SBI VC Trade, the crypto arm of Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Group, announced on Tuesday that it had completed the registration as an "Electronic Payment Service Provider" that can process USDC stablecoin transactions — making it "the first in the country" to do so.The company said that it pl

Bybit’s CEO, Ben Zhou, revealed that 20 per cent of the hacked funds from the crypto exchange have “gone dark,” meaning they were either mixed, laundered, or sent to platforms that obscure transactions. Hackers siphoned $1.4 billion from Bybit last month, making the untraceable funds total approxima

Bitcoin price has declined by more than 8.5% over the last 24 hours days after rallying to $95,000 on Sunday, March 2.Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the price of Bitcoin suddenly dropped from a high of $94,422 on March 3 to an intra-day low of $82,450 on March 4.Bitc

In a swift and dramatic reversal, crypto markets have shed hundreds of billions of dollars in the space of just one day, raising questions about the sustainability of recent gains spurred by the surprise announcement of a new US Crypto Reserve. At the peak of the initial rally—shortly after former P

Ark Invest bought 38,865 Coinbase shares, worth $8 million, for its Next Generation Internet exchange-traded fund (ARKW) on Monday and offloaded $8.2 million worth of its own spot Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) as the crypto market fully retraced the crypto reserve-fueled weekend Trump pump amid fresh concerns

THORChain generated more than $5 million in total revenue after the protocol’s asset swap volume hit record highs, driven by the exploiter behind the $1.4 billion Bybit hack.Centralized crypto exchange Bybit was hacked for over $1.4 billion worth of crypto on Feb. 21 in the largest hack in crypto hi

The crypto market erased all gains from President Trump’s US Crypto Strategic Reserve announcement, plunging by over 14.7% in 24 hours to reach $2.64 trillion on March 4.Several factors have contributed to the latest drop in crypto prices, including:As US tariff wars escalated, nearly $980 million w

Bitcoin and Ethereum traded lower today, reversing gains from a rally fueled by U.S. President Trump's crypto reserve announcement over the weekend, as investors weighed macroeconomic data and ongoing tariff uncertainties.Ether fell 14.7% over the past 24 hours to $2,082, its lowest level since Nove

Stocks fell and bond yields slid on Tuesday in Asia with investors ducking for cover as new U.S. on Canada, Mexico and China took effect, threatening to escalate global trade tensions.The risk-sensitive Australian dollar slid and crude oil wallowed near 12-week lows, while bitcoin languished ar

Crypto markets have lost more than 12% or almost $400 billion since the Sunday peak, and one of the largest losers has been Ethereum.ETH pricescrashedto their lowest levels in 16 months, plunging 15% to $2,035 during early trading in Asia on Tuesday morning. The last time ETH traded below $2,000 was

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou confirmed that $280 million of the $1.4 billion stolen from the exchange has been laundered and is no longer traceable. Still, about $1.07 billion remains trackable, allowing investigators to continue their efforts to recover the funds.On March 4, Zhou provided an update on the mo

Scam centres that operated along the Thai-Myanmar border for years have drawn fresh attention after the high-profile abduction and release of a Chinese actor in Thailand.The incident sparked a multi-national effort among Thailand, China and Myanmar to dismantle the centres in a network of scam c

MegaETH, a high-performance Ethereum Layer 2 in development, has outlined a structured plan for rolling out its testnet.The project has scheduled its public testnet deployment to begin on March 6 — just a few days from now.The rollout is structured in phases. The testnet officially deploys on March

0856 GMT - Bitcoin falls as global trade war fears weigh on risky assets. President Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports along with an additional 10% levy on Chinese goods Tuesday. The news dents risk appetite and prompts bitcoin to retrace the previous day's gains after Trump a

Ether is testing levels not seen since November 2023, as the market continues to be hit by volatility resulting from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war threat. ETH is down 15% in the last 24 hours, according to CoinDesk Indices data, dragging down the CoinDesk 20, a measure of the largest digi

Despite recovering from bearish lows following its recent uptick, a crypto analyst has predicted that the XRP price could undergo a further decline in its price to $1.5. The analyst has pinpointed a critical resistance level that XRP will need to hold lest it crashes to new lows and eradicates recen

By Angus BerwickLUGANO, Switzerland — Giancarlo Devasini, one of the world's newest billionaires, leads a reclusive life in this Alpine town. He stays in a modest apartment by the lake, strolls the cobbled streets with a black hoodie pulled over his head — and rages about the American rival he belie

Stocks slumped and bond yields slid on Tuesday in Asia as investors braced for an imminent escalation in a global trade war with new U.S. on Canada, Mexico and China set to go into effect within hours.The U.S. dollar remained depressed, with sterling holding close to a 1 1/2-month high and the

Bitcoin turns bearish as its weekend gains completely evaporate. Negative momentum was briefly halted thanks to Trump’s Crypto Reserve announcement, but the underlying macroeconomic problems remain.Trump’s tariffs against its closest trading partners are still set to go through, and the Federal Rese

Late at night on March 2, popular streamer Amouranth, whose real name is Kaitlyn Siragusa, made a series of posts on X saying she was the subject of a home invasion by robbers who “wanted crypto is what they were yelling.”In November 2024, Amouranth posted a screenshot from her Coinbase account show