Ethereum’s upcoming Pectra upgrade was activated on the Sepolia testnet today at around 2:30 am ET.Sepolia tests the upgrade’s features under simulated network conditions before deployment on Ethereum’s mainnet.The Sepolia release is the final major rollout before the upgrade launches on the mainnet

Major U.S. cryptocurrency mining companies listed on Wall Street reported lower Bitcoin (BTC) production in February compared to January, citing shorter month and network difficulties as key factors. Moreover, the decline in revenue was impacted by a sharp correction in BTC prices last month, with t

A US state securities regulator is set to propose a strategy to protect Americans from a surge in digital asset fraud driven by increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence tools.Claire McHenry, Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance (NDBF) deputy director and president of the North Americ

A Manhattan federal court judge has delayed the US government’s case against former Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon after prosecutors requested more time to review another four terabytes of evidence.In a March 3 order, Judge Paul Engelmayer moved a hearing slated for March 6 to April 10 after the prosecu

Bitcoin may struggle to move above $94,000 after its failed attempt to reclaim the price level two days ago, Bitfinex analysts say.“Any recovery to take the price back above $94,000 might face significant resistance,” Bitfinex analysts said in a March 3 markets report. Bitcoin fell below $94,000 on

Metaplanet, a Japanese investment firm that has adopted a bitcoin accumulation strategy, has spent an additional $43.9 million in acquiring 497 BTC.The company disclosed on Wednesday that it purchased an additional 497 BTC at an average price of $88,448 per bitcoin, raising its total holdings to 2,8

Trading volume for graduated Pump.fun tokens has declined significantly since the beginning of the year, reflecting both the broader market cooling and evolving trader sentiment. Daily volumes have plummeted from January peaks of $3 billion to approximately $170 million at the time of writing, a sta

Today in crypto, more than $1 billion worth of derivatives were liquidated on March 4 due to fears of a trade war. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued new requests to restrict El Salvador's Bitcoin purchases, and the US Securities and Exchange Commission dropped its investiga

Trading volume on Pump.fun, a token launchpad in the Solana ecosystem, has plunged 63% from January to February 2025, data from Dune Analytics shows. The decline comes as memecoins face mounting scrutiny amid a string of scandals.In total, the platform’s trading volume declined from $119 billion to

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said his government won’t stop buying Bitcoin despite a new request from the International Monetary Fund to stop.The IMF issued a new request on March 3 for an extended arrangement under its $1.4 billion fund facility to El Salvador, which called on the country’s p

Popular onchain data platform Shibburn, which tracks SHIB burn transactions on the Ethereum chain and then shares the details on its website and its X handle, has noticed a massive SHIB transaction which proved to be a burn transfer.20,000,000 SHIB burned in single moveA large chunk of meme coins ha

Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick has raised concerns about the near-term prospects for both bitcoin and Strategy (MSTR) as bitcoin’s price faces potential volatility near a critical support level.Kendrick pointed to the Nov. 6, 2024, price range — the day after the U.S. election — as a key potent

Bitcoin mining stocks are struggling as declining cryptocurrency prices add further pressure to business models strained by the Bitcoin network’s April halving, according to a JPMorgan research note shared with Cointelegraph. Mining stocks tracked by JPMorgan collectively shed 22% in market capital

The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.Happy Tuesday! Turns out it was another Xi-esque candle after all, with Trump's crypto reserve pump now fully erased amid the latest tariff-fueled slump.In today's newsletter, industry lead

A big Tuesday reversal in risk markets has seen bitcoin climb nearly 10% from its weakest level of the session and the Nasdaq move into the green after being lower by nearly 2% earlier in the day.Buffeted about by Trump's tariff threats for weeks, stocks and crypto initially were sharply lower toda

Bitcoin intradayBitcoin is up $6000 from the intrday low as it traded as high as $88,465. That move has come in less than three hours but what's particularly incredible is that if you zoom this chart out, it doesn't even look like that big of a move in light of the $10,000 moves on Sunday and Monday

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Tuesday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading declines, as investors feared that an escalating trade war between the U.S. and its partners could damage the economy. At 10:30 EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.48% at 42,551.36. The S&P 500 was down 1.6

The dollar fell to a three-month low on Tuesday as concerns about slowing growth and the impact from tariffs on the U.S. economy outweighed any potential boost from new levies on Canada, China and Mexico.President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico took effect Tuesday, al

The Bank of Israel has put forward a possible design for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) should the decision be made to introduce one in the future.The central bank described the proposed digital shekel (DS) as a "multipurpose CBDC", to wit it would be for both retail and wholesale use, in a

Bitcoin has seen a notable decline in recent market movements, coinciding with a broader sell-off in equities triggered by the Trump administration's announcement of new tariffs on major trading partners. Meanwhile, gold has reaffirmed its status as a traditional safe-haven asset. As of Tuesday, gol