Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Danske Bank said it is opening access to Bitcoin and Ether ETPs for self-directed clients after years of caution on crypto, citing rising customer demand and clearer EU rules.Danske Bank, the largest bank in Denmark and a major retail bank in Norther...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Data observed across 66 corridors in Africa shows conversion costs from 1.5% to 19% in January, with competition driving pricing gaps.Update Feb. 12, 6:50 am UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from Borderless.xyz CEO Kevin Lehtiniitty...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Sam Bankman-Fried seeks a new FTX trial, alleging DOJ witness pressure and citing a declaration disputing the prosecution’s insolvency claims, according to a new filing.Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried claims to have “new evidence“ that the US Department of J...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
The product will let institutions use custodied Bitcoin as onchain collateral without moving assets or transferring control, with Morpho set as the initial liquidity partner.Lombard said it plans to launch Bitcoin Smart Accounts, designed to allow Bi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Big Questions: Has Beijing been amassing a secret war chest of gold so that it can one day dethrone the US dollar via economic warfare?
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
High TPS figures promise scale, but every additional transaction increases the burden on the very nodes meant to keep networks decentralized.Blockchain transactions per second (TPS) numbers are often treated as a performance gauge, but they don’t tel...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
XRP looked increasingly bearish at $1.40, with a key indicator suggesting that a downward move below $1 was possible in the coming weeks.XRP (XRP) has retraced nearly 63% from its multi-year high of $3.66 to trade at $1.36 on Wednesday, a technical...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Arkham CEO denies shutdown reports as the exchange pivots from a CEX to a fully decentralized model amid record DEX derivatives growth.Arkham Exchange is not shutting down, despite reports to the contrary, and is instead redesigning itself as a decen...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Bitcoin’s recent moves track liquidity stress more than Fed rate cuts. Here’s how balance sheet policy and cash flows shape crypto markets.Bitcoin now responds more to liquidity than to rate cuts. While rate cuts once drove crypto rallies, Bitcoin’s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Mandiant, which operates under Google Cloud, has tracked the suspected North Korean scammers since 2018, and AI has helped scale up malicious attacks since November 2025.North Korea-linked threat actors are escalating social engineering campaigns tar...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Hong Kong’s SFC will allow licensed brokers to offer digital asset margin financing and set a framework for crypto perpetuals for professionals.Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission said Wednesday it will allow licensed brokers to provide vir...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
European lawmakers endorsed the ECB’s digital euro plans as a way to shore up the bloc’s monetary sovereignty, while reiterating that the central bank must remain independent.The European Parliament threw its weight behind the European Central Bank’s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Ether inflows into accumulation addresses spike despite ETH price falling below $2,000, signalling strong investor confidence in the long term.Ethereum accumulation addresses have witnessed a surge in daily inflows since Friday, suggesting growing co...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
The court granted Uniswap’s motion to dismiss without prejudice, allowing plaintiffs 21 days to amend before the dismissal becomes final.A New York federal judge dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Bancor-affiliated entities against Un...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Spot Bitcoin ETFs have posted $311 million inflows this week, almost offsetting last week’s $318 million outflows, even as BTC fell 13%.Update (Feb. 11, 10:00 am UTC): This article has been updated to correct the reported number of shares.US spot Bit...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Franklin Templeton is letting institutions pledge tokenized money market fund shares as collateral for trading on Binance, while keeping the fund assets in off‑exchange custody.Global investment manager Franklin Templeton announced the launch of an i...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Spark is rolling out Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending, aiming to turn its DeFi stablecoin stack into institutional margin and credit lines.Spark announced the launch of Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending on Wednesday to channel mo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Bitcoin analysis warned the $69,000 mark may end up as long-term resistance again, thanks to its significance in BTC price history.Bitcoin (BTC) hit new week-to-date lows on Wednesday as $66,500 came into focus.Key points:Bitcoin is trading in a key...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Crypto political action committee Fairshake spent roughly $130 million during the 2024 US elections to support pro-crypto candidates.Defend American Jobs, an affiliate of crypto PAC Fairshake (an independent political fundraising group), will reporte...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
The second meeting between crypto and the banks at the White House over the crypto market structure bill has yet to come to an agreement on stablecoin provisions.A White House-brokered meeting between crypto and bank representatives to reach an agree...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz says crypto's high-risk, high-reward reputation could be replaced by lower, steadier returns brought by real-world asset tokenization.The days of outsized gains in crypto may be coming to an end as more risk-averse instituti...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Tether Gold and the Paxos-issued PAX Gold account for over 95% of the tokenized commodities market, which is now outpacing tokenized stocks and funds.The tokenized commodities market has risen 53% in less than six weeks to over $6.1 billion, making i...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Robinhood shares fell nearly 8% in after-hours trading as the platform’s record Q4 revenues weren’t enough to satisfy analysts’ predictions.Robinhood dropped in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the trading platform’s latest earnings missed analys...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
Zero is scheduled to launch fall 2026 and LayerZero Labs claims it can scale up to two million transactions per second by leveraging zero-knowledge proofs and Jolt.Blockchain company LayerZero Labs is planning to launch its own layer-1 blockchain nam...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 months ago
SafeMoon’s former chief technology officer, Thomas Smith, has also pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing. Alleged co-conspirator Kyle Nagy remains at large.Former SafeMoon CEO Braden Karony has been sentenced to 100 months in prison for stealing...
