The Bank of Korea said it will "actively participate" in the country's efforts to build a regulatory framework for stablecoins in order to mitigate potential monetary and financial risks."Unlike general virtual assets, stablecoins inherently possess characteristics of a payment measure," the BOK sai

Bitcoin is eyeing new April highs as macro instability suddenly delivers a tailwind for BTC price performance.Bitcoin is on the way up, nearing $88,000, but few market participants are willing to trust the strength of snap price moves.A new macro week dawns in the shadow of the US trade war, with F

Bearish market conditions for bitcoin (BTC) have remained persistent over the last few weeks, with selling activity from large investors and major players exacerbating the negative trend.A weekly report from the on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant revealed that although daily BTC selling from la

Japanese investment firm Metaplanet announced today that it has purchased an additional 330 BTC, worth $28.2 million. This is the company's third bitcoin purchase this month, despite market uncertainties driven by U.S. tariff measures.The company said it made the purchase at an average price of 12.1

Several US economic indicators are in the pipeline this week, with potential implications for Bitcoin and crypto.US macroeconomic data have broadly influenced sentiment in the cryptocurrency market over the past several months. Therefore, it is imperative that traders and investors adjust their port

Asian crime syndicates behind the multibillion-dollar cyberscam industry are expanding globally including to South America and Africa, as raids in Southeast Asia fail to contain their activities, the United Nations said in a report on Monday. Criminal networks that in recent years, opening spra

About 27.59% of the $1.4 billion worth of crypto stolen from Bybit exchange has "gone dark," CEO Ben Zhou said in his latest post on social media platform X. The portion of funds that disappeared from Bybit's radar has increased since Zhou's March 4 update, when he said 77% of the funds remained tra

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget discovered "abnormal trading activity" on the perpetual futures contract on April 20, between 8:00 to 8:30 UTC, and paused accounts that the exchange suspected of market manipulation.According to an April 20 announcement from the exchange, Bitget will roll back the ac

Despite an uptick in activity at the beginning of April, likely due to the market turmoil caused by President Trump's tariff announcements, volumes on major crypto exchanges have dropped to six-month lows in recent days, The Block's data shows. The seven-day moving average of volume across exchanges

Bitcoin has spent the past seven days trying to hold near $85,000, with a trading range between $83,200 and $86,000. Buying momentum has turned positive in the past 24 hours, but an interesting technical analysis of the current price action points to a looming downside risk.Crypto analyst Xanrox lai

Centralized cryptocurrency exchange Bitget will roll back trades and compensate users after "abnormal trading" activity in its perpetual futures market affected a little-known token, sending volume soaring to levels higher than that of bitcoin. Early Sunday morning, traders in Bitget's perpetual fut

It's not the kind of Easter surprise traders were hoping for, as over the past four hours, Bitcoin has seen a massive 13,520% long-to-short liquidation imbalance, with $9.62 million in longs wiped out compared to just $71,000 in shorts. The move came amid a sharp drop in the price of BTC to lows ne

The popular alternative cryptocurrency Solana has been clinging to $125 support for weeks, refusing to move but refusing to break — until it finally did. Price dropped below the range it had been sitting on since late 2023, lost the crucial zone and looked ready for a big breakdown.But then came th

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget discovered "abnormal trading activity" on the perpetual futures contract on April 20, between 8:00 to 8:30 UST, and paused accounts that the exchange suspected of market manipulation.According to an April 20 announcement from the exchange, Bitget will roll back the ac

XRP continues to consolidate with low volatility across its BTC and USDT pairs. Price action is tight, holding above major support but struggling to gain bullish momentum.By Edris DerakhshiXRP Price Analysis: The USDT ChartXRP is holding just above the $2.00 support zone and the 200-day moving avera

In a recent social media post, Strategy founder Michael Saylor stated that Bitcoin has no counterparty risk."No company. No country. No creditor. No currency. No competitor. No culture. Not even chaos," he said.This echoes the point that Saylor made during his appearance on CNBC in late 2024. He sta

Bitcoin (BTC) price has rebounded by 14.60% after plunging below $75,000 for the first time in five months in April. However, its failure to break above the $85,000 resistance level decisively has sparked concerns that the ongoing recovery may trap bulls.Gold’s rally may risk crashing Bitcoin below

The cryptocurrency market took a sudden dive in the past couple of hours, with the XRP price making no exceptions.XRP Price Tumbles but Funding Rates SurpriseXRP tumbled by around 2% in the past hour, bringing its total losses to about 8% for the last day. At the time of this writing, the cryptocurr

Mantra CEO plans to burn teams tokens in bid to win community trustMantra CEO John Mullin said he is planning to burn all of his teams tokens in order to win back the trust of the networks community following the sudden collapse of the Mantra (OM) token on April 13.Im planning to burn all of my team

Mantra CEO plans to burn teams tokens in bid to win community trustMantra CEO John Mullin said he is planning to burn all of his teams tokens in order to win back the trust of the networks community following the sudden collapse of the Mantra (OM) token on April 13.Im planning to burn all of my team