Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
The digital wallet allows insurance premiums and claims to be settled in crypto through a regulated custody partnership with Zodia Custody.Dubai Insurance has launched a crypto-enabled digital wallet that allows policyholders to pay insurance premium...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Bitcoin disappointed with an apparent failed breakout above $90,000 after gold soared to fresh highs and US dollar strength nosedived.Bitcoin (BTC) attempted a rebound past $90,000 at Wednesday’s Wall Street open as markets awaited US macro cues.Key...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Fidelity will issue a stablecoin through its newly approved national trust bank, signaling deeper institutional use of blockchain-based payment infrastructure.Fidelity Investments plans to launch a new stablecoin next month, marking a logical next st...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
HYPE has entered a classic breakout stage after its onchain activity exploded, with a 45% price rally to $50 next in the cards.Hyperliquid's native token, HYPE (HYPE), is up 23% over the last 24 hours to trade at $33, significantly outperforming othe...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Banks warn stablecoins could siphon deposits from the banking system, but policy and regulatory experts say there’s little evidence of it happening yet.Banks warn that stablecoins, especially those paying yield, could pull deposits out of the banking...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Just because you can mine crypto on essentially any device doesn’t mean you should. Check out the wildest Bitcoin mining experiments ever.
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Hashrate fell sharply as Bitcoin miners curtailed operations during extreme winter conditions in the US, boosting profitability for companies that stayed online.Bitcoin mining stocks saw a significant bump on Wednesday after the US winter storm force...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Bitget EU expects MiCA approval in Austria by mid-2026 and plans a broker-led model with strict asset standards for European users.Bitget appointed former Bitpanda chief legal officer and prior KuCoin EU head Oliver Stauber as CEO of Bitget EU to lea...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
DeFi is still out of scope for DAC8 and CARF, but AML enforcement trends suggest that may not last, according to Taxbit’s Colby Mangels.The European Union’s new cryptocurrency tax reporting framework is built around what governments can immediately e...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Speculative capital is flowing into emerging tech opportunities, as progress with US crypto regulations continues to stall, limiting investor appetite for digital assets, Delphi Digital said.Speculative capital is increasingly flowing out of cryptocu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
WisdomTree adds Solana to its tokenized fund lineup, citing transaction speed as it expands a regulated multi-chain strategy.American asset management company WisdomTree said on Wednesday that it is expanding its tokenized funds onto the Solana netwo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Physical co-location and nanosecond advantages end as alpha shifts onchain. High-frequency trading firms own blockchain infrastructure.Opinion by: Annabelle Huang, co-founder and CEO of Altius LabsFor centuries, the world’s traders and speculators ha...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Tether increases physical gold holdings to 130 metric tons while Coinbase promotes futures trading as Bitcoin lags and gold tops $5,300 per ounce.As gold prices surged to $5,300 this week, Tether and Coinbase — the two companies behind the world’s la...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
The Financial Services Commission chief says ownership limits are still under negotiation as lawmakers debate the Digital Asset Basic Act ahead of a mid-February deadline.South Korea’s top financial regulator said crypto exchanges should face ownersh...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
European Central Bank executive Piero Cipollone has argued that rising geopolitical tensions make a European-controlled payments system a strategic necessity.Rising geopolitical tensions are strengthening the case for a European-controlled digital pa...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Bitcoin ETF investors contend with price dropping to their aggregate entry level, but a crypto executive claimed that new institutions were lining up.Bitcoin (BTC) institutional investors face a test of “conviction” as exchange-traded fund (ETF) hold...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Bitcoin price traded below $90,000 as investors braced for Jerome Powell’s post-FOMC speech that could trigger volatile swings toward key BTC price levels.Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to break the resistance at $90,000 on Wednesday, as traders expect...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
A wallet linked to an alleged theft of US government-seized crypto launched a Solana memecoin on Pump.fun that later crashed 97%, raising tokenomics red flags.A cryptocurrency wallet linked by blockchain investigators to an alleged theft of US govern...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
OKX says the card supports USDC and USDG spending, is issued via Monavate on Mastercard’s network and is available to verified EU users.Cryptocurrency exchange OKX is rolling out a payment card in Europe, allowing users to spend stablecoins at mercha...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Chainalysis says the on-chain money laundering ecosystem processed $82 billion in funds in 2025, with Chinese-language networks now dominating.The use of centralized crypto exchanges for laundering illicit funds is on the decline, with Chinese-langua...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes says the yen is weakening while Japanese government bond yields are rising, which could lead to Japanese investors selling US Treasuries.Bitcoin could break out of its “sideways funk” if the United States central bank atte...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Coinbase’s musical ad depicting a run-down UK, which was already blacklisted from TV, has reportedly seen a wider ban by the country’s ad watchdog for being “irresponsible.”The UK’s advertising watchdog has reportedly banned a series of Coinbase adve...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Coinbase is testing Flipcash’s USDF as part of a new feature that would let businesses issue branded, dollar-backed stablecoins.Coinbase is testing Flipcash’s in-development stablecoin, USDF, on its backend as part of a new feature that will allow bu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Silver prices have been on the rise and hit a new all-time high of just over $117 on Tuesday, though some analysts warn that a price top for the precious metal could be coming soon.Social media discussions about silver and gold have outpaced crypto o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
ERC-8004, which a lead developer has tipped will be deployed to mainnet this week, enables AI agents to discover and trust each other across platforms without centralized gatekeepers.An Ethereum smart contract standard enabling trustless artificial i...