Bitcoin BTC notched a new all-time high of $109,000 on Wednesday, but that’s small consolation for bitcoin miners, who last month were forced to cash in a record number of their BTC reserves, according to mining news outlet TheMinerMag. The firm’s latest research report reveals that public miners sold 115% of their bitcoin production in […]
Apex Group, a financial services provider with more than $3 trillion in assets under administration, said on Tuesday it had acquired a majority stake in Tokeny, a Luxembourg-based firm that helps institutions tokenize real-world assets (RWA) on public blockchains. According to the deal, Apex expects to take full ownership of Tokeny over the next three […]
“Sell in May and go away,” goes the Wall Street adage for equity markets every summer. For bitcoin BTC, though, some analysts say this season could mark a break from tradition. “As we get into the European summer months, the sense is it’s more likely a case of ‘buy in May and go away’ than […]
NEW YORK — The city of New York is launching a digital assets advisory council to bring fintech jobs into the Big Apple, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday. New York City is “open for business, he said at the start of a summit hosted at the mayor’s official residence, Gracie Mansion. The council will be […]
A tokenized version of Apollo’s private credit fund, issued by Securitize, will arrive on Solana’s SOL decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, bringing traditional financial instruments closer to the fast-growing network. The launch, orchestrated by lending platform Kamino Finance with support from tokenization specialist Securitize and DeFi risk advisor Steakhouse Financial, aims to make the Apollo Diversified […]
Crypto infrastructure company Validation Cloud announced Tuesday the debut of Hedera-based AI engine Mavrik-1 that lets users and developers get DeFi market insights by asking queries in plain English. Despite DeFi’s promise in revolutionizing finance, its complexity has long acted as barrier against widespread adoption. For DeFi users, the learning curve is steep, requiring knowledge […]
Crypto infrastructure provider StraitsX debuted its Singapore dollar-pegged stablecoin, XSGD, on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) to cater to growing demand for regulated multi-chain stablecoins supporting real-time cross-border payments. Digital asset developers, fintechs firms and financial institutions can use XSGD to conduct cross-border transactions, settle transactions on-chain and create programmable financial flows. XGSD is being powered […]
A key crypto bill has opened a rift among Senate Democrats as another big test approaches for the viability of legislation to regulate stablecoin issuers. Most expect the bill to clear a significant procedural vote on Monday night, but Democrats are split. The Senate’s most prominent crypto critic, Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren, is leading a […]
Cryptocurrencies regained footing on Monday after a rocky start to the trading session, mirroring a broader recovery in risk assets as traders digested Moody’s downgrade of U.S. government bonds. Bitcoin BTC notched a strong rebound after slipping to as low as $102,000 early in the U.S. session, following its record weekly close at $106,600 overnight. […]
Clients of JPMorgan Chase (JPM) will soon have the option to buy bitcoin BTC, according to CEO Jamie Dimon, who spoke at the bank’s annual Investor Day on Monday, signaling a shift in how the firm approaches the asset. “We are going to allow you to buy it,” Dimon told shareholders, though he added the […]
Blockchains are a technical marvel, but in this vastly competitive landscape, I’ve come to see the social consensus and ecosystem around blockchains as by far their most important strategic asset. The social layer matters, but for different reasons depending on the chain. Specifically, I have the hypothesis that the “Layer 0” for any blockchain ecosystem […]
Bitcoin’s BTC price chart is echoing a bullish pattern that foreshadowed the late 2024 price surge from $70,000 to $100,000 amid mounting concerns over the sustainability of the U.S. debt. The leading cryptocurrency by market value appears on track to confirm a “golden cross” in the coming days, according to charting platform TradingView. The pattern […]