CRYPTO ASSETS

A unit of the U.S. Energy Department said earlier this month that it was looking to conduct a "mandatory survey" to determine how much energy Bitcoin miners use in their activities.

The SHIB token saw a significant crypto whale transaction on Saturday, following a year of milestones and significant interest in the cryptocurrency realm.

Some KuCoin users said their funds have been frozen for months on the crypto exchange, with one user claiming Monero tokens worth more than $30,000 were locked.

KODA said digital asset deposits in H2 2023 spiked to around $6 billion from approximately $1.7 billion in the first half of the year.

Despite the SEC's recent approval of 11 spot Bitcoin ETF's the European Central Bank is unconvinced that Bitcoin has lived up to its promises.

A new complaint accuses the SEC of "gross regulatory overreach," an allegation that several other crypto industry players have brought to the table since the regulator started filing lawsuits against digital asset firms.

Helio and Magic Eden have just launched a ground-breaking feature that promises a more inclusive approach for participant access to coveted NFTs.

MetaMask now has more than 30 million monthly active users, marking the second all-time high in the crypto wallet's monthly active user count.

FixedFloat was exploited for $26 million on Sunday, with Bitcoin and Ether being the target of the hack. The exchange has since said it guarantees the fulfilment of its obligations to clients.

The U.S. Treasury has debunked a Wall Street Journal report that implied Hamas, the terror group that raided Israel on Oct. 7 and murdered more than a thousand people, received millions in cryptocurrency for nearly a two-year period before the massacre.

Bitcoin has been linked to transactions associated with suspected human trafficking and child exploitation activities, a new analysis by the U.S. Treasury Department revealed.

MicroStrategy's rebranding move into a "Bitcoin development company" is "natural" for a firm that now has an enterprise value largely related to its Bitcoin strategy, Michael Saylor said.

Franklin, which manages roughly $1.5 trillion in assets, is the ninth company to file an application for a spot ETH ETF, according to industry analyst James Seyffart, indicating an increasing interest in Ethereum's potential.

BlackRock's Rick Rieder hinted that the world's largest asset manager may amass more Bitcoin in the future, depending on the public's attitudes toward the cryptocurrency.

The governor of New Zealand's central bank does not trust the stability of stablecoins, nor does he think they can be like fiat currencies that have parliamentary authority behind them.

Many institutional traders have shown no interest in trading cryptocurrencies, as per JPMorgan's annual e-Trading survey, with more traders uninterested this year compared to the 2023 numbers.

The U.S. Treasury Department said in its 2024 National Money Laundering Risk Assessment report that cybercriminals are fast evolving their methods in laundering illicit funds, especially with the proliferation of "privacy coins" and "mixers."

MicroStrategy has acquired hundreds more in Bitcoin last month, bringing its total BTC holdings to 190,000.

Janet Yellen will urge lawmakers on Tuesday to pass legislation that will establish the regulatory framework for crypto regulation, including rules for stablecoins and spot markets.

South Korea, which previously warned local securities firms against brokering spot Bitcoin ETFs from the U.S., is expected to discuss the matter with the SEC chief Gary Gensler this year.

OPNX, the exchange founded by two of the people behind fallen crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, will shut down this month.

A group of U.S. lawmakers are calling on the SEC to repeal its controversial SAB 121 policy that requires digital assets custodians to report liabilities and assets on their balance sheets.

A U.S. court has charged three individuals for staging a SIM-swapping hack that reportedly victimized FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried's fallen crypto exchange.

Hackers stole over $200 million worth of XRP from a crypto wallet whose ownership is unclear, and Ripple's CEO has since confirmed that some of his non-Ripple "personal" wallets were accessed.

Terraform Labs, the blockchain firm behind the TerraUSD (UST), said Tuesday that its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing would also help keep the Terra network's operations rolling.

The K9 Founder says that within the DeFi landscape, it's about earning more and effectively "putting your BONE to work."

The nine Bitcoin ETFs collectively achieved a combined volume of $994.1 million, nearly doubling the flow observed in GBTC at $570 million.

November stood out as the month with the highest reported losses last year, totaling $363,367,327 from 45 incidents.

Bitcoin demonstrated resilience by establishing stability within the $39,000 to $40,000 range and showcased its bullish strength Friday when it saw a notable surge, closing at the $42,000 mark.