The German financial supervisory agency Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, or BaFin, stopped the Frankfurt-based Ethena Labs subsidiary Ethena GmbH from publicly offering its USD-pegged stablecoin USDe. The halt was due to BaFin identifying "serious deficiencies in Ethena GmbH 's USDe

By Ian SalisburyGold has had a great run, but it can keep going all the way to $4,000 an ounce — as long stocks and other risk assets like cryptocurrencies continue to sell off, according to market bulls.Prices for gold hit a record high Thursday after surging nearly 40% in the past year, amid centr

Episode 510 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro, and Coinbase Director of Product Michael RihaniListen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please send feedback and revision requests to podca

Crypto investors rejoiced this week after the US Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed one of the crypto industry’s most controversial lawsuits — one that resulted in an over four-year legal battle with Ripple Labs.In another significant regulatory development, Solana-based futures exchange-t

Ethereum has experienced a much-needed surge above the $2,000 level, a key psychological and technical mark that bulls have struggled to reclaim since March 10. This breakout sparked optimism in the market, but the momentum was short-lived, as ETH quickly pulled back below the level and was unable t

The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.It's Friday! According to a Dune Analytics dashboard, Polymarket apparently predicts events with up to 94% accuracy. However, with some of its users evidently being flat-earthers, I wouldn'

Ether price dropped 6% between March 19 and March 21 after failing to break the $2,050 resistance level. More notably, ETH has fallen 28% since Feb. 21, underperforming the broader crypto market, which declined 14% over the same period.Despite ETH's price struggles, Ether futures open interest hit

Coinbase is in advanced talks to buy Deribit, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, according to a March 21 report by Bloomberg.Acquiring Deribit — the world’s largest venue for trading Bitcoin and Ether options — would bolster Coinbase’s existing derivatives platform, which currently focuses on

The government of Nigeria is still open to crypto businesses operating in the country despite the ongoing lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance and the high-profile detention of Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan.Nigerian Information Minister Mohammed Idris told Semafor that many crypto businesses

The dollar edged up against the euro on Friday, on pace for its first weekly gain this month, as investors booked profits from the euro's recent advance ahead of the April 2 deadline for reciprocal U.S. tariffs. The euro was 0.3% lower at $1.08223, on pace to finish the week down 0.6%, its f

Securities lawyers and crypto pundits kicked around a long-held question — what makes something a security — at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's inaugural crypto task force roundtable. At the SEC's headquarters in Washington on Friday, a panel of securities lawyers, some crypto critics

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is down $198.81 today or 0.24% to $83930.60Down three of the past four daysDown two consecutive days, down 1.79% over this periodWorst two day stretch since the two days ending March 13, 2025 when it fell 3.57%Down 0.21% month-to-dateDown 10.15% year-to-dateDown 21.37% f

BEIJING, March 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Token Cat Limited ("Token Cat" or the "Company") , a leading automotive marketplace in China, today announced that it received a notification letter dated March 19, 2025 (the "Deficiency Letter") from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq S

America’s pro-crypto policy shift has become a bipartisan commitment as Democrats and Republicans look to secure the US dollar’s influence as a global reserve currency. According to US Representative and California Democrat Ro Khanna, at least 70 of his fellow party members now understand the import

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 21, 2025) - SOL Global Investments Corp. (FSE: 9SB) ("SOL Global" or the "Company"), one of the first publicly traded companies focused on institutional Solana investments, has announced that, due to prevailing market conditions, the Company and its strateg

Open interest in Bitcoin trading is a crucial metric to assess the market’s current sentiment on the digital asset, including potential price movements. In theory, an increase in Bitcoin’s open interest suggests liquidity, which can also support an ongoing price trend. According to the latest Glassn

New York, NY, March 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — When New York Mobile (NYMobile) launched its premium mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service this week, it wasn’t just adding another name to the telecom space — it was introducing a new way to think about mobile identity. Built on a multi-yea

SOL’s price performance over the past 24 hours has been in line with that of the rest of the cryptocurrency market and remains largely in red. Let’s check out some of the more important Solana ecosystem news.Raydium launches Pump.Fun competitorRaydium – Solana’s most popular decentralized exchange –

The United States Department of Treasury removed economic sanctions against Tornado Cash, a crypto protocol known for privatizing onchain transactions, after sanctioning the platform nearly three years ago. The Treasury Department removed Tornado Cash and several associated digital wallet addresses

Montreal, Quebec--(Newsfile Corp. - March 21, 2025) - Quantum eMotion Corp. (OTCQB: QNCCF) (FSE: 34Q0) ("QeM" or the "Corporation") announces that it has granted an aggregate of 3,920,000 stock options (each, an "Option") to officers and employees of the Corporation in accordance with the Corporati