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The largest cryptocurrency fell 22.2% in the first quarter and another 14.09% in the second, according to Coinglass data, and was trading just above $59,000 on Wednesday as the third quarter began.
With the end of MiCA’s transitional period fast approaching, the European Union is finally cracking down on unlicensed crypto exchanges in an effort to purge the continent’s spot markets of rogue oper…
Tokenized equities trading platform Edel Finance paused its lending protocol on Tuesday after an attacker exploited how it priced a tokenized stock, borrowing against collateral inflated to roughly 78…
Ether (ETH) is at $1,580, having also experienced a slight relief bounce since 01:00 UTC.
Ark Invest has a tendency to load up on shares in cryptocurrency companies when their prices are depressed, and June was no exception.
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Polish crypto firms are being forced to seek licenses abroad or risk shutting down after President Karol Nawrocki refused to sign legislation giving the country’s financial regulator authority to issu…
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $4.5 billion in net outflows in June, their worst month since launching in January 2024, per SoSoValue data.
Anthropic is restoring access to its two most advanced AI models after the U.S. government lifted the export controls that forced it to pull them last month.
XRP is still pinned near $1, but the selling pressure is no longer coming from the same crowded leverage that drove the earlier decline. The token slipped 1% over the session, then bounced from suppor…
The June candlestick, a charting tool summarizing entire month's price action into a single visual, looks like a solid red brick with virtually no wicks, a clear sign of complete and "uninterrupted" b…
Taiwan has taken a major step forward in overseeing its digital asset sector by enacting comprehensive new regulations for cryptocurrency operations.
The U.S. Commerce Department would have more authority to shield domestic artificial intelligence technology from the supply chains of foreign adversaries in a bill introduced Tuesday by two Republica…
President Donald Trump earned more than $1 billion from crypto sales and royalties last year while living in the White House and pursuing aggressively pro-crypto policies in his administration.
Ramp, a financial operations platform, said companies making the largest investments in artificial intelligence are expanding their workforces rather than shrinking them, according to a new study that…
Circle shares (CRCL) cratered on Tuesday after the new Open USD stablecoin network rattled investors, but analysts say it's too early to conclude the consortium poses a serious threat to USDC.
The team behind one of Hyperliquid's highest-profile private-company trading projects has found a new home.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reexamining how it approaches novel exchange-traded funds, including those focused on crypto, and is inviting public input on its automated system to app…
A U.S. judge sentenced Chinese businessman Miles Guo, the billionaire behind the fraudulent crypto venture Himalaya Coin, to 30 years in prison, long after a trial jury found the well-connected defend…
Circle (CRCL) shares were lower by 8% in Tuesday morning trading after a consortium backed by some of the biggest names in payments, banking and crypto unveiled Open USD, a new stablecoin designed to …
The Clarity Act still faces significant hurdles despite clearing the Senate Banking Committee, with investment bank Jefferies warning that political uncertainty could fuel volatility across crypto mar…
Paper certificates gave way to book-entry records. Trading floors gave way to electronic markets. Manual processes gave way to faster settlement, automated clearing, and global access. Each step raise…
The range itself is normal. Bitcoin spent much of 2024, from March to October, consolidating between $55,000 and $70,000 with occasional overshoots in both directions. What makes the current setup ris…
MetaMask has launched a new self-custodial account that combines stablecoin yield, payments and trading in a single product, as wallet providers increasingly compete to become broader financial platfo…