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On-chain data — The missing link in Web3 advertising | On-chain wallet data promises to be a game-changer for companies looking to target Web3 users, developers and traders — but this hinges on infrastructure connecting wallets to social media profiles.
Cointelegraph spoke to Addressable chief technology officer Asaf Nadler during Paris Blockchain Week, who unpacked detai... |
Top five BTC miners not selling despite Bitcoin halving | The five largest Bitcoin mining firms are not selling Bitcoin (BTC), despite the 50% supply issuance reduction of the upcoming Bitcoin halving.
Bitcoin selling by the top five mining firms slowed to a two-year low in the first quarter of 2024, when the five largest miners sold a total of approximately 2,000 BTC, accor... |
Web3 wellness ring lets users own their health data — and wear it too | Is the future of wellness technology here? A new Solana-based wellness wearable is taking health data on-chain, allowing users to own and monetize their data.
The Cudis ring, developed by BeatBit Wellness Lab, is being touted as a Web3 alternative to the popular Oura ring that has recently taken the health and wellnes... |
TikTok parent company explores on-chain possibilities for Web3 gaming | BytePlus — the enterprise technology arm of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company — has announced a move into Web3 through a strategic partnership with Mysten Labs, the developers behind the Sui layer-1 blockchain.
In a statement on April 17, BytePlus explained how it plans to use its existing knowledge and experience in... |
Token2049 Dubai preview — tuxedos optional, lifejackets obligatory | Token2049, the annual Web3 conference, opens its doors on Thursday, April 18, but those doors may well be barricaded with sandbags as the desert city has been inundated with a wall of water.
The city, which typically gets just 9.5 centimeters (about 4 inches) of rain in a year, has seen close to 15cm (about 6 inches) ... |
Memecoins are making millionaires, but are they actually good for crypto? | The crypto bull market is back, and with it comes everyone’s favorite — or least favorite — symbol that euphoria is returning: memecoins.
Headlines have been abuzz with wild stories of traders turning relatively modest sums of money into multimillion-dollar jackpots by getting in early on a token that ends up explodin... |
‘Real opportunity’ for Bitcoin Runes will come after first wave of investor hype | Bitcoin Runes, a new protocol for issuing fungible tokens on the Bitcoin network, is set to go live with the Bitcoin halving later this week.
Yet, the real market opportunity for Runes may only come months after the first wave of investor hype subsides, according to the pseudonymous decentralized finance (DeFi) resear... |
New Zealand tests the water on ‘digital cash’ issuance | The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) opened a 101-day public consultation on the principles and design options it created for the country’s digital dollar. However, the central bank plans to discuss the issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in future consultations.
The RBNZ has taken a four-stage approa... |
Grayscale spot Bitcoin ETF ‘halves’ before BTC halving | Major Bitcoin (BTC) investor Grayscale Investments has seen its spot BTC exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings drop 50% ahead of the anticipated Bitcoin halving event.
Bitcoin holdings in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC) shrunk by one-half from 619,220 BTC on the first day of trading on Jan. 11.
According to GBTC... |
Web3 investment up 55% in Q1 as crypto VC interest rebounds | The total investment in Web3 firms increased by 55% in the first quarter of 2024, signaling the return of venture capital (VC) interest to crypto.
In addition to an increase of over 55% in total investment, the number of Web3 VC investment deals rose 36% in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the previous quarter, a... |
Upbit suspends crypto transactions exceeding 1 million won | Upbit — one of South Korea’s largest crypto exchanges — will suspend deposits and withdrawals of digital assets of more than 1 million Korean won ($721).
The move comes in response to changes to the virtual asset service provider (VASP) Ten&Ten, one of the local facilitators of deposits and withdrawals.
In an April 1... |
BTCFi is an ‘enormous opportunity’ to make Bitcoin a productive asset — Stacks | Bitcoin decentralized finance (DeFi) will make Bitcoin (BTC) a more versatile asset with yield-generating capabilities, Andre Serrano, product and partnership manager at Stacks, told Cointelegraph in an exclusive interview:
“The vision is simple: Bitcoin is a $1.2 trillion asset class with very little on-chain activit... |
Stablecoin competition crucial for regulatory engagement — Tether CEO | Ripple’s move to launch its own stablecoin could add further legitimacy to the stablecoin landscape, according to Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino.
Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph during Paris Blockchain Week, Ardoino said the stablecoin ecosystem needs healthy competition between big players to further legitimize the u... |
Crypto-like communication devices could break gov’t surveillance — Telegram founder Durov | Pavel Durov, founder of the encrypted instant messaging app Telegram Messenger, predicts that rising government surveillance will force the birth of secure communication devices inspired by cryptocurrency hardware wallets.
In a Tucker Carlson interview on April 17, Durov recalled past experiences while expressing how ... |
Bollinger Band suggests further Bitcoin downside, but bull market still on: Traders | The price of Bitcoin (BTC) could see further downside in the near future without shutting down bull market momentum, according to traders using a widely used momentum indicator.
Bollinger Bands are a technical analysis tool that uses price volatility to indicate potential entry and exit opportunities in trading. Trade... |
Ore creator proposes rewards to tackle Solana congestion | Hardhat Chad, the pseudonymous creator of the Ore project, has suggested that the Solana Foundation offer a reward if it intends to incentivize testnet activity.
This suggestion comes after the Solana network faced congestion issues for nearly a week with a transaction failure rate as high as 75%.
In a post on the X ... |
Withdrawals from real estate betting platform Parcl hit $74M after airdrop | Investors providing liquidity to the Solana-based real estate betting platform Parcl have pulled more than $74 million from the protocol following its airdrop snapshot earlier in April.
Parcl distributed its native PRCL tokens to eligible users on April 15 after announcing that it had taken a snapshot of users' point ... |
Crypto market ‘underestimates the long-term impact’ of Bitcoin halving: Bitwise | The Bitcoin (BTC) halving is days away now, scheduled for April 20, but price action in the month that follows the highly anticipated event has been historically disappointing, said Bitwise Asset Management.
In an April 16 X post, Bitwise noted past price action in the month after the Bitcoin halving for the past thre... |
Bitcoin drops as dollar eyes ‘best 5-day run’ in 14 months on expected rate cut hold | The United States dollar is eying its “best 5-day run” since February 2023, while Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped over that time as interest rates are expected to remain high along with volatility leading up to the April 20 halving.
The dollar’s strengthening is likely driven by expectations of sustained higher interest rat... |
Bitcoin miner stocks drop on ‘unsubstantiated’ post-halving profit fears: Analyst | Investor confidence in the Bitcoin (BTC) mining sector’s profitability after the cryptocurrency halves its rewards has sent Bitcoin mining shares in the United States and abroad tumbling — but those fears aren’t well founded, an industry analyst said.
“Investors will realize their fears were mostly unsubstantiated,” s... |
Why Bitcoin ETFs with ‘zero flows’ don’t mean what you think | Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) having days of zero inflows is completely normal and shouldn’t be misinterpreted as a failure of the products themselves, said Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart.
On most days, the “vast majority” of all United States ETFs post zero inflows — something completely normal for... |
Railgun denies being used by North Korea as it nears $1B total volume | Crypto privacy protocol Railgun has denied being used by North Korea and other United States-sanctioned entities to launder cryptocurrency, arguing its zero knowledge-based tech prevents this and the accusations have “no evidence.”
It comes as the Railgun platform’s total volume nears the $1 billion mark, boosted by a... |
Andreessen Horowitz raises $7.2B for new venture funds | Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) said it raised $7.2 billion to invest across several tech sectors, including gaming and artificial intelligence — but isn’t putting any more toward crypto.
The firm’s “Growth” venture strategy — a bundle of funds backing a range of early-stage startups — will receive the... |
‘FOMO’ once drove GameFi funding, but VCs say it’s different this time | Venture capital firms haphazardly piled into blockchain gaming projects during the last bull run but are taking a much more mature and sustainable approach this time, according to industry executives.
“[It was] insane,” Shi Khai Wei, founder of cryptocurrency-focused VC firm LongHash Ventures, told Cointelegraph, addi... |
Senate Banking Committee chair wants to combine stablecoin bill to boost chance of passage | Sherrod Brown, chair of the United States Senate Banking Committee, has reportedly revealed plans to advance a significant stablecoin bill by combining it with legislation related to marijuana businesses and clawing back compensation for bankers.
According to an April 16 Bloomberg report, Senator Brown said he was ope... |
‘Bitcoin will reach over $1M’ — Animoca founder at WebSummit Rio | Yat Siu, the founder of Animoca Brands, spoke at WebSummit Rio on April 16 on a panel titled "Bitcoin’s Revenge: Is Web3 Making a Comeback?”
At the panel, Siu said he has no doubt that Bitcoin (BTC) will reach $1 million:
"I do believe that Bitcoin could reach over a million dollars-plus over time. But, I believe, no... |
Israeli central bank official says CBDC competition with banks is good for economy | While the impact of central bank digital currency (CBDC) on commercial banks has often been seen as a source of concern, Bank of Israel deputy governor Andrew Abir took a contrarian view in a speech published on the central bank’s website. Let the banks scramble to compete, he said, in essence.
Years of effort to incr... |
Tokenholders approve $7.5B AI merger | Tokenholders of SingularityNet, Fetch.ai and Ocean protocols have approved a $7.5 billion merger that would create a combined Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI) project.
According to the April 16 announcement, the Fetch.AI (FET) token will become the ASI token with a total supply of 2.6 billion. Meanwhile, Si... |
Reversing layoffs of 2022? Crypto exchanges are adding staff members | Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek reportedly said the exchange has been adding people to its staff in a move that could increase the number of employees by roughly 1,400.
According to an April 16 Bloomberg report, Crypto.com, Binance, Coinbase, Gemini, and Kraken have been hiring team members as cryptocurrencies like Bitc... |
Iraq commitment to capture flare gas sparks crypto mining speculation | Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister, Muhammad Ali Tamim, recently co-chaired a U.S.-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss the future partnership between the two nations.
During the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tamim stated clearly that it was Iraq’s goal to reduce... |
GameFi ecosystem makes a comeback amid surging crypto prices | After a dormant 2022 and much-muted 2023, GameFi projects are making a comeback as the bull market rages.
This week, move-to-earn protocol StepN announced it would partner with Adidas for a 1,000 Genesis Edition nonfungible tokens (NFT) drop on Solana. The launch is part of an ongoing one-year partnership between the ... |
UK trade association experiments with Regulated Liability Network | UK Finance, a banking and finance trade association based in the United Kingdom, has announced the beginning of an experimental phase focusing on the U.K. Regulated Liability Network (RLN). Eleven member organizations are taking part.
The experimentation will examine technical and legal issues and customer benefits in... |
DeepMind CEO says Google to spend more than $100B on AGI despite hype | Google’s not backing down from the challenge posed by Microsoft when it comes to the artificial intelligence sector. At least not according to the CEO of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis.
Speaking at a TED conference in Canada, Hassabis recently went on the record saying that he expected Google to spend more than $100 ... |
Avalanche home loan tokenization protocol raises $10M in Series A | Homium, a home equity line of credit (HELOC) tokenization protocol built on Avalanche, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Sorenson Impact Group and Blizzard.
“Through shared appreciation home equity loans, Homium introduces a way for homeowners to borrow against their home equity without increas... |
Former NY Fed chief joins Binance.US board | United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance.US announced that a former chief compliance and ethics officer from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has joined its board of directors.
In an April 16 blog post, Binance.US said former NY Fed chief Martin Grant would be bringing his “regulatory, legal, and compli... |
History of Crypto: Crippling inflation, rising debt, and the evolving crypto landscape | The cryptocurrency market took a beating in 2022, falling more than 70% during a time when the industry made headlines around the world for all the wrong reasons — from FTX’s bankruptcy and Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest to the $50 billion collapse of the Terra ecosystem.
The United States also saw inflation hit a 40-year... |
Bitcoin supply to run out on exchanges in 9 months — Bybit | Bitcoin supply on cryptocurrency exchanges will dry up in nine months thanks to the 50% supply issuance reduction of this week’s upcoming Bitcoin halving.
Provided that demand from the United States Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continues, Bitcoin’s post-halving supply dynamic will see exchange reserves run out... |
ICP’s Schnorr integration ushers in Bitcoin DeFi era | The Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) plans to use advanced threshold cryptography to unlock decentralized finance capabilities and smart contract functionality on Bitcoin’s base layer.
Speaking to Cointelegraph during Paris Blockchain Week, Dfinity senior research scientist Aisling Connolly outlined how ICP’s integrat... |
Korean won becomes world’s most traded fiat for crypto traders: Report | The South Korean won became the world’s most-traded fiat currency against cryptocurrencies in the first quarter of 2024.
The won accounted for over $456 billion worth of trading volume on centralized crypto exchanges, topping the $455 billion in U.S. dollar volume, according to an April 15 research report by Kaiko.
F... |
How acclaimed composer Hans Zimmer got to write a crypto theme song | Hans Zimmer, the iconic movie composer, can now add the wild world of crypto to his expansive list of compositions after collaborating with Tron to create a theme song for Web3.
On April 16, the Tron blockchain announced that it would have its own anthem, composed by Zimmer, brought to life through a lengthy collabora... |
Bitcoin halving will lead to more sustainable BTC mining: Report | The upcoming Bitcoin halving could lead to a greener Bitcoin (BTC) mining network with more sustainable energy sources.
With Bitcoin block rewards set to be cut from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC, paired with a continually increasing Bitcoin hash rate, the profitability of mining firms could take a hit.
In turn, this could l... |
Peter Schiff questions Bitcoin ETF demand and $100K BTC price target | Gold proponent Peter Schiff has questioned market pundits who have set a Bitcoin price target of $100,000 in the current bull run.
Schiff also took a dig at spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the demand created by the products in the current market.
Schiff is a known Bitcoin critic and often question... |
Ethereum liquid staking protocol Puffer Finance raises $18M in Series A | Puffer Finance, a liquid staking project built on Ethereum restaking protocol Eigenlayer, has secured $18 million in a Series A funding round to launch its mainnet.
According to the April 16 announcement, the round was led by Brevan Howard Digital and Electric Capital, with key investments from Coinbase Ventures, Krak... |
Stocks and crypto at the edge of ‘significant’ correction: 10x Research | The stock and cryptocurrency markets could be “ahead of a crucial tipping point” heading for a significant price correction, according to Markus Thielen, the founder of 10x Research.
“We sold everything last night,” wrote Thielen, citing persistent inflation, decreasing rate cuts and a rising bond yield as the reasons... |
UK to propose clearer crypto regulations by July | The United Kingdom Treasury intends to present a regulatory framework for crypto assets and stablecoins by July, with the aim of encouraging local innovation in digital assets and blockchain technology.
The U.K.’s economic secretary to the Treasury, Bim Afolami, revealed the government’s ongoing drive to lay the groun... |
Crypto ATM firm says revenue unaffected by fluctuations in BTC price | The high volatility of cryptocurrency prices has had little to no effect on some major players in the industry, including Bitcoin Depot, a Bitcoin (BTC) ATM operator.
Bitcoin Depot, the biggest ATM operator in the United States, has recorded no correlation between its revenues and the price of Bitcoin historically, th... |
Microsoft pours $1.5B into UAE AI company, sets sights on global expansion | Microsoft continues its expansion into global artificial intelligence (AI) with a strategic partnership and $1.5 billion investment in the Abu Dhabi-based AI tech holding company, G42.
In an announcement on April 16, Microsoft explained that the investment aims to propel AI development forward and expand the accessibi... |
Bitcoin halving impact on altcoins | Bitcoin’s (BTC) growing dominance over the last 15 years signifies the importance of the mechanisms creator Satoshi Nakamoto devised to overcome the shortcomings of the fiat ecosystem — one of them being halving.
Nakamoto invented the Bitcoin halving mechanism, which reduces the BTC rewards for mining over time to slo... |
Arkham’s top 5 doxed crypto hodlers own $3.5B, but 35% is untouchable | The top five identified crypto whales with publicly known wallet addresses hold around $3.5 billion in crypto, according to a dashboard from blockchain intelligence firm Arkham.
However, due to lost passwords and private keys, a large chunk of it is inaccessible.
On April 15, the on-chain intelligence platform announ... |
Bored Ape NFT floor price hits lowest point in over two and a half years | The floor price of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) nonfungible tokens (NFTs) has fallen over 90% from its peak, down to 11.1 Ether (ETH) — its lowest point since August 2021.
BAYC is now approaching a sub-10-ETH floor price after a 50% fall since March 1 alone, according to NFT Price Floor.
BAYC’s change in NFT floor pri... |
NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden | The United States National Security Agency (NSA) is only days away from “taking over the internet” with a massive expansion of its surveillance powers, according to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
In an April 16 post to X, Snowden drew attention to a thread originally posted by Elizabeth Goitein — the co-director of... |
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF is the only fund with inflows since Friday | BlackRock’s Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) has been the only United States-based spot Bitcoin fund to see inflows over the past two days, with all other ETFs posting zero inflows or lower.
The iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) posted net inflows of $73.4 million on April 15, down from the $111.1 million the day p... |
Musk to charge new X users to post, but some say it won’t stop the bots | Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is planning to charge new users to tweet in an attempt to curb an ongoing spam problem on his microblogging platform X, though not everyone is convinced this will stem the tide of crypto-scam-touting bots.
X owner Musk said, “Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access ... |
OKX launches Ethereum layer-2 network for lower fees & interoperability | Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has joined the likes of Coinbase in launching an in-house Ethereum-based layer-2 network to provide lower fees and interoperability for users interacting with decentralized applications.
OKX’s launched the public mainnet of X Layer, its zero-knowledge proof powered network, on April 15. The... |
Cryptojacker conned $3.5M from cloud firms to mine crypto, feds allege | United States prosecutors have charged a man with wire fraud and money laundering charges after he allegedly defrauded two cloud computing providers to run a “large-scale illegal ‘cryptojacking’ operation” — with the perpetrator facing up to 50 years in prison.
The Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s Office on April 15 claimed C... |
Hong Kong’s Ether, Bitcoin ETFs will be ‘lucky to get $500m’ | Three recently approved spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Hong Kong may not be as big of a deal as some may think, according to senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.
On April 15, The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued conditional approvals to three offshore... |
‘Disable iMessages’ ASAP to avoid crypto zero-day exploit: Trust Wallet | Crypto wallet provider Trust Wallet is urging Apple users to disable iMessage, citing “credible intel” of a zero-day exploit that could allow hackers to take control of users’ phones.
“Alert for iOS users: We have credible intel regarding a high-risk zero-day exploit targeting iMessage on the Dark Web,” the firm poste... |
What to expect at Changpeng Zhao’s sentencing on April 30 | Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is scheduled to appear before a federal judge more than 160 days after pleading guilty to one felony count as part of a settlement agreement with United States authorities.
On April 30, Judge Richard Jones will hear from prosecutors and CZ’s attorneys in United States District Co... |
Senators Warren, Grassley want details on CFTC’s communications with FTX | United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Charles Grassley have sent a letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chair Rostin Behnam asking for an accounting of Behnam’s contacts with former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried before the cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse. The writers say they want to “renew reques... |
BIS envisions global ‘Finternet’ running on unified ledger technology | The Bank for International Settlements has presented its fullest and strongest argument so far for unified ledger technology in a paper coauthored by BIS chief Agustin Carstens. The paper describes a “financial system for the future,” which it calls the Finternet, that would use unified ledgers as a vehicle.
Unified l... |
Filecoin Foundation launches Chinese legal inquiry into STFIL incident | Filecoin Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes the development of Web3 storage protocol Filecoin, “has a lawyer in China” and is investigating the reported detention of Filecoin Liquid Staking (STFIL) team members, according to an April 13 social media post from foundation senior fellow Danny O’Brien.
Withdrawals from... |
Blockchain for Good Alliance launches at Blockchain Life Dubai | The Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA) announced its official launch on April 15, at the Blockchain Life Dubai event.
Describing itself as a “collaborative network of organizations, projects, and individuals committed to leveraging blockchain technology to solve global social, environmental, and economic challenges,” ... |
Hong Kong green lights first spot Bitcoin ETFs: Law Decoded | The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reportedly approved three spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
The list includes ETFs from Harvest Global Investments, China Asset Management and a partnership between HashKey and Bosera Asset Management.
Following the initial approval, the Stock Exchang... |
Fiji central bank warns against crypto use, disappointing Bitcoin hopes | The Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) has issued a warning to the public against using cryptocurrency for payment or investment. This is a reversal of the Fijian prime minister’s perceived position on crypto.
Fijian residents may even face criminal charges for investing in cryptocurrency abroad using “funds held in Fiji,” th... |
Meta announces VR education metaverse for ages 13 and up | Meta is bringing its enterprise level Quest services to the education sector, the social media giant announced on April 15.
The company’s Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets have become “by far the most popular extended reality (XR) headsets on the market” according to Statista. The sector is expected to reach an inst... |
Base asset tokenization protocol loses $1.7M due to private key leak | Real-world asset tokenization protocol Grand Base (GB), which operates on Coinbase’s native layer-2 blockchain, has suffered $1.7 million in losses after a private key compromise.
“On April 15 at 03:01:27 AM +UTC, an exploit happened on our contracts,” wrote an admin in the protocol’s Telegram chat. “For this specific... |
ETH price nears 3-year lows vs. Bitcoin — Will an Ethereum ETF stem the tide? | The price of Ether (ETH) in Bitcoin (BTC) is nearing a three-year low. However, several key technical indicators are flashing bullish, and some analysts are anticipating potential gains ahead for ETH/BTC.
Ethereum down 33% vs. Bitcoin since the Merge
Ethereum price in USD terms has more than doubled in price since sw... |
History of Crypto: NFT mania and digital ownership | Welcome to the History of Crypto, a Cointelegraph series that brings readers back to the most significant events in the crypto space. Powered by Phemex, the timeline allows crypto community members to explore and look back at the important events that shaped the industry into what it is today.
In the tumultuous landsc... |
South African exchange VALR wins dual crypto licenses | South African cryptocurrency exchange VALR has been granted new crypto asset service provider (CASP) licenses from the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) following new requirements for industry firms.
VALR — which secured $55 million of equity funding from Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures and others — receive... |
Norway passes data center legislation signaling more scrutiny for Bitcoin miners | Norway passed new legislation related to data centers, signaling more potential scrutiny for Bitcoin (BTC) miners.
The new legislation will mandate official registration from all data centers in the country, including information about the owners and leaders of these centers and the type of digital services they offer... |
Hong Kong approves first Bitcoin and Ether ETFs | Update April 15, 1:10 pm UTC: This article has been updated to include comments from OSL chairman Patrick Pan.
Hong Kong has become the latest country to approve spot exchange-traded funds (ETF) for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), with local regulators issuing approvals to at least three local issuers.
The Hong Kong S... |
Samsung secures $6.4B grant to expand Texas chip manufacturing: Report | Samsung will receive $6.4 billion worth of grants from the United States government to expand its chip manufacturing in Texas.
The South Korean manufacturing conglomerate secured the grants in a broader effort to expand chip manufacturing in the United States.
The funding will come from the 2022 Chips and Science Act... |
OKX launches WIF and MEW spot trading amid memecoin craze | Cryptocurrency exchange OKX is moving to capitalize on the ongoing memecoin craze by listing major rising Solana-based memecoins like the Dogwifhat (WIF) and the Cat in a Dog’s World (MEW).
OKX has officially started spot trading for WIF and MEW, according to the exchange’s announcement on X. OKX users can now start d... |
Scam crypto projects using stolen funds for liquidity disappear | Three crypto projects disappeared from the internet hours after blockchain investigator ZachXBT traced their liquidity to funds looted from previous hacks.
On April 14, ZachXBT identified a wallet address holding stolen funds that were providing liquidity to three new crypto projects: lending protocol Leaper Finance o... |
Solana's mainnet beta update v1.17.31 aims to resolve congestion issues | Solana developers have released a mainnet beta update, v1.17.31, to deal with the ongoing network congestion on the Solana blockchain.
The update was released on April 12, and now, after three days of testing, it is being recommended for general use by mainnet beta validators.
This patch contains enhancements that wi... |
Germany’s largest federal bank to offer crypto custody services: Report | Update April 15, 11:30 am UTC: This article has been updated to include quotes from Bitpanda.
Germany’s largest federal bank, the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, will start offering cryptocurrency custody solutions in the second half of 2024.
The bank will start offering crypto custody services to institutional clients... |
How Solana developers are tackling network congestion challenges | The Solana Foundation has pinned recent network congestion issues on a combination of high demand for Solana block space and a failure to implement patches related to its networking stack in a timely manner.
Solana Foundation strategy lead Austin Federa spoke exclusively to Cointelegraph during Paris Blockchain Week a... |
Weekend Wrap: Berachain raises $100M, Trump NFT sales dump and more | Berachain gets $100 million in Series B raise
Layer-1 blockchain Berachain — which is yet to announce its mainnet — has raised a $100 million Series B funding round.
Venture firms Framework Ventures and Brevan Howard Digital led the round, with contributions from Hack VC, Animoca Ventures and Polychain Capital, among... |
PAXG hit new high amid Middle East tensions, raising questions about Bitcoin | The gold-backed digital asset from Paxos spiked to an all-time high over the weekend amid a backdrop of rising tensions in the Middle East, leading to some questioning Bitcoin’s (BTC) value as a geopolitical hedge.
The PAXG gold-backed crypto token hit $2,855 on April 13 as Bitcoin prices conversely tanked $5,000 in a... |
Bitcoin miners could dump $5B in BTC after halving: 10x Research | There could be a large outflow of Bitcoin (BTC) from miners in the months following the Bitcoin halving as in previous cycles, according to a market analyst.
Bitcoin miners could potentially liquidate $5 billion worth of BTC after the halving, according to calculations by the head of research at 10x Research, Markus T... |
Only 6 altcoins in the top 50 have outperformed Bitcoin this year | Only six altcoins among the top 50 tokens by market capitalization have managed to outperform Bitcoin (BTC) so far this year, as Bitcoin dominance reached a three-year high over the weekend.
The memecoin Dogecoin (DOGE) stands as the best-performing altcoin in the top 50, having posted year-to-date gains of just over ... |
John Deaton’s crypto backers help outraise Warren in Senate race | Pro-crypto lawyer John Deaton has outraised Senator Elizabeth Warren over the first quarter of this year for his bid to seize her Senate spot — bankrolling $1.36 million compared to Warren’s $1.09 million.
A who’s who of crypto backers make up Deaton’s top donors, including Ripple executives Chris Larsen and Brad Garl... |
IRS investigation chief expects uptick in crypto tax evasion this year | The United States Internal Revenue Service says it’s gearing up for a significant rise in crypto tax crime cases going forward, as U.S. citizens hit the deadline to file their taxes on April 15.
Speaking to CNBC at the Chainalysis Links event in New York, IRS criminal investigation chief Guy Ficco said his agency was ... |
TradFi firms now prefer public blockchains: Ex-Grayscale exec | Traditional financial institutions are more keen on tokenizing assets on public blockchains than ever before, says a former Grayscale executive.
Speaking with Cointelegraph, Celisa Morin, who served as Vice President of Platform Distribution at Grayscale until mid-2022, said that a new BlackRock-led narrative among Tr... |
Crypto sleuth warns of scammers behind DeFi protocol | Pseudonymous blockchain investigator ZachXBT issued a warning about a group of scammers attempting to entrap more victims in a new fraud using millions of stolen funds.
In a thread on X, ZachXBT disclosed the findings of an investigation over Leaper Finance, a lending protocol based on Blast. According to the analysis... |
VC Roundup: Capital flows and alternative funding models fuel crypto startups | Venture capitalists are back in crypto, bringing with them liquidity for alternative funding methods for startups, such as grants and node sales.
Base-native lending platform Seamless, for instance, has announced a co-sponsored initiative with layer-3 Degen Chain and semi-fungible token protocol Pandora that will dist... |
Nigeria’s Binance crackdown threatens Web3 industry | Nigeria is feeling the consequences of actions against Binance executives, with investors withdrawing from deals and partnerships, particularly in the web3 sector. They mention Nigeria’s perceived lack of safety for business and government hostility, citing the Binance case as evidence, according to Lucky Uwakwe, the c... |
Blockchain fraud group shifts $1M to Blast for new schemes | A group with a history of blockchain fraud on platforms like Magnate, Kokomo, and Lendora is launching new schemes on Blast. They have recently moved around $1 million in laundered funds to finance their fraudulent activities.
According to on-chain detective ZachXBT, the funds were initially moved from an Ethereum add... |
Binance executive tracked to Kenya, extradition underway | The Nigerian Government has traced Binance executive Nadeem Arjarwalla to Kenya following his escape from custody and is currently taking steps to extradite him back to Nigeria.
According to a report from local media outlet Punch, sources from within the office of the Nigerian presidency disclosed that Arjarwalla went... |
Solana open interest sheds nearly $440M as price slumps 11% | Solana open interest (OI) and its price have declined in the past 24 hours, mirroring a broader decline across the cryptocurrency market. However, traders are remaining optimistic, viewing it as a “good opportunity.”
On April 14, OI in Solana’s (SOL) stood at $1.62 billion, approximately 21% down from the previous day... |
Bitcoin’s ‘normal drop’ leads to $256M longs liquidated — Analysts | Bitcoin’s price decline of over 7% in the last 24 hours has resulted in $256 million in losses for traders with long positions.
However, analysts believe it’s nothing out of the ordinary despite escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
“So far, this is a normal drop. In fact, we’ve had several 20-22% drop... |
Bitcoin nosedives as political tensions escalate in the Middle East | Bitcoin price plummeted over 8.4% on April 13 after Iran launched an attack on Israel, escalating geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East.
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped from around $67,000 to $61,625, wiping out over $130 million in market capitalization within minutes following news of the attack.
The sell-of... |
SEC breaks from past policy guidelines in Uniswap crackdown | The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is contradicting years of its own policy guidelines with its latest action against decentralized crypto exchange Uniswap, according to Cinneamhain Ventures’ Adam Cochran.
In a legal analysis on X, Cochran referred to several previous decisions by the U.S. regu... |
GBTC sees $166M outflows despite CEO’s ‘equilibrium’ remark | The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) continues to experience significant outflows, with over $166 million and more than 2,500 Bitcoin withdrawn from the fund’s holdings on Friday, April 12.
According to Farside Investors data, outflows from GBTC have now exceeded $16.2 billion since its conversion to a spot Bitcoin (BTC... |
Hollywood union deal with music giants guards against AI use | Entertainment industry workers have struck a preliminary agreement with top record labels like Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment to secure higher minimum wages and safeguards against using artificial intelligence (AI).
According to a statement on the website of the Hollywood actors’ union — the Screen Ac... |
Coinbase requests interlocutory appeal over SEC’s ‘controlling question’ | Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has requested a United States court to scrutinize a specific “controlling question” raised by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its ongoing lawsuit against the exchange.
“The question presented here is unencumbered by factual disputes and therefore ripe for immediate... |
Winklevoss twins become co-owners of Bitcoin soccer club, inject $4.5M of BTC | Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have joined as co-owners of Bitcoin podcaster Peter McCormack’s Real Bedford Football Club (RBFC) after investing $4.5 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) to support the club’s plans.
The Winklevoss twins executed the investment and acquisition through their investment firm, Winklevoss Capital,... |
China is about to start bidding' — Will Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs spark the halving rally? | The potential approval of the first batch of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Hong Kong could be a big catalyst for Bitcoin’s (BTC) halving rally, commentators say.
Hong Kong could approve 4 Bitcoin ETFs before halving
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) could approve the first batch of sp... |
VeChain announces tokenized gloves in partnership with UFC — community responds | According to an April 12 blog post from VeChain, gloves worn by UFC fighters will soon be tokenized and their identities tracked on the VeChainThor network.
The gloves will contain VeChain near-field communication (NFC) chips that record fight data, proving the authenticity of each pair, the post stated. After the fig... |
Crypto Biz: Tokenization spikes, SEC delays Bitcoin ETF options, and more | United States Treasurys tokenized on public blockchains surpassed $1 billion as traditional financial firms continued to load securities on-chain amid a prolonged period of elevated interest rates.
Data compiled by 21.co and Dune Analytics shows that tokenized government securities reached the $1 billion mark in asset... |
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