“Please don’t fall for misinformation,” Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX’s Co-founder and CEO, Sumit Gupta, said Saturday amid allegations that the exchange moved user funds to non-compliant entities in Lithuania. The allegation was reportedly made by another Indian exchange, WazirX, which has been under scrutiny since last year’s $230 million hack. In an affidavit filed as […]
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On June 11, PayPal announced plans to launch its U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD), on the Stellar blockchain network, pending regulatory approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services. If approved, the move would mark the expansion of PYUSD beyond its current availability on Ethereum and Solana. PayPal described Stellar as a […]
Bitcoin mining firm, BTC Digital (BTCT), has moved $1 million of company cash into ether (ETH), which it called its new “digital gold.” BTCT Moved $1M Into Ethereum Reserve, chief executive officer Siguang Peng said in a press release, adding that Ethereum has “emerged as the foundation of on-chain USD settlement and value transfer.” “By […]
12 minutes. That’s how long it took for Pump.fun’s token offering to raise roughly $500 million from retail investors across various exchanges, including Bybit, Kraken, and KuCoin. The sale priced 125 billion tokens at $0.004 apiece, implying a $4 billion fully diluted valuation for the Solana-based memecoin launcher’s new utility token. For now, holders must […]
Tether has announced it will wind down USDT on five lesser-used blockchains after usage on those networks wanes. Redemptions and token minting on Omni Layer, Bitcoin Cash’s Simple Ledger Protocol, Kusama, EOS, and Algorand are set to stop on Sept. 1, 2025. Remaining tokens are to be frozen on the same day, according to a […]
At the time of writing bitcoin (BTC) is hovering around the $118,000 level, flirting with the idea of setting a new all-time high this weekend. On Friday, Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas noted on X that BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) had reached an important milestone at the close of trading on the previous […]
Bitcoin’s rally to $120,000 this week has sparked a broader breakout across major crypto assets, with ether (ETH), Solana’s SOL, XRP, and dogecoin (DOGE) all posting high single-digit percentage gains. However, this time, price action isn’t just about momentum, as traders claim that market structure is evolving under the weight of institutional influence. “This isn’t […]
What to know: DOGE advanced 8.6% from $0.198 to $0.213 between July 11 06:00 and July 12 05:00 before closing at $0.202 — a full retracement of its intraday gains. Trading volumes surged past 1.1B during the 13:00–15:00 session, establishing resistance between $0.208–$0.213. Support held at $0.200–$0.201 through late-session volatility, with final hour price action […]
What to know: XRP rallied 8% from $2.58 to $2.78 between July 11 06:00 and July 12 05:00, with an intraday high of $2.96 at 15:00 before retracing. Afternoon price action saw exceptional volume — over 375M between 13:00–15:00 — with buyers repeatedly defending the $2.70–$2.75 zone. A $14.03M leveraged long was opened on Hyperliquid […]
Ethereum’s ether (ETH), the second largest crypto asset, is seeing renewed investor interest, with spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S. recording one of their strongest streak of momentum of their one-year history. On Thursday, BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) booked its largest daily inflow to date, with over $300 million, pushing its total assets […]
Sequans Communications (SQNS), a leading cellular semiconductor maker, has announced its acquisition of 370 bitcoin BTC as part of a newly launched bitcoin treasury strategy. The purchase was funded by proceeds from its recent equity and convertible debenture offering that closed on July 7. “We are excited to begin executing our strategic plan to accumulate […]
Polkadot’s DOT (DOT) surged as much as 5% in the last 24-hours, climbing from $3.52 to $3.70 as bulls dominated the session, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that a key breakout occurred at 19:00 on July 9, with DOT spiking to $3.63 on heavy volume of 4.21 million. The rally […]