According to a recent analytics, stablecoins handled 35 trillion in on-chain transaction volume over the past year, with their average supply hovering around 195 billion.Those numbers show how much these tokens fuel trades, loans and cross-border transfers. Yet questions about whether they really co
A man at the center of a massive crypto Ponzi scheme will spend nearly eight years behind bars after a federal judge handed down a 97-month prison sentence in Brooklyn on Friday.Dwayne Golden, 57, was convicted of wire fraud and money laundering for his role in orchestrating scams through three digi
In a post on 27 June, crypto-market chartist Dr Cat (@DoctorCatX) warned that Bitcoin’s ostensibly bullish weekly structure may be concealing a latent “time bomb” that could detonate if bulls fail to force a decisive breakout over the next three to four weeks. The technician’s diagnosis hinges on a
Key takeaways:Bitcoin spent the week fighting to hold above $107,000, but exchange inflows remain at historic lows as retail investors choose to sit on the sidelines.Stagflation becomes a real risk as US growth slows, but Fed rate cuts could fix the situation and supercharge Bitcoin price.Onchain da
On-chain data from the market intelligence platform Santiment shows that the number of wallets holding at least 10 BTC has returned to levels not seen since March.This surge in whale and shark activity coincides with massive institutional inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs and signals deep-pocketed conf
CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is down $693.55 today or 0.64% to $106886.72Down two consecutive days, down 0.86% over this periodUp 3.40% this weekBest weekly performance since the week ending May 23, 2025 when it rose 4.49%Up 2.03% month-to-dateUp 14.42% year-to-dateDown 4.55% from its all-time intra
Dwayne Golden, a 57-year-old man from Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 97 months, or about eight years, in prison for his role in operating crypto schemes defrauding $40 million from investors, according to a release from the United States Department of Justice.Golden, as well as co-conspirators Grego
Ethereum is down $19.85 today or 0.81% to $2426.02Largest percentage decrease since June 22, 2025 when it dropped 9.05%Down two of the past three daysDown 0.06% this weekWorst weekly performance since the week ending June 20, 2025 when it fell 4.71%Down 4.6% month-to-date; On pace for worst month si
Ripple is turning the page and closing the chapter on its years-long case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to its CEO Brad Garlinghouse.In a post on X on Friday, Garlinghouse said the firm is dropping its cross-appeal. A cross-appeal allows a party in a suit to challenge d
Today in crypto, US President Donald Trump sidestepped questions on divesting from crypto ventures amid political pressure over digital asset bills. Across Protocol founders were accused of redirecting $23 million in tokens and infrastructure attacks flagged behind most of the $2.1 billion stolen in
Hackers posing as legitimate information technology (IT) workers who have infiltrated Web3 projects have stolen roughly $1 million in crypto during the past week, according to onchain investigator and cybersecurity analyst ZackXBT. Several entities were impacted including Favrr, a Web3 fan-token mar
President Donald Trump once again gave supportive remarks about the crypto industry on Friday while sidestepping a question about pausing from his personal crypto ventures for the next two years.Trump was asked if he was open to "pulling away" in order to help get various crypto-related bills passed
Robinhood Markets (ticker HOOD), the popular digital brokerage, has added micro XRP and Solana futures, marking the latest expansion of its crypto product suite, according to an announcement on Friday. The firm also rolled out a micro version of its existing Bitcoin Friday futures offering.Micro fut
Today in crypto, Across Protocol founders have been accused of manipulating DAO governance to funnel $23 million in tokens to their affiliated for-profit company, Risk Labs, infrastructure attacks are responsible for most of the $2.1 billion in crypto stolen this year, and a judge denied Ripple and
In June, Bitcoin’s hashrate suddenly plunged to its lowest level in over a year. The decline came amid heightened political tensions between the US and Iran, prompting speculation about a potential geopolitical connection.However, experts remain divided. What are the arguments on both sides of the d
Hackers looted $2.1 billion from the cryptocurrency sector in the first half of 2025, and more than 80% of that haul stemmed from infrastructure attacks, blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs said in a Thursday report.Private-key thefts, seed-phrase exploits, and front-end hijacks—often enabled by s
The founders of the crosschain bridge Across Protocol have been accused of siphoning $23 million of funds to their own for-profit company.In a Friday X thread, Ogle — the pseudonymous founder of layer-1 project Glue and onchain sleuth — accused some founders of Across Protocol of covertly manipulati
TL:DRRipple’s lawsuit resolution against the US SEC will have to wait even longer as Judge Torres denied the two parties’ joint motion for an indicative ruling.However, this seemingly negative development has turned the community bullish on XRP, according to data from Santiment.With crypto moving si
Over the past 60 days, crypto tax software platform CoinLedger has witnessed a 758% increase in U.S. users receiving Internal Revenue Service letters, with accounting firms like Taxing Cryptocurrency confirming the same trend, CoinLedger CEO David Kemmerer told The Block.Although President Donald Tr
Derivative exchange Deribit topped $40 billion in bitcoin options open interest on Friday, leading the largest quarterly expiry of 2025. The Block’s data dashboard shows that open interest across all venues exceeded $45 billion, with trading on Deribit at a new all-time high, accounting for nearly 9