Ether Supply Squeeze? Bybit Hacker Emerges as World's 14th-Largest ETH Holder - CoinDesk, vc, eth, Crypto, ethereum

Ether Supply Squeeze? Bybit Hacker Emerges as World's 14th-Largest ETH Holder

The Bybit hacker, supposedly a North Korean entity, is now one of the world's largest ether holders, which may have bullish implications for the cryptocurrency's spot price.According to data from Arkham Intelligence and Coinbase executive Connor Grog

Bitcoin Boosted a Bit by Dovish Comments From Fed's Bostic - CoinDesk, Crypto

Bitcoin Boosted a Bit by Dovish Comments From Fed's Bostic

In the process of giving up on the chance of any Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2025, investors Thursday got a modest dovish surprise from Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic."I view the employment outlook as stable, but signs of slowing are accumulat

Wingbits to Launch Satellite to Boost Flight Tracking Accuracy - CoinDesk, flight, data, Crypto, second, solana

Wingbits to Launch Satellite to Boost Flight Tracking Accuracy

HONG KONG — Wingbits, a blockchain-powered aviation data network, is set to add satellite-tracking capabilities as it looks to make further inroads into the $22 billion aviation data industry. The Swedish company is launching a satellite with Spire G

Zerocap Launches Australia’s First Tailored Crypto Product Linked to CoinDesk 20 Index - CoinDesk, index, Crypto

Zerocap Launches Australia’s First Tailored Crypto Product Linked to CoinDesk 20 Index

HONG KONG - Australian digital assets market maker Zerocap has partnered with CoinDesk Indices to offer Australia's first options-based structured products on the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), the company said at Consensus Hong Kong.The partnership intro

LIBRA Apparent Rug Pull Is Latest 'Sordid Episode' Emerging From Solana's Memecoin Complex: Galaxy - CoinDesk, Crypto, token, galaxy, solana, trump, davis, memecoin, libra

LIBRA Apparent Rug Pull Is Latest 'Sordid Episode' Emerging From Solana's Memecoin Complex: Galaxy

The apparent LIBRA token rug pull is the the latest incident to negatively affect the Solana memecoin ecosystem, Galaxy Research said in a report on Monday.The narrative had already began to sour following the TRUMP token's introduction in January an

Ether ETFs Register $393M in Inflows This Month as Crypto Investors Turn Their Back on Bitcoin - CoinDesk, defi, eth, Crypto, solana, ethereum

Ether ETFs Register $393M in Inflows This Month as Crypto Investors Turn Their Back on Bitcoin

If you believed that ether's early-month price crash to $2,000 on some exchanges would drive investors away, think again. Activity in the U.S.-listed spot ETFs indicates that traders have strongly pivoted to ether from bitcoin .This month, the nine

U.S. Crypto Task Force to Focus on Delivering National Bitcoin Reserve: Bernstein - CoinDesk, bitcoin, one, crypto, trump, Crypto

U.S. Crypto Task Force to Focus on Delivering National Bitcoin Reserve: Bernstein

The U.S. crypto task force will focus on starting up a national bitcoin reserve, a move that is likely to spur similar efforts worldwide, broker Bernstein said in a research report Monday."A creation of a U.S. bitcoin reserve could lead to a global

Blockchain.com Takes Step Towards IPO With New Executive Appointments - CoinDesk, sec, Crypto, circle

Blockchain.com Takes Step Towards IPO With New Executive Appointments

The cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Blockchain.com has taken new steps toward a potential initial public offering (IPO) by appointing two seasoned executives with financial and operational expertise.Blockchain.com hired Justin Evans, who

Javier Milei Backtracks on $4.4B Memecoin After 'Insiders' Pocket $87M - CoinDesk, libra, solana, one, memecoin, milei, Crypto, trump

Javier Milei Backtracks on $4.4B Memecoin After 'Insiders' Pocket $87M

Argentina's president Javier Milei has backtracked on a tweet promoting a memecoin called Libra, which rose to a $4.4 billion market cap before plunging by more than 95%.In a now-deleted tweet, Milei initially wrote: "This is a private project dedica

SEC Asks Court for Coinbase Case Deadline Extension, Citing 'Potential Resolution' Prospects - CoinDesk, second, Crypto, sec, crypto

SEC Asks Court for Coinbase Case Deadline Extension, Citing 'Potential Resolution' Prospects

Attorneys for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hinted at a potential settlement with Coinbase in a late Friday court filing, citing the regulator's new crypto task force.The SEC asked a federal appeals court to extend its deadline to respo

Crypto Exchange Bybit Is No Longer Operating Illegally in France - CoinDesk, Crypto, second

Crypto Exchange Bybit Is No Longer Operating Illegally in France

Crypto exchange Bybit is no longer illegally operating in France in the eyes of the country's financial regulator, its CEO said Friday.The exchange was on France's regulatory blacklist for more than two years, Ben Zhou, the CEO of Bybit, said in an X

Bitcoin Looks to Break Long Streak of Weekend Skids - CoinDesk, rally, Crypto, trump, 2024, bitcoin

Bitcoin Looks to Break Long Streak of Weekend Skids

Bitcoin managed to put in a modest rally early in the U.S. trading session on Friday, but the move was quickly snuffed out. Are bulls lightening up positions ahead of the weekend?They could be forgiven for doing so.In his Friday note, Standard Chart

Bitcoin Bull Market Is Far From Over, Suggests Historical BTC Trend Tied to 200-Week Average - CoinDesk, bull, Crypto

Bitcoin Bull Market Is Far From Over, Suggests Historical BTC Trend Tied to 200-Week Average

Historical trends tied to a key indicator suggest that bitcoin has plenty of upside left as renewed inflation in the U.S. threatens to challenge the current uptrend.The 200-week simple moving average (SMA) of bitcoin's price, which smooths out short

Zoom Communications Should Embrace Bitcoin as Treasury Asset, Eric Semler Says - CoinDesk, Crypto, bitcoin, zoom

Zoom Communications Should Embrace Bitcoin as Treasury Asset, Eric Semler Says

Nasdaq-listed Zoom Communications (ZM), a stock market high-flyer during the pandemic boom that's faced tougher times since, should embrace a bitcoin strategy to shake up sluggish stock performace and provide value to shareholders, said Eric Semler,

MetaDAO Hires Futarchy's Creator Robin Hanson as Advisor - CoinDesk, jito, meta, Crypto, solana

MetaDAO Hires Futarchy's Creator Robin Hanson as Advisor

MetaDAO's push to revolutionize governance via markets-based decision-making is getting a boost from the creator of its creed: Robin Hanson.The crypto group on Thursday hired Hanson – a George Mason University economics professor who created the noti

Why Congress Needs to Act on Digital Assets – Reps. French Hill and Bryan Steil - CoinDesk, bitcoin, Crypto, america, trump, sec

Why Congress Needs to Act on Digital Assets – Reps. French Hill and Bryan Steil

Last November, the American people clearly spoke. They support President Trump and the agenda he campaigned on: A “Golden Age” in America. A key component of President Trump’s agenda is leveraging the U.S.’s leadership in advanced technology and econ

HashFlare Co-Founders Plead Guilty in $577M Crypto Mining Ponzi Scheme - CoinDesk, Crypto, one, crypto

HashFlare Co-Founders Plead Guilty in $577M Crypto Mining Ponzi Scheme

The co-founders of Hashflare, a crypto mining ponzi scheme that stole $577 million from hundreds of thousands of investors around the world, both pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both 4

South Korea to Start Lifting Ban on Corporations Trading Crypto - CoinDesk, crypto, Crypto

South Korea to Start Lifting Ban on Corporations Trading Crypto

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (SFC) plans on lifting a ban that prevented institutions trading crypto in response to the upsurge in global participation in the market, it said on Thursday. Non-profit organizations like charities, univer

Coinbase in Talks for Return to India 2 Years After Exit: Report  - CoinDesk, fiu, Crypto

Coinbase in Talks for Return to India 2 Years After Exit: Report

Crypto exchange Coinbase is holding talks with Indian authorities in an effort to secure approval to return to the country it quit in 2023, Tech Crunch reported on Wednesday.The exchange is in talks with regulators including the Financial Intelligen

Eric Semler's X Account Hacked, Promotes Solana-Based Token - CoinDesk, token, bitcoin, one, Crypto, solana

Eric Semler's X Account Hacked, Promotes Solana-Based Token

The X account of Semler Scientific chairman Eric Semler has seemingly been compromised, with various posts from it pointing to the supposed creation of a Solana-based token under the same trading symbol that the firm trades under at Nasdaq.The accoun