Policy • February 20, 2023, 5:00AM EST Episode 13 of Season 5 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce. Listen below, and subsc...
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TrueFi token clocks triple digit gain as Binance mints TUSD stablecoin
DeFi lender TrueFi’s token, TRU, jumped over 140% shortly after Binance minted $50 million worth of the TrueUSD stablecoin. Binance minted 49.99 million TRU at around 10 a.m. EST today, ...
Bitcoin holds firm above $24,000, with crypto prices buoyant as stocks dips
Markets • February 16, 2023, 10:22AM EST Crypto prices continue to climb higher, with bitcoin firmly above $24,000. Equities linked to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology traded down. Bitc...
Bitcoin price reaches 6-month high above $24,000
Markets • February 15, 2023, 6:02PM EST Bitcoin reached its highest point since Aug. 17, and its drawdown in 2022 might have something to do with it. The leading cryptocurrency by market cap wa...
Silvergate hurtles back above $20 with crypto stocks in the green across the board
Markets • February 15, 2023, 5:10PM EST Crypto-related stocks soared in trading on Wall Street today. Silvergate, Coinbase, and MicroStrategy led the way with double-digit gains. Silvergate rose...
Conflux token jumps over 40% following partnership with China Telecom
Conflux Network partnered with China Telecom, the country’s second-largest telecom provider, to develop blockchain-enabled SIM cards. Its native CFX token soared on the news. The telecom...
Crypto markets rebound as Silvergate soars 16% on Citadel Securities, Susquehanna stakes
Cryptocurrency prices rebounded after yesterday’s decline, when the New York Department of Financial Services announced it will pursue regulatory action against stablecoin provider Paxos. ...
Crypto markets wrought ahead of US inflation data as regulatory issues steal focus
Crypto markets were roiled by the SEC last week, and now there’s even more uncertainty after the New York Department of Financial Services ordered Paxos to stop issuing BUSD. Next up is U.S. inf...
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. &#...
SecretDAO votes to restructure foundation after public spat between organizations
The decentralized autonomous organization that governs privacy-focused blockchain Secret Network has voted to restructure its foundation as a nonprofit with a “transparent operation,” according to the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 slip with crypto stocks all lower; Silvergate drops 8%
Cryptocurrency prices slid at the beginning of the week, with equities also opening down. Bitcoin was trading at $22,776 at 10:20 a.m. EST, down 1.5% over the past day, according to TradingView...
A16z votes against proposal to deploy latest Uniswap iteration on BNB Chain
A proposal to deploy the latest version of decentralized exchange Uniswap on the BNB Chain passed an early temperature check, and a full governance vote on the Uniswap DAO is bringing the heavy hitter...
Crypto market continues to rise, while Silvergate shares seesaw after probe report
Bitcoin settled around $23,570 at 5:20 p.m. EST after climbing as high as $24,100 earlier in the day, according to TradingView data. It’s up about 0.4% over the past day following the Federal Re...
Crypto market jumps following Fed rate decision
Crypto prices soared after the market opened on Thursday, as traders responded to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision yesterday with a bullish sentiment. Bitcoin rose 3.5% to $23,730 ar...
Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 25 basis points, as expected
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 4.5-4.75 percent, bringing the interest rate to a 15-year high. Wednesday’s interest rate decisi...
60 Organizations Launch Campaign Urging US Congress to Protect Privacy
– Advertisement – On Wednesday, 60 organizations involved in cryptocurrencies, open-source and free software, and human rights and privacy-preserving projects launched a new campaign calli...
60 Organizations Launch Campaign Urging US Congress to Protect Privacy – Privacy Bitcoin News
On Wednesday, 60 organizations involved in cryptocurrencies, open-source and free software, and human rights and privacy-preserving projects launched a new campaign calling on the 118th U.S. Congress ...
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...