Mackenzie TatananniMicroStrategy snapped up even more Bitcoin and exhausted its 2024 at-the-market common stock offering.The company, which does business as Strategy, bought 1,895 Bitcoins for a total purchase price of $180.3 million, or around $95,1
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to stop retail traders from obtaining loans to fund their crypto investments. The FCA is bringing forth a range of crypto regulations, including this added restriction. David Geale, FCA executive directo
Avraham Eisenberg was sentenced to more than four years in prison on child sexual abuse material charges, unrelated to his role in the 2022 exploit that drained the decentralized exchange Mango Markets of roughly $100 million.According to reporting f
It's not everyday a company makes a big deal about who it didn't hire.Enter Kraken, which on Thursday said it recently realized a North Korean hacker had applied for an engineering role at the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange. Instead of simply con
Robinhood (ticker HOOD) named two crypto market makers for the first time in its latest U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing on May 1. According to its most recent 10-Q, the firm is apparently working with major crypto trading firms B2C2 an
Bettors on prediction platforms Polymarket and Kalshi are flipping bearish on the US economy. As of April 29, both platforms are predicting that the US will log an economic contraction during the first quarter of 2025 in an upcoming economic data rel
Key points:Weak labor and consumer data often precede Bitcoin rallies, leading some analysts to anticipate future economic stimulus programs.Job openings fell to 7.2 million in March versus the 7.5 million forecast and consumer confidence hit its low
Chainlink (LINK) is currently consolidating around the $15 level, as bulls attempt to reclaim higher ground after a volatile yet promising few weeks. Despite facing stiff resistance near this zone, LINK continues to show strength amid a broader marke
Cardano (ADA) is hovering at $0.71, but the weekly structure that veteran chartist Maelius (@MaeliusCrypto) published on X suggests that the lull may be only a pause before the next leg higher. The analyst’s chart compresses seven years of ADA/USD hi
A court in India has ordered the encrypted email service Proton Mail blocked in the country for refusing to share information with authorities.In an April 29 hearing of the High Court of Karnataka, Justice M Nagaprasanna ordered the government to “bl
Cryptocurrency compliance firm Bitrace found that $649 billion worth of stablecoins flowed through addresses classified as high-risk in 2024, according to an April 29 report.Bitrace defines high-risk blockchain addresses as those used by illegal enti
Opinion by: Felix Xu, co-founder of ARPA Network and Bella ProtocolAI has been a dominant narrative since 2024, but users and companies still cannot completely trust it. Whether it’s finances, personal data or healthcare decisions, hesitation around
Prosecutors say that former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky should be sentenced to twenty years in prison for losing billions of customers' dollars. The U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York, led now by Jay Clayton, filed a sentenci
As crypto adoption surges in the UK, the government has introduced draft legislation seeking to tighten oversight of crypto firms while keeping Britain attractive to investors and innovators.The announcement, made by Chancellor Rachel Reeves at a Lon
Bitcoin mining firm Phoenix Group announced the addition of 52 megawatts (MW) worth of mining capacity to its capabilities in Ethiopia.According to an April 29 announcement, with this latest addition, Phoenix’s Bitcoin mining capacity in Ethiopia rea
The first 100 days of the administration of US President Donald Trump have deeply impacted the crypto industry, starting with his own memecoin and culminating in a Bitcoin reserve and a spate of blockchain policymaking. Trump’s trade war with the ent
In a live interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday, Peter Chung, Head of Research at quantitative trading firm Presto, reaffirmed his conviction that Bitcoin can reach $210,000 before the end of 2025, arguing that the asset is evolving into a macro-l
Key takeaways: Data suggests that Bitcoin currently trades at a 40% discount. Over 36,000 Bitcoin were withdrawn from Coinbase and Binance on April 25. Bitcoin’s fractal pattern from Q4 2024 could propel prices above $100,000 in April. Bitcoin is cu
Strike CEO Jack Mallers said his new role as CEO of Bitcoin treasury firm Twenty One Capital won’t distract him from heading Strike, revealing the platform processed over $6 billion in volume in 2024.“This is not a shift in my commitment; it’s an ext
Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea regained its position as the leading platform for digital collectible trading, even as overall market activity declined.Data tracker NFTScan shows that OpenSea has held the top spot in NFT marketplace trad