Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Ethena’s stablecoin, USDe, has surpassed Sky’s Dai in total market capitalization, becoming the third-largest stablecoin after Tether’s USDt and USD Coin , according to data from DefiLlama.At less than $6 billi
Sweden’s Spotlight Stock Market has listed 20 new digital asset exchange-traded products (ETPs), making those assets available to traditional investors. All of them were issued by Valour, a subsidiary of DeFi Technologies.A deluge of crypto ETPsThe n
Layer-1 blockchain Avalanche announced the closure of a $250 million private locked-token sale led by Galaxy Digital, Dragonfly, and ParaFi Capital on Dec. 12. More than 40 companies joined the token sale including SkyBridge, SCB Limited, Hivemind, B
Cryptocurrency exchanges in Europe are preparing to delist locally noncompliant stablecoins as European crypto regulations near an enforcement deadline.Coinbase Europe, Coinbase Germany and Coinbase Custody International will delist Tether’s USDt an
Animoca Brands chairman Yat Siu believes that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will make a comeback and perform better than they did during their peak in 2021. Siu told Cointelegraph in an interview at the Bitcoin MENA event in Abu Dhabi that NFTs will be
While the crypto industry has continued to reach new heights, recently hitting a market capitalization of $3.89 trillion, the decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape has witnessed a dramatic upsurge in the number of rug pull incidents.On Nov. 14, the
Today in crypto, former United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner Brian Quintenz is reportedly US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for CFTC chair, Vancouver’s city council has passed a motion that would see it exploring Bitco
The CEO of crypto brokerage and stablecoin firm Paxos said the global financial system will eventually run on blockchain rails. At the Bitcoin MENA event in Abu Dhabi, Paxos co-founder and CEO Charles Cascarilla told Cointelegraph in an interview abo
Alipay, China’s largest payment platform with more than 1 billion users, reportedly featured Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-related ads for users in mainland China.Many mainland Chinese users saw promotional advertisements related to spot Bitcoin exchan
A hacker exploited a critical vulnerability in the Dogecoin network, causing 69% of its nodes to crash.On Dec. 12, Andreas Kohl, co-founder of Bitcoin sidechain Sequentia, claimed that he had crashed 69% of the Dogecoin network. Kohl said he used an
Australia has proposed stricter Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF) rules aimed at tightening oversight of the cryptocurrency industry to combat financial crime.The proposed rules, introduced by the Australian Transaction
Bitcoin saw its highest daily close in history on Dec. 11 as six-figure BTC price action came back with a bang.BTC price forecast sees new all-time high in “coming days”Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirmed sealing its lates
Babylon’s co-founder explained how the Bitcoin staking protocol attracted billions of dollars in BTC as decentralized finance (DeFi) began on the world’s biggest cryptocurrency network.At the Bitcoin MENA event in Abu Dhabi, Babylon co-founder and ch
Understanding crypto wallets Crypto wallets are essential tools for anyone looking to buy, sell or store cryptocurrencies. Imagine you are about to dive into the world of cryptocurrencies. You have your eyes on Bitcoin or even a few altcoins, but t
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s (RMIT) pioneer Blockchain Innovation Hub — billed as the first social science research center into blockchain — is set to largely sideline its dedicated blockchain research unit in 2025, despite a histori
OpenAI has issued an apology to its 200 million active user base as ChatGPT experienced a network outage shortly after the AI chatbot was integrated into Apple’s latest software update.“We’re experiencing an outage right now. We have identified the i
A Californian court has ordered five individuals involved in IcomTech’s “Ponzi” scheme to pay over $5 million for fraud and misappropriating stolen funds through a fake Bitcoin trading scheme. The default judgment order found David Carmona, Juan Arel
Nvidia will have to face a class-action suit alleging it misled investors about the volume of sales to crypto miners after the United States Supreme Court dismissed the chip maker’s appeal to throw it out.The justices issued a single-line order dismi
Nature — one of the world’s most cited scientific journals in the world — has just featured ResearchHub, a decentralized science (DeSci) protocol, a move that could potentially alert the wider scientific community to DeSci and cryptocurrency. In a De
After a 208% breakout in early November, Dogecoin has consolidated within a tight range between $0.35 and $0.48 for four weeks. DOGE’s recent price correction led to a breakout below an ascending trendline, indicating a potential bearish trend shift