Caroline Pham, acting chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has announced the agency will be holding public roundtable discussions on market issues, including those related to digital assets.In a Jan. 27 notice, the CFTC said t
By Mackenzie TatananniMicroStrategy announced Monday that it had bought even more Bitcoin and revealed it would sell stock to raise capital and fund future purchases of the cryptocurrency.MicroStrategy's latest purchase brings its total holdings to m
Antonia Perez Hernandez, a promoter of the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme Forcount who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.In a Jan. 27 hearing at the US District Court for the Southern
Musk has begun to discuss using blockchain technology to streamline the government’s IT systems and cut unnecessary costs, according to recent reports.To wit, Musk is the new president’s official advisor on matters pertaining to government efficiency
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) among other things, argued that Bitcoin Cash proponent and early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver shouldn't be given a presidential pardon."Roger Ver gave up his US
Digital asset investments saw $1.9 billion in inflows last week, bringing YTD inflows to $4.8 billion. Presidential orders proposing Bitcoin as a reserve asset likely influenced this surge in investments.Despite flat price movements, trading volumes
Jennifer Rosenthal is leaving Grayscale Investments to join the DeFi Education Fund as its new chief communications officer, according to a statement.Rosenthal, who was the former head of communications at Grayscale, will be starting in her new role
Bitcoin returned to $102,000 at the Jan. 27 Wall Street open as bulls bounced back from a US stocks scare.BTC price rebound reclaims $100,000 markData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed gaining up to 4.6% versus local lows of $97
A rise in stablecoin deposits on exchanges is generally viewed as a sign of increased buying interest in cryptocurrencies.While USDC dominance has increased, the buying momentum in the US remains absent.Consolidation Predicted Amid Market TurmoilLate
Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has proposed a stock offering to raise cash for “general corporate purposes,” including acquiring more Bitcoin , signaling its intent to continue accumulating the digital asset. According to a Jan. 27 announce
Crypto assets saw a panicky decline overnight alongside a Nvidia-led tech stock plunge on DeepSeek's more efficient artificial intelligence model.With bitcoin at one point sliding from a Sunday high of $105,000 to below $98,000 before bouncing back
By Mackenzie TatananniMicroStrategy said it has bought even more Bitcoin, and that it would sell stock to raise capital and fund future purchases of the cryptocurrency.MicroStrategy's latest purchase brings its total holdings to more than 470,000 Bit
16 years after the invention of Bitcoin, the blockchain industry has yet to solve the myriad problems plaguing traditional finance. A stablecoin network optimized for global payments in localized currencies could fix that, said former Binance.US CEO
The Switzerland-based online trading company Swissquote is eying the recent memecoin frenzy to expand its services to users. The added seven meme cryptocurrencies, a term referring to digital assets originating from internet jokes or viral content.“7
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chair Caroline Pham is kickstarting a sequence of public roundtable discussions about prediction markets and crypto, marking regulators' latest turn following Donald Trump's inauguration. Those roundta
The Bitcoin (BTC) price has plunged below $98,000, retracing from $105,000 as low as $97,750 today, marking a sudden decline of as much as -6.8%. The rapid sell-off coincides with heightened volatility across both crypto and traditional markets, with
As East Asia prepares to shut down for the Lunar New Year holiday and looks towards the Year of the Snake, it’s time to look back at bitcoin and the CoinDesk 20 (CD20)’s performance during the Year of the Dragon.Hong Kong-based brokerage CLSA has an
Bitcoin fell below $100,000 on Monday, hitting its lowest in 11 days, in a move analysts attributed to a wave of caution after the surging popularity of a Chinese artificial intelligence model sparked a selloff in Western AI-related stocks.The wo
Today in crypto, the launch of a Chinese-based AI rival to ChatGPT has resulted in market jitters and a Bitcoin dip below $100,000 for the first time since Donald Trump was inaugurated as US president, a group of Ethereum leaders committed to a new s
A Solana-based token named after the Chinese AI app DeepSeek briefly surged past a $48 million market capitalization on Jan. 27, fueled by $150 million in trading volume, according to Solana token data aggregator Birdeye.Blockchain records show the t