SEC Tells Court Coinbase Can't Force It To Write Up New Crypto Rules
The SEC is pushing back on Coinbase's request for the regulator to establish new rules dedicated for the crypto sector, saying its existing regulations were adequate to rein in the emerging industry.
Dormant Bitcoin Account Worth $63K 10 Years Ago Awakens To The Tune of $30M
Dormant digital wallets are awakening after years of inactivity, triggering another wave of buzz among crypto holders at a time when Bitcoin prices are on the low.
Hedge Fund Manager Sees Bitcoin's Boring Phase Lasting Up To 6 Months
Capriole Investments' founder has just issued a warning to Bitcoiners: the stagnant, boring phase of Bitcoin won't be short and sweet, but instead long and discouraging.
Standard Chartered Analyst Believes Trump Government Will Be 'Actively Supportive' Of Bitcoin
Ex-President Donald Trump, who recently signaled he won't oppose the growing crypto sector, may be a boon to Bitcoin and the broader digital assets' industry, a Standard Chartered analyst said.
Binance Client DWF Labs Denies Allegations Of Market Manipulation
DWF Labs and Binance have rejected allegations related to the former's alleged market manipulation that was revealed by a former Binance staffer who was supposedly fired a week after discovering the issue.
US Election 2024: Expert Calls Bitcoin Community 'A Politician's Dream Population Segment'
Unchained Capital's Joe Burnett believes the Bitcoin community will play a major role in the campaign strategies of politicians heading to the elections later this year.
Canadian Regulator Slaps Binance With 4M In Fines Over AML, Anti-Terrorism Financing Violations
Binance is faced with over $4 million in fines in Canada after a regulator deemed that the crypto exchange giant violated its anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing law.
Cardano Creator Says Biden Administration Seeks To 'Kill Crypto' Amid SEC Bulletin Drama
Charles Hoskinson called the Biden administration's latest statement regarding a House resolution that repeals the highly-debated SAB 121 of the SEC as "garbage."
Kill Bill: Biden Administration Vows To Veto Resolution Overturning Controversial SEC Bulletin
President Joe Biden will veto a resolution passed Wednesday by the House that strikes down the SEC's SAB 121, which requires crypto custody service providers to hold customer's digital assets on their balance sheets.
SEC Ripple Case: Regulator Insists $2B Penalty 'Needed' To Deter Crypto Giant's Future Violations
The SEC has reiterated in another court filing that a massive penalty on Ripple was necessary to ensure that future violations will be deterred.
Bankruptcy Survivor Core Scientific Self-Mines $175M Worth Of Bitcoin In Q1
Core Scientific mined a significant amount of Bitcoin in the first quarter of the year, even as it just emerged from bankruptcy in January.
Ex-Bitcoin Critic Trump Says He Will 'Stop' Regulatory Hostility Toward Crypto
Donald Trump has once again signaled to the crypto community that he has come around as he hosted NFT owners and even vowed to "stop" the government's regulatory hostility toward digital assets.
Embattled Robinhood Reports Staggering 224% Spike In Q1 Crypto Notional Trading Volume
Robinhood has just unveiled its Q1 2024 earnings, highlighting how its embattled cryptocurrency unit played a major role in the fintech giant's overall profits during the first quarter.
Gensler Dodges ETH Question, Says Crypto A 'Small Piece' Of Overall US Financial Market
Gensler, seemingly unmoved by calls for him and the SEC to be held accountable for "misleading" statements regarding Ether's status as a security or a commodity, once again dodged a direct question regarding the world's second-largest cryptocurrency.
NFL Legend Rob Gronkowski To Pay $1.9M To Settle Voyager Digital Investors Lawsuit
Ron Gronkowski has agreed to settle majority of the "millions" that plaintiffs are set to receive in relation to their complaint against the NFL great and other sports figures over their promotion of collapsed crypto lender Voyager Digital.
FUD On The Rise On X As Bitcoin Retreats To $62K
Bitcoin had an outstanding first quarter 2024 bull run, but it seems the bull market is on shaky ground, as some crypto users on X have started expressing frustration over the digital asset's price struggling to climb higher since the halving.
Susquehanna Reveals Billion-Dollar Bitcoin ETF Treasury
Susquehanna has jumped into the institutional Bitcoin ETF list as the quantitative trading giant revealed it has more than $1 billion worth of BTC ETFs across multiple issuers – the largest investments on Grayscale's GBTC.
Crypto Community Buzzes As Grayscale Withdraws Ethereum Futures ETF Application
Grayscale, which recently saw a reversal in activity around its spot Bitcoin ETFs, has withdrawn its application for Ethereum futures ETFs, raising questions among industry analysts and enthusiasts.
CFTC Chair Expects New Crypto Enforcement Actions In As Early As 6 Months
The CFTC's Rostin Behnam has once again warned that the public's interest in digital assets only indicates the immediate need for regulations that should protect investors from "fraud and manipulation."
'Scare Tactic': Lawmaker, Lawyer, Crypto Users Cry Foul Over SEC Robinhood Wells Notice
The crypto space is outraged over the SEC's seeming "abuse" of the Wells process as the regulator issued a Wells Notice to Robinhood's crypto arm just weeks after Uniswap received a notice.
Twice Hacked FixedFloat Back In Service On 'Limited Mode'
The FixedFloat exchange has started operating again after it was hacked for the second time by the same exploiters who first stole $26 million from the exchange.
Multi-Billion Asset Manager Hightower Advisors Discloses BTC ETFs Stash, Majority From Grayscale
Hightower Advisors has invested millions into spot Bitcoin ETFs, highlighting the growing interest among traditional financial entities in the emerging funds that have shown sustained popularity since they began trading in January.
Bernstein Analysts Retain Year-End 2025 Bitcoin Price Prediction Of $150K
Bernstein analysts have just reaffirmed their earlier prediction that Bitcoin can hit $150,000 at the end of 2025, even with current market conditions and volatile prices since the halving.
Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF Snaps Multi-Month Outflows Streak With Fresh $63M Inflow
Grayscale's GBTC has finally seen an inflow, following months of only outflows since spot Bitcoin ETFs started trading in January.
Bitcoin Community Celebrates Major Milestone: 1 Billion Processed Transactions
Bitcoin has completed over one billion transactions, 15 years after the first block was mined by the digital asset's pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.
New Class Action Complaint Alleges Coinbase 'Knowingly' Violated Securities Laws
Coinbase is once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons as a new class action lawsuit from investors alleged that the crypto exchange "knowingly" operated an unregistered business.
Middle East Conflict: Netanyahu Rejects Hamas' Demand To End War; Rafah Evacuation Begins
It's Day 213 of the war in Gaza – eyes are on the Israeli army after it ordered residents of parts of Rafah, an overcrowded city in southern Gaza, to evacuate despite immense global pressure to hold off on a ground invasion of the city without an effective civilian evacuation plan.
Decade-Long Dormant Whale Wallet Awakens As Bitcoin Surges To $64K
A crypto whale that held hundreds of Bitcoin for over 10 years has just reactivated the account, earning both praise and confusion among other digital asset holders on X as the whale activity happened on the day BTC rebounded to $64,000.
Crypto Industry Lost $71M To Security Incidents Last Week: Blockchain Security Firm
The crypto sector has been flagged multiple times for being vulnerable to exploits and scams unless strong security measures are in place, and such vulnerability was once again highlighted last week, when hackers and scammers pilfered over $71 million from the emerging industry.
El Salvador Inspired? Jack Dorsey's Block Unveils New Monthly BTC Buying Strategy
A day after the release of a report that alleged Block was being investigated for non-compliance in its Square and Cash App units, the company's founder unveiled a new Bitcoin strategy that will see some of the fintech firm's profits being invested into the digital asset.