Web3 gaming has been a bright spot in an otherwise down year for an industry that has seen funding dry up. That might not be the case for much longer if interest in blockchain gaming continues to wane...
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Coinbase CEO visits Washington, D.C. in push for regulatory clarity, less sugar
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said he was in Washington, D.C. today in a push for clearer rules amid rising uncertainty in the sector following enforcement actions this month against Kraken and Paxos. ...
Galaxy Digital gets approval for Bahamas subsidiary amid rising US regulatory uncertainty
Galaxy Bahamas, a subsidiary of Mike Novogratz’s crypto investment firm, received approval from the Securities Commission of The Bahamas in December for registration as a digital asset business ...
Binance’s BNB drops 6% on latest US regulatory moves; bitcoin off lows but still down
Cryptocurrency prices were once again driven lower by regulatory developments, with Paxos and the New York Department of Financial Services going toe to toe and Binance suffering the consequences. &#...
Paxos will no longer issue Binance USD stablecoin
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) ordered crypto infrastructure firm Paxos to stop issuing the stablecoin Binance USD (BUSD), a Binance spokesperson told The Block. “Pa...
Crypto firms are busy adding executive talent, with several recent notable hires
Crypto firms are busy hiring executive talent, especially in the venture space. Layoffs have been in the headlines since last June, yet some firms have continued to add talent where needed. Her...
BTC’s Price Is at Risk of Breaking Below a Bearish Chart Pattern
Fire Charts show that weekend whales are exploiting the upside liquidity in BTC’s order books. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has risen 0.61% over the last 24 hours. A bearish chart pattern on BTC’s 4-hou...
G20 exploring coordinated crypto regulation: Reuters
Nirmala Sitharaman, finance minister of current G20 president India, said the group of major economies is exploring whether it can coordinate on crypto regulation. Sitharaman — whose government,...
Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin donates 99 ether to Ahbap Earthquake Support
Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin donated about $150,000 in ether to Ahbap Earthquake Support to help with the recent disaster in Turkey and Syria. The news comes from Etherscan transaction dat...
Staking revenues under threat as Coinbase shares tumble 22%
U.S. regulators set their sights on crypto-staking services this week, and Coinbase shares tumbled 22%. Shares in the exchange began to trade lower following comments from CEO Brian Armstrong, w...
Bitcoin, crypto prices slip; Coinbase extends losses as regulatory fears spook market
Cryptocurrency prices nosedived overnight on the back of increased regulatory scrutiny. Coinbase and Silvergate extended losses in the early session. Bitcoin was trading at $21,770, down 4.2% o...
Bitcoin has hit bottom — at least that’s what Pantera Capital and Osprey Funds chiefs say
Crypto chiefs say bitcoin prices have hit bottom and are consolidating. Bitcoin was trading around $21,760 at 7 a.m. EST, down about 4% over the past 24 hours, according to TradingView data. Th...
More than 100,000 ETH has gone through MEV-Boost since The Merge
The amount of ETH distributed via the maximal extracted value (MEV) tool from Flashbots, MEV-Boost, recently surpassed 100,000 ETH ($162 million) since the Ethereum Merge last September, according to ...
ALGO Price Prediction: Algorand is Breaking Higher Grounds. Can it reach its $3.56 All Time High?
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Algorand has been showing impressive results since it began surging at the beginning of the year. ALGO has risen steadily, attrac...
Coinbase drops 8% as CEO Armstrong calls out SEC; Silvergate sinks 5%
Crypto-related stocks sold off at the open, with Coinbase and Silvergate leading the drop. Coinbase shares fell over 8% to $63 by 11:15 a.m. EST, according to Nasdaq data. Last night Coinbase CE...
Bitcoin slips as memecoins lead loses; GBTC discount to NAV widens
Cryptocurrency prices slipped across the board, even as the sector buzzes about the future of AI and big data tokens. Bitcoin was trading at $22,722 by 9:35 a.m. EST, down 1.5% over the past day...
Tether reports $700 million Q4 net profit in latest attestation report
Stablecoin issuer Tether released its latest attestation report on Thursday, reporting a profit of $700 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, which it reinvested into its reserves. “Tethe...
Robinhood’s crypto trading revenue dips 24% in Q4, along with most everything else
Robinhood saw transaction revenue fall in the fourth quarter from the previous period, including a 24% decline in cryptocurrencies, while a slew of other numbers also took a turn lower. The firm also ...
Bitcoin steady around $23,000 as ether moves higher; equites in the red
Bitcoin was hovering around $23,000 as ether gained. The Sandbox token jumped on news of metaverse partnership talks with Saudi Arabia. Equities slipped. The leading cryptocurrency by market cap...
Bankrupt crypto giant FTX racks up millions in legal and consulting bills
Going broke isn’t cheap. Troubled crypto exchange FTX and its affiliated companies racked up more than $20 million in legal and consulting bills during the first several months of its ban...
Crypto markets tread water ahead of Fed speech
Cryptocurrency prices were little change alongside other risk assets ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech this afternoon at the Economic Club of Washington. Bitcoin was tr...
Former Coinbase product manager pleads guilty to criminal charges in landmark case
A former Coinbase product manager pleaded guilty on Tuesday to wire fraud charges in a criminal case brought against him. The Justice Department indicted Ishan Wahi in July, alongside his broth...
Lido presents plan for Version 2, adding staking withdrawals and more
Lido Finance finished the design for the second version of its protocol, which will bring in support for Ethereum staking withdrawals post-Shanghai and rework the Staking Router in a way that should b...
UK’s Bank of England launches digital pound project as ‘new form’ of money
The Bank of England, the UK’s central bank, launched its long-awaited digital pound project, pitching the potential to create a new payment system and form of money. The potential digital...
Robinhood expected to report record revenue despite sour markets: Preview
Robinhood will report its fourth quarter results on Wednesday, with the company expected to hit its highest quarterly revenue figure to date. The online brokerage, which gained popularity duri...
Bitcoin, ether retrench after rising with traditional markets on Fed Chair comments
Cryptocurrencies rose alongside traditional markets in response to comments delivered by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at The Economic Club in Washington before turning lower. Bitcoin rose...