Bitcoin prices reached an all-time high of almost $112,000 on Thursday, May 22, following a 4% daily gain, according to Coingecko. The asset has now surpassed a peak of $109,500 on Wednesday and is in a new price discovery phase. It has also pushed total crypto market capitalization to $3.6 trillion. However, this remains below […]
Robinhood has submitted a proposal to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) calling for a standardized federal approach to regulating tokenized real-world assets. The latest move seeks to bring clarity and modernization to the financial system. Robinhood’s Proposal In a comprehensive 42-page submission, the trading platform argues that RWAs – blockchain-based representations of tangible […]
Despite briefly climbing over the weekend, Ethereum couldn’t keep up its momentum above $2,600. The altcoin dropped to $2,400 before staging another recovery and returning to $2,600. New data now point to the possibility of a short-term pullback before a potential breakout materializes. Cooling Period Before Breakout Ethereum’s market is showing signs of overheating as […]
Coinbase is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by a group of Illinois residents who allege the crypto exchange illegally collected and shared their biometric data as part of its identity verification process. The suit, brought to federal court on May 13, claims the company violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by capturing users’ facial […]
A recent survey by the Nakamoto Project, a nonprofit Bitcoin education and advocacy group, has revealed that four out of five Americans want some US gold reserves converted to BTC. The survey of 3,345 respondents asked: “Assuming the United States was thinking of converting some of their gold reserve into Bitcoin, what percentage would you […]
The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, passed in a 66-32 Senate vote on May 20. “The motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the consideration of the GENIUS Act has passed,” reported Fox’s Eleanor Terrett. She added that more than 15 Democrats flipped their votes from no […]
Vitalik Buterin has suggested changes to Ethereum’s scaling plan that focus on making it easier to run local nodes while still supporting Layer 1 (L1) scaling. His proposals come in response to concerns that raising the L1 gas limit could make it more difficult for users to run full nodes. Partially Stateless Nodes In a […]
For the fifth consecutive week, digital asset investment products attracted inflows, amounting to $785 million. This pushed total inflows for the year to $7.5 billion, eclipsing the previous high of $7.2 billion seen in February. The influx has now erased the $7 billion in outflows from the February-March downturn. Interestingly, Ethereum stood out with strong […]
Jeff Walton, a Bitcoin podcaster and Strategy investor, recently pointed out that Strategy (formerly known as MicroStrategy) is on track to join the S&P 500 Index. Strategy Could Soon Join S&P 500 Walton wrote in a post on the X app: Q2 is likely going to be the big blow out quarter on Earnings for […]
Stock markets notched solid gains last week while crypto markets lost a bit of ground and cooled slightly. The weaker-than-expected readings on CPI and inflation expectations keep markets buoyed, while the Trump administration’s Middle East deals were a boon for the AI sector. Additionally, US Treasury yields are surging again. “Trade deals, recession worries, lower […]