'Bitcoin Sign Guy' Is Auctioning His Bitcoin Sign
[Apr 11 7:00 AM] Christian Langalis, whose 2017 photo-bombing of Janet Yellen became a viral meme, will use the proceeds to fund his Bitcoin/Lightning/Urbit startup.
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DePIN Platform Uplink Raises $10M Led by Framework Ventures
[Apr 11 6:00 AM] The decentralized wireless platform offers a token-reward system to incentivize users to contribute to the network.
Bitfinex Securities Introduces El Salvador’s First Tokenized Debt to Fund New Hilton Hotel
[Apr 11 5:00 AM] The token will be issued on the Liquid Network, a bitcoin sidechain.
NEAR to Hire Artificial-Intelligence Engineers as Part of AI Roadmap
[Apr 10 12:50 PM] The company will begin its AI initiative in the next 3-6 months according to a document reviewed by CoinDesk.
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Record $19.4 Million in Outflows, GBTC Holdings Decline
[Apr 10 11:39 AM] U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced another round of net withdrawals, documenting a $19.4 million decrease. The holdings of GBTC diminished from 322,697.17 bitcoins to 318,451.70. U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF Landscape: Outflows…
Crypto Derivatives Exchange Stream Trading Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding
[Apr 10 9:44 AM] The funding round values the company at $20 million.
Half of Solana Pre-Sales Are Scams, Blockaid Says
[Apr 10 9:42 AM] Blockchain security firm Blockaid said 50% of recent pre-sale token launches on Solana have been malicious.
Ripple-Owned Metaco Sees Most of Execs and Marketing Teams Depart: Source
[Apr 10 9:23 AM]
Staking Provider P2P Launches Staking-as-a-Business for Institutions
[Apr 10 7:00 AM] The platform also recently surpassed $7.4 billion in total value locked, or TVL.
U.S. CPI Comes in Faster Than Hoped, Rising 0.4% in March, 3.5% Y/Y
[Apr 10 6:36 AM] Stubbornly high inflation has shattered Wall Street expectations for a long series of rate cuts in 2024.
WOO X Introduces Meme Coin, Layer 2 Index Perpetuals in Partnership With Wintermute, GMCI
[Apr 10 3:00 AM] Indices provider GMCI’s MEME index includes top meme coins like SHIB, PEPE and DOGE, while the L2 index monitors leading blockchain scaling tokens like MATIC, IMX and OP.
Hong Kong-Based First Digital's $3B Stablecoin Arrives to Sui Network in DeFi Push
[Apr 10 1:00 AM] FDUSD has quickly become the fourth-largest stablecoin since its launch in July under Hong Kong's digital asset regulations, benefitting from crypto exchange giant Binance's trading promotion.
VanEck CEO Says Transaction Fee Is Bigger Story Than Bitcoin or Ethereum ETFs
[Apr 9 3:52 PM] Jan Van Eck told CoinDesk TV's Jen Sanasie that not hearing back from the SEC is a sign that ETH exchange-traded funds likely wont make the May deadline.
Blockchain Developer Monad Labs Raises $225M Led by Paradigm
[Apr 9 9:32 AM] The company is looking to offer an Ethereum-compatible environment that's faster than the original.
Pompliano, Ex-Journo Melinek Spin Up 'Token Relations' Startup for Blockchain Firms
[Apr 9 7:00 AM] The media startup will offer a "third bucket" of information to crypto startups' stakeholders.
Bitcoin Layer 2 Mezo Emerges From Stealth With $21M Raise Led by Pantera
[Apr 9 5:47 AM] Mezo is a permissionless Bitcoin economic layer that uses a neutral smart contract infrastructure to offer a wide range of applications.
Stablecoins Are Seeing Adoption as a Cross-Border Settlement Mechanism: Bernstein
[Apr 9 5:19 AM] Solana is leading the field in blockchain payments, but the network has scalability issues, the report said.
BCB Group Moves Custody of Digital Asset Operations to Metaco’s Platform
[Apr 9 1:00 AM] The move will allow the crypto payments firm to consolidate its custody technology.
Hong Kong’s ZA Bank to Offer Custody Accounts for Stablecoin Issuers
[Apr 8 11:25 PM] ZA Bank, a virtual bank in Hong Kong, will offer cash custody accounts for institutions that want to issue stablecoins. The organization is in talks with several parties seeking to issue their stablecoins, and this service would be available for…
10 US Bitcoin ETFs Amass Over 519,000 BTC, With Blackrock Leading at 50.81%
[Apr 8 11:32 AM] The latest data reveals that Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has increased its bitcoin portfolio, now encompassing 263,937.48 bitcoins valued at $17.88 billion. Spot Bitcoin ETF Reserves Reach New Heights Several U.S…
Crypto Market Cap to Double to $5 Trillion by Year-End: Ripple CEO
[Apr 8 9:54 AM] Brad Garlinghouse highlighted several macroeconomic factors behind the potential growth of the total crypto market value.
China’s Largest Fund Managers Eye Spot Bitcoin ETFs in Hong Kong’s Financial Markets
[Apr 8 9:14 AM] Two of China’s largest fund management firms have recently been reported to be filing applications for spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to regional sources on Monday. Harvest Global Investments and Southern Fund are seeking…
ENA Rises 15% as Ethena Labs Increases Staking Rewards
[Apr 8 7:32 AM] ENA, the native token of Ethena Labs, surged by 15% on Monday following the announcement of "season 2," which includes a 50% increase in rewards for some users.
DeFi Firm 1inch Introduces Web3 Debit Card in Partnership With Mastercard and Baanx
[Apr 8 7:07 AM]
Chainalysis Hires Former IRS Criminal Investigations Chief Jim Lee
[Apr 8 7:00 AM] In his new role, Lee will advise law enforcement and tax agencies on how they can better fight crypto crime with Chainalysis’ data.
Crypto VC Firm Polychain Tops Up AI Platform Ritual's $25M Funding Round With 'Multimillion Dollar' Investment
[Apr 8 6:00 AM] Blockchain firms are attempting to address concerns that Big Tech giants like Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet will build an artificial-intelligence oligarchy.
Bitcoin vs Gold: Peter Brandt Asks Peter Schiff to Put Things in Broader Perspective
Grayscale Removes Cardano From Its Crypto Large Cap Fund
[Apr 6 9:55 PM] Grayscale Investments has removed cardano from its Digital Large Cap Fund. The crypto fund now holds bitcoin, ethereum, solana, XRP, and avalanche. The crypto asset manager also adjusted the holdings of its Smart Contract Platform Ex-Ethereum Fund…
US Bitcoin ETFs Bounce Back With $569.4M in Net Inflows After Initial Dip
[Apr 6 9:07 AM] Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) concluded the week on an upbeat note, securing $203 million in positive inflows on Friday, as per the latest data. Despite an initial setback of $84.7 million in net outflows on April 1, the ETFs have since…
Blackrock Adds Citi, Goldman, UBS, Citadel as Bitcoin ETF’s Authorized Participants — IBIT Holdings Near 260K BTC
[Apr 5 7:31 PM] Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, now has nine authorized participants for its spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). They include JPMorgan Securities, ABN Amro, UBS Securities, Goldman Sachs…