Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The proposed system aims to connect traditional banking infrastructure with blockchain-based payment networks with banks retaining customer deposits.Custodia and Vantage Bank have proposed a token that automatically switches between a bank deposit an...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The offering follows regulatory approval earlier this year and comes as prediction markets face legal challenges from regulators, exchanges and policymakers around the world.Canadian fintech Wealthsimple is launching a prediction markets app powered...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Hsiao-Wei Wang’s departure adds to a wave of Ethereum Foundation exits, fueling debate over governance, decentralization and the network’s future. The Ethereum Foundation has lost another high-ranking contributor amid increasing scrutiny of the resea...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bitwise analysts say Bitcoin trades in a historical value zone, but hawkish Federal Reserve signals and a competition for liquidity could sideline buyers.Bitcoin's (BTC) valuation metrics continue to highlight a deep discount even as markets bra...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The deal is expected to add approximately $70 million in annual recurring revenue as the company scales its AI-focused operations. Canadian Bitcoin miner HIVE Digital Technologies said its AI subsidiary BUZZ HPC has signed a three-year GPU cloud cont...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The lawsuit targets the federal regulator and Chair Michael Selig, alleging that the Commodity Futures Trading Commissioin is treating cryptocurrency “futures” as “swaps,” posing risks to derivatives markets.The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Grou...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
IREN leads public Bitcoin miners with a projected $21.1 billion AI infrastructure funding gap, underscoring the capital-intensive nature of converting mining sites into data centers. Public Bitcoin miners are increasingly being valued as AI infrastru...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
A viral 4chan Bitcoin prediction appears to have nailed past BTC prices, but edited targets and impossible supply claims weaken its $145,000 call.A viral social media post is reviving an alleged Bitcoin prediction that appears to have called several...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
ChatGPT could become crypto’s new onboarding gateway, making Bitcoin and wallets easier to use while creating new trust risks.The next crypto user may start outside exchangesFor most of crypto’s history, new users followed a fairly standard path. The...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Ledn’s planned addition of Tether Gold lending comes as tokenized commodities expand, with the sector accounting for nearly 17% of the $43 billion RWA market.(June 18 17:05 UTC) This article has been updated to reflect that Tether Gold-backed loans w...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Ledn’s addition of Tether Gold lending comes as tokenized commodities expand, with the sector accounting for nearly 17% of the $43 billion RWA market.Bitcoin lending platform Ledn has expanded its services to include Tether Gold (XAUt), allowing inve...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Capital B shareholders approved up to $120 billion in financing capacity, including equity and credit instruments, to support the company's Bitcoin accumulation strategy.France-listed Bitcoin treasury company Capital B's shareholders approv...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
G7 leaders broadened their warning over North Korean crypto theft to include wider cybercrime as researchers link DPRK-affiliated actors to billions of dollars in stolen digital assets.Group of Seven (G7) leaders have renewed their call for joint act...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bitcoin could be absent from the world's top five assets by market cap until 2036, despite an estimate seeing the BTC bear market being nearly 70% complete.Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped 10 places by market capitalization in a year as the bear market...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Security researchers warn that deprecated smart contracts can remain vulnerable long after projects stop maintaining them.Deprecated Aztec infrastructure has suffered a second exploit within days, adding to concerns about the security of abandoned sm...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Grayscale and CoinShares are applying traditional valuation techniques to crypto assets as institutions explore revenue-generating DeFi protocols.Aave's native cryptocurrency could reach $175 under a one-year base-case scenario as asset managers...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
A federal judge has denied a bid from Michelle Bond, the wife of former FTX executive Ryan Salame, to have campaign finance charges against her dismissed.Michelle Bond, the wife of former FTX executive Ryan Salame, will face illicit campaign finance...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Rodney “Bitcoin Rodney” Burton faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business.A 56-year-old Florida resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to operate an...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Builderbot is the “missing layer between AI coding tools and how engineering actually works at scale,” said Brad Axen, head of AI capabilities at Block.Jack Dorsey’s financial services firm Block rolled out a new suite of AI-native tools on Wednesday...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
France’s cybersecurity agency plans to block certification of products without quantum-resistant encryption starting in 2027, with full adoption targeted for 2030.France’s national cybersecurity agency ANSSI said Tuesday that it will stop certifying...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Kentucky has sued Polymarket, Kalshi and Kalshi’s partners Coinbase, Robinhood and Webull, over offering sports event contracts in the state. Kentucky has sued five prediction market platforms, including Kalshi and Polymarket, adding to a wave of US...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Tether is focusing on stronger user demand, deeper liquidity, and broader long-term market opportunity for its leading products. Stablecoin issuer Tether is winding down Alloy by Tether and its gold-backed, overcollateralized aUSDT stablecoin after j...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Markets wobbled after mixed comments from President Trump on the Iran peace deal and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh signaling a new direction from the Federal Reserve.Key takeaways:Bitcoin remains under pressure from $2.1 billion in ETF outflows in June and a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Gambling industry groups want the US Senate to step in to clarify that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission does not have the authority to oversee prediction markets.Several national gaming and tribal organizations and labor groups have reportedl...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Several more US states are scheduled to hold primaries next week after one Republican candidate won in Alabama on Tuesday after a crypto company-backed PAC used what it called its “biggest spend of the cycle.”More than $12 million in crypto-aligned p...
