Balaji Srinivasan – the popular venture investor and Coinbase’s former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – believes Bitcoin Maximalism is due to gain steam as a philosophical and economic belief system. In a Twitter post on Wednesday, the entrepreneur argued why faith in the existing financial system is bound to erode over time as the U.S. […]
Standard Chartered Bank analyst and head of digital assets research, Geoff Kendrick, believes bitcoin (BTC) will likely trend higher following the halving due to lower leveraged positions in the market. Speaking to BNN Bloomberg during an interview over the weekend, Kendrick said the current market environment, which has lower leverage, could propel the value of […]
Bitcoin’s price stood tall above $66,000 for a few days and even challenged $67,000 on a couple of occasions but to no avail. The subsequent rejection brought enhanced pain for the bulls and over-leveraged traders with long positions, as the total value of liquidations on a daily scale has soared to more than $200 million. […]
More traditional finance firms in the United States are jumping on the crypto bandwagon and giving their clients access to the burgeoning sector. This is seen in the increasing portfolio allocation given to crypto investment products. A tweet by Bloomberg exchange-traded fund (ETF) analyst Eric Balchunas has revealed that two U.S. investment advisors, Legacy Wealth […]
Zircuit, an EVM-compatible ZK Rollup, has reached a milestone as its staking Total Value Locked (TVL) has surpassed $2 billion. This comes after users deposited more than $80 million into the project in the last 24 hours. Although still in the testnet phase, the mainnet launch is anticipated later this summer. Zircuit Staking Deposits Surpass […]
The latest inflow on April 22 was $19.7 million which means that BlackRock is now in the top ten of longest daily inflow streaks for all US exchange-traded funds. The 70-day milestone ties BlackRock’s IBIT fund with JETS, an ETF that combines shares in an index of airline industry companies. It has also achieved 70 […]
SEC lawyers Michael Welsh and Joseph Watkins resigned this month after the regulator was sanctioned by a federal judge in a crypto case against Digital Licensing Inc., otherwise known as DEBT Box. Judge Robert Shelby found that the SEC made false statements, misrepresentations, and lacked evidence in its case against the digital asset firm in […]
ZachXBT has revealed that 12 Solana presale meme coin projects have been “completely abandoned” within the last month. This is after the projects collectively amassed $26.7 million from investors. Abandoned Solana Meme Coin Projects In an April 21 post on X, ZachXBT singled out these projects and warned investors against associating with any future projects […]
United States prosecutors have filed charges against a Nebraska man accused of a cryptojacking scheme that allegedly defrauded two cloud providers – one headquartered in Seattle and the other in Redmond, Washington – of $3.5 million. Prosecutors allege that the cryptojacking scheme yielded cryptocurrency mining valued at almost $1 million. Cryptojacker Charged in $3.5 Million […]
Crypto markets have shown signs of recovery over the weekend but a busy week ahead on the economic calendar in the United States may refuel momentum for the bears. The Federal Reserve’s key inflation metric, which could impact monetary policy going forward, will be in the spotlight. Macroeconomics outlet the Kobeissi Letter highlighted the key […]