Mantra Finance secures Dubai crypto license to expand DeFi, RWA services
Mantra Finance has secured a Dubai VASP license, expanding its DeFi and RWA tokenization services for institutional investors in the UAE and MENA region.
Posts published by Cointelegraph.com News 64/750
Bitcoin’s price movement ‘looks very manufactured’ — Samson Mow
“It seems like it’s some sort of price suppression,” said Mow during a panel discussion at Consensus Hong Kong.
Understanding perpetual strike preferred stocks: Strategy’s latest offering explained
Strategy’s latest capital-raising method, perpetual strike preferred stock, is designed to fund Bitcoin buys with priority dividends, conversion options and controlled dilution.
Regulators to blame for LIBRA memecoin scandal — Coin Bureau founder
Some in the crypto community are outraged about the lack of legal clarity around memecoins like Libra, which collapsed soon after endorsement by Argentine President Javier Milei.
Wintermute to open New York office, eyes OTC and derivatives growth
Wintermute plans US expansion with a new New York office, betting on pro-crypto policies under the Trump administration, CEO Evgeny Gaevoy says.
Bitcoin bull market can survive $77K BTC price dip in 2025 — Analyst
Bitcoin should not reenter a bear market in 2025, even with a 30% BTC price drop, says CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju.
Hong Kong remains an ‘open and vibrant market’ for crypto, says financial secretary
Hong Kong financial secretary Paul Chan Mo-po says an exciting upcoming development is the intersection of AI and blockchain, which he said would create more use cases.
Crypto firms need to go public to ‘address Wall Street’ — BitGo CEO
BitGo boss Mike Belsche has hinted at a potential public offering for his crypto custody firm, and says going public would help to “deliver trust in digital assets.”
US Senate confirms Howard Lutnick as Trump’s commerce secretary
The US Senate confirmed former Cantor Fitzgerald CEO and crypto advocate Howard Lutnik as President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary.
Crypto custodian BitGo launches OTC trading amid rumored late 2025 IPO
OTC infrastructure firm Finery Markets says OTC trading volume skyrocketed last year, driven by Donald Trump’s election win and demand for spot crypto ETFs.
Coinbase execs hit with stockholder suit claiming they downplayed bankruptcy risks
Coinbase shareholder Wenduo Guo has sued the crypto exchange and its top executives for allegedly violating securities laws.
Libra co-creator bragged about paying Javier Milei’s sister for token post: Report
Argentine media reports that Hayden Davis, a figure linked to the Libra token, boasted about paying Javier Milei’s sister for the president to share details of the memecoin.
Norway indicts four over alleged $80M crypto scheme
Authorities in Norway allege that the creators of a crypto scheme laundered $62 million through the accounts of a local law firm.
Saylor’s Strategy proposes $2B convertible note offering to buy more Bitcoin
Michael Saylor’s Strategy is looking to raise another $2 billion via 0% convertible notes to purchase more Bitcoin, potentially adding to the firm’s 478,740 Bitcoin stash.
3 reasons why stablecoin growth thrives globally — Will US follow under Trump?
Stablecoin use in emerging markets soars despite the absence of crypto-friendly regulations and basic banking infrastructure. Will the US catch up to this trend?
Traders eye SOL/ETH reversal amid memecoin fallout
The ratio of SOL to ETH is reversing course after reaching record highs in January amid memecoin scandals.
Tether co-founder launches rival stablecoin that offers yield
The USP stablecoin will allow users to earn yield backed by bonds and other real-world assets.
FTX announces next repayment round for May
The bankrupted crypto exchange started repaying its creditors on Feb. 18, over two years after its dramatic collapse.
LIBRA memecoin scandal dings Solana’s image, but here’s the real reason why SOL is down
Solana price plummets as a drop in onchain activity, declining DApps TVL and looming SOL token unlocks approach.
Grayscale launches Pyth investment fund
The fund claims to offer “higher-beta” exposure to the growth of the Solana ecosystem as Grayscale continues to expand its suite of single-asset crypto funds.
Security platform Blockaid raises $50M in Series B funding
Blockaid plans to use the funds for growth research and development as demand for onchain security tools is expected to rise.
Creeping doubts over US gold reserves make case for tokenized commodities
America’s Fort Knox, Kentucky gold reserves haven’t been audited in more than 50 years.
SEC’s deadline extension is a ‘fork’ in case against Coinbase — John Reed Stark
The regulator’s cases against Coinbase and Binance are on shaky ground following the creation of the Crypto Task Force.
Nigeria to tax cryptocurrency transactions for revenue boost
Nigeria is planning to amend digital asset regulations to tax crypto transactions, a move it believes will bring in substantial revenue.
FTX creditors speak on plans, lessons learned as repayments start
The FTX collapse was painful for many creditors, causing mental distress and underscoring the dangers of keeping crypto on centralized exchanges.
The Milei ‘Libragate’ debacle took months to develop, days to unfold
This week, the Libra memecoin sparked an international scandal involving the president of Argentina. To understand it, one must look back to June 2024.
Is Ethereum bottoming out at last? Analysts weigh in
ETH price mirrors its 2019-2020 cycle chart pattern that preceded a 2,550% price rally. Can history repeat itself in 2025?
Energy-backed currencies as the key to climbing the Kardashev scale
Aligning financial incentives with energy production may be the key to future prosperity and abundance.
SingularityNET and Mind Network bring encryption to AI agents
Fully homomorphic encryption may become a core component of privacy-centric, decentralized AI systems, according to Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET and ASI.
Ethereum L2 Abstract hit by wallet drain, ties to Cardex suspected
Abstract devs said the wallet drain was “not a global AGW issue” but isolated to a specific application, a potential breach in the Abstract-based game Cardex.