has urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hold digital assets to the same regulatory standards as securities if they constitute “stocks by any other name,” according to an April 25 comment letter. The exchange said the US financial regulator needs...
Crypto vs. traditional stocks and bonds: What’s the difference?
21.4.2025
Crypto, stocks and bonds: Are they the same? When you dive into investing, you’ll find three frequently utilized investment options: Crypto is the risky thrill-seeker’s choice, stocks offer a middle ground with growth potential, and bonds are...
Crypto vs. traditional stocks and bonds: What’s the difference?
21.4.2025
Crypto, stocks and bonds: Are they the same? When you dive into investing, you’ll find three frequently utilized investment options: Crypto is the risky thrill-seeker’s choice, stocks offer a middle ground with growth potential, and bonds are...
Synthetix founder threatens SNX stakers with ‘the stick’ to fix SUSD depeg
21.4.2025
Synthetix founder Kain Warwick has threatened SNX stakers with “the stick” if they don’t take up a newly launched staking mechanism to help fix the protocol’s ongoing sUSD (SUSD) depeg.Warwick said in an April 21 post to X that it has now implemented a sUSD staking mechanism...
Bybit CEO: Two-thirds of Lazarus-hacked funds remain traceable
21.4.2025
Crypto exchange Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou says more than two-thirds of the digital assets stolen from the platform in February by North Korea’s Lazarus Group still remain traceable. In an executive summary on hacked Bybit funds posted on X on April 21, Ben Zhou said that of...
Users being polite to ChatGPT is costing OpenAI millions — Sam Altman
21.4.2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says users sending “please” and “thank you” messages to ChatGPT is costing the company tens of millions of dollars.“Tens of millions of dollars well spent -- you never know,” Altman said on April 16 after being asked to estimate the cost...
Bitcoin whales, pundits continued to stack throughout April, data shows
21.4.2025
The number of addresses holding more than a thousand Bitcoin has surged in April as whales continue to accumulate. More than 60 new wallets holding over 1,000 Bitcoin (BTC) have appeared since early March, a signal of increasing whale activity. The number of these whale wallets...
Debate as Solana briefly flips Ethereum in staking market cap
21.4.2025
The Solana network briefly surpassed Ethereum in total staked value of their respective native tokens, SOL and ETH, sparking debate over whether it is actually bullish or bearish for Solana. More than $53.9 billion worth of SOL is now staked on the Solana network from 505,938 unique wallet...
NFT project plans crowdfund purchase of Cold War nuclear bunker
21.4.2025
A doomsday-themed Solana NFT project is looking to sell 100,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to buy a Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Rutland, England.Dead Bruv, the creators of the narrative-driven NFT project Meatbags, plan to mint 100,000 NFTs, with Meatbags holders being airdropped 10,000. The...
Blocksquare, Vera Capital ink deal to tokenize $1B in US real estate
21.4.2025
Ethereum-based real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform Blocksquare has partnered with a Florida-based real estate company to offer fractional ownership in a pipeline of US commercial properties valued at over $1 billion. Announcing the deal on April 18, Blocksquare and Vera Capital said...
Bitcoin 'breaking out' as it retakes $87K after early April slump
21.4.2025
Bitcoin prices appear to be breaking out of an extended period of consolidation as the asset climbs to its highest level since late March. Bitcoin (BTC) surged above $87,400 on April 21, its highest price since March 28, according to TradingView. It has climbed by more than $3,000 from...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Gold ETF Inflows Hit Three-Year High as PAXG, XAUT Outperform Wider Crypto Market
13.4.2025
Gold-backed cryptocurrencies like PAXG and XAUT rose significantly so far this year, mirroring a spike in ETF demand
Bitcoin Price Tops $84.5K, Looks to End Downtrend as Trump Exempts Key Tech From Reciprocal Tariffs
12.4.2025
Major cryptocurrencies like ETH, XRP, and ADA saw significant gains, indicating increased risk-taking in the market
PayPal Pushes Further Into Crypto by Adding Chainlink and Solana as New Offerings
5.4.2025
The move expands PayPal and Venmo users’ access to major cryptocurrencies amid growing regulatory clarity in the U.S
Gold-Backed Cryptocurrencies Retreat From All-Time Highs Amid Stock-Market Rout
4.4.2025
The precious metal initially rallied after Trump unveiled reciprocal tariffs, but has since joined the wider market sell-off