Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
A strategist at the Danish bank said Coinbase has more at stake in the CLARITY setback because its trading business is directly exposed to US market-structure rules. While Bitcoin and crypto-linked stocks fell sharply after the US Senate failed to ad...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Bitcoin price support materialized around $68,000 as markets saw a 93% chance of the Fed hiking rates by 0.25% on Wednesday.Bitcoin (BTC) stayed near monthly lows at Wednesday’s Wall Street open as markets awaited the US Federal Reserve’s decision on...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Zero-knowledge technology could let companies verify who you are without storing your identity documents. So why isn’t it already standard practice?The massive theft of more than 153 million US and Canadian driver’s licenses earlier this month should...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Bernstein said the federal agencies will publish new regulations to compensate for the time lost negotiating the CLARITY Act, after its cloture vote failed on Tuesday.Bernstein analysts expect “aggressive and swift” rulemaking from the US Securities...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Nearly 99% of ZEC holders voted to reduce block times to 25 seconds, while keeping ZEC issuance and halving schedules unchanged.Zcash token holders backed cutting the network’s target block time to 25 seconds from 75 seconds and preserving its existi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Circle’s Arc mainnet is live with USDC for transaction fees, support for more than 20 fiat stablecoins and links to over 20 blockchains.USDC issuer Circle has launched the mainnet of Arc, a layer-1 (L1) blockchain targeting stablecoin payments and fi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Germany’s largest bank is awaiting regulatory approval to launch institutional custody solutions for Bitcoin, Ether and select stablecoins before expanding into tokenized assets.Germany’s largest bank, Deutsche Bank, is awaiting regulatory approval t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Bitcoin miners generated 35% of the state-owned power producer’s revenue last year, but declining reservoir inflows led the utility to prioritize households and manufacturers.Ethiopia has reportedly reduced electricity delivered to Bitcoin miners to...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Italy is probing the Revolut-linked breach after its cyber agency reported more than 650 cases involving abused or illicit certified email accounts.Italian authorities are investigating a government email breach linked to the leak of Revolut customer...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Bitcoin exchange demand on Coinbase declined after the US Senate voted against the CLARITY Act, while traders sent BTC to exchanges at an unrealized loss.Bitcoin (BTC) demand is under pressure in the US as investors react to the failure of the CLARI...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Euro-area online and mobile merchants can apply until Oct. 27 to test beta digital euro payments in a 12-month pilot.The European Central Bank (ECB) is seeking online and mobile merchants to participate in a 12-month digital euro pilot expected to be...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Federico Variola says AI has diverted capital from crypto and is empowering attackers, while rising cybersecurity costs could push the industry toward greater centralization.Phemex CEO Federico Variola says AI has been a ‘net negative’ for crypto, de...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
The former employees allegedly earned more than $50,000 each by trading Hyperliquid perpetuals ahead of Robinhood token listings.US prosecutors on Tuesday charged two former Robinhood engineers with commodities fraud and wire fraud for allegedly usin...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
The $450 million withdrawal came as Bitcoin fell 2.5% and the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate, with Fidelity and BlackRock funds leading the outflows.Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded their largest day of outflows since late Jun...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
The CLARITY Act still has a procedural path after Senator Thom Tillis moved to reconsider the failed cloture vote, though industry executives are divided over whether Congress has enough time left. Crypto industry leaders are looking to US financial...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
A BIS study found widely used crypto metrics can obscure economic activity, with measurement challenges spanning Bitcoin, Ethereum and stablecoins. Researchers at the Bank for International Settlements found that estimates of Bitcoin onchain transfer...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Circle and Coinbase shares fell about 10% as the failed Senate vote weighed on crypto-linked equities, with Bitcoin miners and treasury companies also declining.Crypto-linked stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after the US Senate failed to advance the CL...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
The failed procedural vote leaves the CLARITY Act facing an uncertain future after months of negotiations over crypto oversight and ethics provisions.The US Senate on Tuesday failed to pass a cloture motion on the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARIT...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
A Bank of England policy maker said digital dollars could expand access to the US currency while turning stablecoin issuers into bigger buyers of government debt.Carolyn Wilkins, a member of the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee, says the...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
The crypto exchange is expanding its traditional finance offerings with 11 US-listed exchange-traded funds focused on US Treasurys and investment-grade bonds. Binance has launched a wealth management service offering access to 11 US-listed exchange-t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Bitcoin price action weakened over market nerves prior to the Senate CLARITY Act vote, while surging bond yields pressured risk assets across the board.Bitcoin (BTC) saw month-to-date lows at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as global bond yields spiked an...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Standard Chartered sees Robinhood Chain as an early sign that tokenization could transform Arbitrum’s economics and drive ARB sharply higher by 2030. Standard Chartered says layer-2 network Arbitrum could emerge as one of the digital asset industry’s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
An MEV bot known as “Yoink” front-ran an attacker attempting to exploit a custom Safe module, capturing the stolen rsETH before Kelp temporarily froze the receiving address.An attacker exploited a custom module connected to an Ethereum Safe wallet in...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Tether’s USDT stablecoin was part of a failed oil trade that reportedly cost a Polish energy giant $230 million in late 2023.Update, Sept.17, 1:17 pm UTC: This article has been updated to include comments from an Orlen spokesperson.The world’s larges...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
The 114-page bill would change the tax treatment of crypto fees, stablecoins and lending while leaving existing reward-tax timing unchanged.The US House Ways and Means Committee will consider a 114-page crypto tax package on Wednesday that leaves out...
