Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Traders on the Polymarket prediction market platform place the odds of the Strait returning to normal traffic by May 31, 2026, at 73%.Polymarket prediction market odds of the Strait of Hormuz “returning to normal” by the end of May spiked to 73% on F...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
A letter from US Senator Richard Blumenthal said he was concerned about “mounting allegations of dangerously lax anti-money laundering prevention by Binance.”Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal questioned US authorities responsible for overseeing...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
A confirmed cup-and-handle breakout on Ether’s chart and a double-digit increase in ETH accumulation wallet balances could be earlier signs of a longer-term rally for the altcoin.Ether’s (ETH) rally to $2,400 is nearly 38% above its swing low at $1,7...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Nearly a billion dollars in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours as the Bitcoin price rallied above $78,000.Bitcoin (BTC) rallied above $78,000 to hit another 10-week high on Friday as crypto and equity markets reacted to c...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Payward, the parent company of the Kraken crypto exchange, cited Bitnomial's regulatory licenses as the primary driver for the acquisition.Payward, the parent company of the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Friday that it has entered into...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Bitcoin pole vaulted to $78,000 and altcoins soared after Iran said that the Strait of Hormuz was fully open. Will bulls be able to sustain the upward momentum?Key points:Bitcoin soared above $76,000, opening the doors for a further rally toward $84,...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
The Bahrain-based lender lets institutional clients convert fiat currency to US dollar-pegged stablecoins directly from their accounts.Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) has introduced a service that lets institutional clients mint and redeem stablecoins dire...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
The country's finance minister supported the Qivalis initiative, launched in 2025, to create a euro-pegged stablecoin under the MiCA framework.Roland Lescure, France’s finance minister, backed an initiative by European banks to launch a euro-pegged s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Bitcoin price rallied above $77,000 amid cooling geopolitical tensions and record-high back-to-back closes for the S&P 500.Bitcoin (BTC) refreshed February highs on Friday as attention focused on the upcoming weekly close and a longer-term rally...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Neo’s proposed overhaul would restructure its foundation, return tokens to the community and impose formal oversight, as co-founders clash over governance and control.Neo co-founder Da Hongfei has proposed a sweeping overhaul of the Neo Foundation af...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Notable crypto execs descended on Paris Blockchain Week, bringing more attention to personal security as kidnapping and ransom attempts skyrocket.The frequency of kidnap and ransom attempts on prominent cryptocurrency executives has skyrocketed in re...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Bitcoin surged above $77,000 as oil futures fell 10% after Iran’s foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz open for the remainder of the ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran.Update (4.17.26 6:43 PM UTC): This article has been updated to re...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov cited claims the EU’s new age-check app was hacked in minutes, warning it could expand into wider online identity controls.Telegram CEO Pavel Durov warned Friday that the European Union’s new age-verification app could become...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
The crypto infrastructure company said its new wallet lets users buy, sell, swap and cash out digital assets in one app without relying on outside providers.Fintech company Ramp Network said Friday it launched a multichain self-custodial wallet desig...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Bloomberg reported Flow Capital plans to tokenize its private credit fund to raise additional capital, but crypto execs warn tokenization doesn’t magically make hard-to-trade assets liquid.Flow Capital Partners is planning to tokenize its private cre...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Tempo’s new “Zones” feature offers private, permissioned stablecoin transactions on its layer-1 for enterprises, but critics warn the operator‑controlled design adds back centralized trust.Tempo unveiled a new “Zones” feature Thursday aimed at giving...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Foundation is shutting down after a failed sale to Blackdove, having processed about $230 million in NFT primary sales since its launch in 2021.Foundation, one of the better-known Ethereum-based non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces of the 2021 boom,...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Industry speakers at Paris Blockchain Week said tokenization can broaden access and issuance, but it does not by itself create active secondary markets for illiquid assets.Tokenization does not automatically make hard-to-trade assets liquid, industry...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Meta-1 Coin was sold and marketed from 2018 to 2023 as an investment backed by $44 billion in gold and $1 billion in artworks, which turned out to be fictional.A Texas man found guilty of helping orchestrate a cryptocurrency scam project that defraud...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
March was the “weakest month" with $800 billion in centralized crypto exchange trading volume, the lowest since November 2023.The cryptocurrency market has entered a “sustained crypto winter,” according to CoinGecko, as spot trading volumes on centra...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
The researcher said they examined the fake Ledger device’s firmware and found signs pointing to a Chinese semiconductor company named Espressif Systems.Update April 18, 3:00 am UTC: This article has been updated to include comments from a Ledger spok...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Rhea Finance and the Russia-linked Grinex exchange were hacked for a combined $21 million over the past two days.At least 12 DeFi protocols and crypto businesses have been attacked in just over two weeks since the $280 million Drift Protocol exploit...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Zanzibar police are reportedly holding Asymmetric founder Joe McCann for questioning after the death of his fiancée, Ashly Robinson.Police in Zanzibar are reportedly holding Joe McCann, a crypto trader and the founder of the crypto fund Asymmetric, f...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
Grinex has been accused by US authorities of assisting Russia and other entities in evading sanctions and laundering funds for Russia-linked hackers.Sanctioned crypto exchange Grinex said it has suspended trading after losing more than 1 billion Russ...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 months ago
“When we hit it, it will be vicious, so we have to prepare for that eventuality,” said former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on a potential US Treasury market crisis.Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has urged US authorities to prepare a cont...
