The co-founder and head trader of a cryptocurrency investment firm has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy charges for his role in raising over $9 million from investors with false promises of significantly high returns.Wolf Capital co-founder an
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa) recently disclosed various cryptocurrency purchases. The 41-year-old US lawmaker now owns such cryptocurrencies as Ripple-linked XRP, Solana , and Bitcoin . All of these purchases were in the range of $1,000-$15,000. Mik
Kenya is turning the page on its restrictive cryptocurrency policies with plans to legalize virtual assets. The Treasury Cabinet Secretary, John Mbadi, announced the move today (Friday) in what could mark a shift in the East African country’s financi
REI Network has announced a partnership with ZkAGI. The collaboration is set to integrate REI’s lightweight, high-performance, zero-fee blockchain with ZkAGI’s decentralized infrastructure for AI secret & super agents. The joint effort aims at enabli
New Hampshire and North Dakota have become the latest US states to introduce legislation for a strategic Bitcoin reserve, signaling a continued push among lawmakers to diversify state treasuries with the cryptocurrency.According to Satoshi Action Fun
CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is up $2814.50 today or 3.06% to $94674.03Snaps a three day losing streakUp 1.35% month-to-dateUp 1.35% year-to-dateDown 11.3% from its all-time high of $106734.51 on Dec. 17, 2024 (based on 4 p.m. levels)Up 116.87% from
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is looking for public input on proposed rules aimed at giving consumers more protections against fraud in crypto transactions. The agency, tasked with overseeing consumer financial markets, proposed an "i
In an interview with popular crypto-focused YouTube channel Altcoin Daily, veteran financier and SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci revealed his top altcoins to buy and hold in 2025. Scaramucci, a former White House Communications Director
Enforcement Director Ian McGinley is leaving the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a week, ending a relatively short tenure that saw some high-profile crypto cases.He arrived at the agency in February 2023, a month before the CFTC sued Binance
Establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve in the United States would accelerate Bitcoin’s adoption even more than 2024’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) launches, cryptocurrency researcher CoinShares said in a Jan. 10 blog post. In 2024, US lawmakers prop
A Meta shareholder proposal submitted by Ethan Peck requested that the social media company convert a portion of its $72 billion in cash and short-term cash equivalents to Bitcoin as a hedge against currency debasement.Peck wrote that Meta is losing
Ethereum is up $57.99 today or 1.81% to $3266.25Snaps a three day losing streakDown 2.35% month-to-dateDown 2.35% year-to-dateDown 31.95% from its all-time high of $4800.00 on Nov. 9, 2021 (based on 5 p.m. levels)Up 29.48% from 52 weeks ago (Jan. 12,
Recent price action has seen Dogecoin stuck in a correction path for over a month now, and the meme now finds itself trading just above the $0.3 mark. Particularly, Dogecoin has retraced by about 30% since it reached a recent multi-year peak of $0.48
The price of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, Ethereum’s ether, could soon surge toward the $6,000 mark as it’s currently following a key technical pattern.According to popular cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez, ether is
The total altcoin market capitalization is still below the all-time high recorded in November 2021, with capital circulating between projects and capital inflows remaining stagnant.Ki Young Ju, market analyst and CEO of CryptoQuant, compared the curr
It's Friday! With the weekend just around the corner, settle in as we get you up to speed on some usual—and unusual—news in the crypto space. In today's newsletter, a Usual Money update sparks community criticism, the UK clarifies its crypto staking
Bitcoin made a solid recovery on Jan. 10, and the bulls are trying to maintain the price above $94,000. This suggests that the bulls continue to view the dips near $90,000 as a buying opportunity. Blocktrends head of research Cauê Oliveira wrote in
The US Justice Department has indicted three Russian nationals alleged to have committed money laundering due to their involvement in operating cryptocurrency mixers Blender.io and Sinbad.io.In a Jan. 10 notice, US authorities said a federal grand ju
Bitcoin’s price outlook remains “structurally bullish” despite temporary headwinds from macroeconomic data, Zach Pandl, Grayscale’s head of research, told Cointelegraph.On Jan. 10, a positive US jobs report sent BTC’s spot price tumbling below $93,0
Crypto analysts are predicting a year of significant financial gains for Solana, which is poised to see more adoption from new retail investors, partly driven by expectations of a spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the US.The artificial intell