Dogwifhat Becomes Third-Largest Meme Coin as Bitcoin Clings to $70K
WIF touched the $4 mark early Friday before retreating as the meme coin sector showed the most volatility in a little-changed market.
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Call of Duty Cheaters Allegedly Lose Their Bitcoin as Hackers Target Gamers With Malware
The malware has already impacted hundreds of thousands of players and the numbers are still growing, as per malware market informer @vxunderground.
Ethena’s Prelaunch Futures Surge 22% as ENA Token Is Set to Go Live Next Week
The price surge implied that the token could debut with a market cap of over $500 million.
Ethereum Hit by 'Blobscriptions' in First Stress Test of Blockchain's New Data System
Ethereum fees for "blobs" – the blockchain's new dedicated class of cheaper data storage – spiked Wednesday after a project called Ethscriptions created a new way of inscribing data, known as “blobscriptions.”
Sam Bankman-Fried Deserves a Life After Prison
He did incalculable harm, but arguing for a sentence longer than 25 years is unfair to the man and the industry he once represented.
OKX’s Global Compliance Chief Left After Six Months
Patrick Donegan, whose LinkedIn profile says he managed a team of 300 people around the world, was at OKX from August 2023 to January 2024.
Crypto for Advisors: Beyond Bitcoin, Crypto Indices
Just like equities have the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100, we now see the emergence of cryptocurrency and digital asset indices.
MicroStrategy Slumps 14% After Short Seller Says Stock Trades at an Unjustifiable Premium to Bitcoin
The bitcoin price implied by MicroStrategy’s share price is $177K, 2 ½ times the spot price of the cryptocurrency, the report said.
Dogecoin Bets Jump to $2B as Price Reaches Highest Level Since 2021
DOGE prices tend to move on speculation about the token's use on X, the Elon Musk-owned social media giant.
Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
SBF returned to a federal courthouse in Manhattan for sentencing on Thursday.
Ethereum's Rising Validator Count Is Causing Concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets Says
Future roadmap upgrades for the network will become more difficult with a large validator set, the report said.
First Mover Americas: Tokenized Treasury Notes Surpass $1B
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 28, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF Hits $200M Daily Inflows for First Time
The bitcoin ETF market registered net inflows of $243.4 million as BTC teased a return north of $72,000 a week after sinking below $63,000.
Over $1B in U.S. Treasury Notes Has Been Tokenized on Public Blockchains
Tokenized Treasuries are digital representations of U.S. government bonds that can be traded as digital tokens on the blockchain.
Recapping FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial
Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted last year. Here's how his trial came together.
Bitcoin Halving Could Bolster ETF Tailwinds for the Cryptocurrency: Canaccord
If history repeats itself, an even more bullish period for bitcoin and crypto markets could be on the horizon in the months following the halving, the report said.
Fewer Than 30% of Jurisdictions Globally Have Started Regulating Crypto: FATF Chief
Globally, less than 30% of jurisdictions have started regulating the crypto sector as of June 2023, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) President T. Raja Kumar told CoinDesk in an interview from Singapore.
Indonesia Will Require Crypto Products to Pass Through Regulatory Sandbox or Be Deemed Illegal
The initiative is aimed at combating fraud and will kick in at the start of next year.
Canadian Province Asks QuadrigaCX Co-Founder to Explain His Wealth in New Order
This is the third test for the Province's new tool to combat money laundering.
Bitcoin Cash Rallies 13% Ahead of BCH Halving, Bitcoin Steady Around $70K
The Bitcoin Cash halving is expected on Apr.4, blockchain trackers show, and has historically preceded price bumps.
Bitcoin, Ether Could Witness Upside Volatility as $15B Options Expiry Looms
Dealer hedging could breed volatility at around $70,000, one observer said.
Protocol Village: Zircuit Launches 'Build to Earn' Program With Rewards for Devs
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 28-April 3.
Crypto Addresses of 'Hamas-Aligned' Gaza Now Is Sanctioned by U.S, U.K.
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic found that the online organization raised a mere $21,000 in crypto for Hamas since the October 7th attacks.
Ethena, a $1.3B Yield-Earning Protocol, to Debut Governance Token Next Week
The DeFi protocol, which generates yield from ether derivative funding rates, is set to airdrop 750 million ENA tokens, 5% of the total supply, on April 2.
BlackRock's Tokenized Fund Quickly Rakes in $245M, Right Behind Franklin Templeton's Older Offering
The tokenized U.S. Treasury market is poised to reach $1 billion "very soon" given the growth of BlackRock's BUIDL, an analyst noted.
BlackRock's Fink Says an Ether ETF Is Possible Even if ETH Is a Security
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink isn't worried about the U.S. Securities and Exchange classifying Ethereum's ether as a security.
What Binance's Exit From Nigeria Means for P2P Bitcoin
The exchange was forced to leave Nigeria, and I’m sure it will happen to other crypto companies in other countries, Ray Youssef, CEO of NoOnes, writes.
The Protocol: Meme Coins (and Pepe's Best Friend) Swarm Coinbase Layer 2 Chain
The meme coin frenzy that drove up activity – and failed transactions – on Solana appears to have quickly migrated to Base, Coinbase's six-month-old layer-2 blockchain. Who is the blue-faced creature behind the $BRETT token?