Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Bitcoin traders weathered an oil-price surge and ongoing Asia chip-stock sell-off into the Federal Reserve interest-rate decision.Bitcoin (BTC) whipsawed around $64,000 on Wednesday as geopolitical and macroeconomic tensions pressured US stocks.Key p...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
MoonPay’s PayBox vault lets ChatGPT and Claude users authorize crypto purchases, token swaps and crosschain transactions while retaining custody of their assets.MoonPay has launched PayBox, a payment vault that lets ChatGPT and Claude users authorize...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Seoul’s historic two-day crash and widening hyperscaler credit spreads suggest the AI trade’s leverage is starting to bite — in equities and in bonds.Key points: Korean equities saw the second day of a historic sell-off on Wednesday with market-wide...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
BNY is launching a blockchain-based transfer agency platform as the bank expands its digital asset infrastructure and moves core financial records onchain.BNY, one of the world’s largest custodian banks, is taking a major step toward blockchain-based...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Crypto’s fundamentals have never been stronger, yet degens keep chasing hot new narratives. Behavioral finance may explain why get-rich-quick stories continue to beat substance.“Investments change fast; human nature and human aspirations stay constan...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The service is limited to eligible UAE residents and bookings are priced and settled in dirhams.Emirates, the Dubai-based flagship carrier, has launched Crypto.com Pay on its website and app, enabling eligible United Arab Emirates residents make flig...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
A CoinGecko study points to rising demand for tokenized equities and commodities on centralized exchanges, with perpetual futures driving most of the market’s trading activity.
Intense competition from traditional brokerage and decentralized exchange...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Hungary removed mandatory third-party checks for crypto conversions as CoinCash received authorization to provide digital asset services under MiCA.Hungary is rolling back strict crypto rules as CoinCash prepares to resume services after receiving au...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Gabriel Perez, who was accused of profiting from Kalshi bets tied to President Donald Trump’s speeches, is no longer employed by the federal government.A White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to profit from prediction ma...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded four straight sessions of outflows totaling $526 million as Bitcoin faced renewed selling pressure after failing to hold $65,000.US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their outflow streak to four c...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Industry participants said stablecoins offer the biggest near-term benefits for cross-border payments, while domestic UK retail adoption is likely to remain limited.Cross-border payments are the clearest near-term use case for stablecoins, while cons...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Russia’s FSB says Telegram founder Pavel Durov faces a terrorism-related charge and an international arrest warrant, while a separate French case remains open.[Update, 11:13 am UTC: Adds wanted list clarification in third paragraph.]Russian authoriti...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Trade.xyz said its oracle worked as designed but will reimburse eligible traders after an external SK Hynix price print caused the contract’s mark price to fall nearly 19%.Trade.xyz, an operator of onchain perpetual markets on Hyperliquid, said it wi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Hayden Adams said critics misunderstood Uniswap’s newly approved v4 protocol fees, rejecting claims the change reduces liquidity providers’ earnings.Uniswap founder Hayden Adams pushed back against criticism of Uniswap’s newly activated v4 protocol f...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The FSC reportedly plans a government-backed digital asset bill covering stablecoins and exchanges, while opposition lawmakers seek to scrap a 22% crypto tax due in 2027.South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) reportedly plans to draft a co...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The Bitcoin miner and AI infrastructure company closed at $62.90, giving it a market capitalization of about $2.8 billion after its direct listing.Ionic Digital shares climbed about 26% from their opening price in their Nasdaq debut Tuesday after the...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The agreement covers tokenized securities, blockchain-based market infrastructure and the potential use of USDT as a settlement layer.Tether signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nairobi Securities Exchange to explore tokenized securities, bl...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Zcash researchers published more than 2,700 machine-checked theorems designed to rule out undetectable counterfeiting bugs in Ironwood.Zcash researchers have completed formal verification of Ironwood, publishing a machine-checked proof that the netwo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
RL1 began operations as a member-owned blockchain cooperative backed by 10 European financial institutions, including ABN AMRO, DekaBank and Natixis CIB.Ten European financial institutions have launched Regulated Layer One (RL1), a jointly owned bloc...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Myanmar lawmakers approved an anti-online scam bill whose draft proposes prison terms of 10 years to life for crypto scams and operating scam centers.Myanmar’s Parliament passed an anti-online scam bill that would impose prison terms of 10 years to l...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Visa said it is investing across the stablecoin stack, highlighting OpenUSD, tokenized deposits and AI-powered commerce during the company’s third-quarter earnings call.Visa reported fiscal third-quarter revenue of& $11.6 billion, up 14% from a y...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The new exchange-traded products track Ether and Solana, offer staking rewards and follow the firm’s Bitcoin fund launched earlier this year.Morgan Stanley Investment Management has launched Ether and Solana exchange-traded products, expanding its fu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The crypto-focused companies announced separate acquisitions as demand for power-intensive AI and digital infrastructure continues to grow.Crypto companies continued to expand their physical footprint in Texas, with Galaxy Digital and MARA Holdings a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Bitcoin and crypto dropped as contagion from a major Asia stock-market correction spreads to the US at the Wall Street open.Bitcoin (BTC) hit ten-day lows at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as BTC price action followed a US stocks sell-off.Key points:Semi...