Don’t be too quick to ‘poo-poo’ memecoins: Arthur HayesBitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes believes the crypto industry should think twice before writing off all memecoins as “stupid and valueless.”Apr 1, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Prisma Finance says $540K still at risk, hacker demands team reveal themselvesThe decentralized borrowing protocol said there were still 14 accounts that have yet to revoke the affected smart contract, which caused $11.6 million to be exploited last week.Apr 1, 2024Brayden Lindrea
SEC’s spot Ether ETF concerns unfounded, Consensys assertsConsensys highlighted that Ethereum boasts a larger developer community than Bitcoin and operates on a fully transparent and public blockchain.Mar 31, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Web3 startups flock to accelerators as crypto enthusiasm surgesInvestment activity in Web3 gaming has steadily increased recently.Mar 31, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Base sets record high DEX volume day, surpassing $1BMost of the trading activity took place on Uniswap, which accounted for 64.3% of the volume, followed by Aerodrome Finance at 9.7% and SharkSwap at 7.8%.Mar 31, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Tornado Cash co-founder requests dismissal of money laundering chargesRoman Storm’s lawyers argued that the charges are “fatally flawed” and must be dismissed, given “there was nothing” Storm could have done to prevent sanctioned entities from using the crypto mixer.Mar 31, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Paradigm’s funding takes Farcaster’s dev to unicorn statusFarcaster’s parent company is reportedly closing a new funding round led by Paradigm. The deal would take its valuation to above $1 billion.Mar 30, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Sphere 3D’s legal issues escalate as Gryphon seeks to block $10MGryphon Digital Mining is seeking to block Sphere 3D from using $10 million from a recent settlement with Core Scientific.Mar 30, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Dogwifhat en route to $10? WIF is now the third-biggest memecoin as whales hold tightThe largest WIF holder has an unrealized profit of over $127 million on the Solana-based memecoin.Mar 30, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Bitcoin price edges toward Q2 at $70K with all-time highs a key focusBitcoin needs to retain $69,000 into the multiple BTC price candle closes this weekend, says analysis.Mar 30, 2024William Suberg
UK court freezes over $8M of Craig Wright’s assetsThe judge endorsed a “worldwide freezing order” by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance to address its total court expenses amounting to 6.7 million British pounds ($8.4 million).Mar 30, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Crypto hacking losses decline in Q1 2024 — ImmunefiThe report identifies 46 hacking incidents and 15 cases of fraudulent activities.Mar 30, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Grayscale introduces crypto investment fund that prioritizes staking rewardsInvestors must have assets under management exceeding $1.1 million or a net worth over $2.2 million to qualify for Grayscale’s Dynamic Income Fund.Mar 30, 2024Ciaran Lyons
US court favors Fed in Custodia Bank case, rejects appeal for reviewCustodia Bank argued that without a master account, it is a “second-class citizen” at the mercy of an intermediary bank.Mar 30, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Crypto Biz: Exchanges face new legal issues, Goldman Sachs’ clients eye crypto, and moreThis week’s Crypto Biz explores crypto exchanges renewed challenges, BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF inflows, Goldman Sachs’ clients returning to crypto, and Mastercad’s forecasts for remittances in Latin America.Mar 29, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Unexplained transfers on LENX protocol spark rug pull concernsMysterious withdrawals from LENX’s treasury have raised concerns about an ongoing slow rug pull on the protocol.Mar 29, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
CFTC commissioner warns against infringing on SEC’s authority in KuCoin caseTwo U.S. financial regulators cannot seem to reach a consensus on how to treat certain cryptocurrencies as securities or commodities.Mar 29, 2024Turner Wright
$1B of US Treasurys tokenized, Base TVL doubles in a month: Finance RedefinedThe real-world asset tokenization trend is heating up, fueled by BlackRock’s first tokenized asset fund, “BUIDL,” which joined 16 other tokenized government securities funds in the last week.Mar 29, 2024Prashant Jha
BNB’s 12% weekly surge: peaking or just getting started?Can BNB break past $620? On-chain and derivatives metrics hint positvely.Mar 29, 2024Marcel Pechman
VC Roundup: Investors move into cross-chain, Bitcoin layer-2 and institutional tools This edition of Cointelegraph’s VC Roundup highlights Borderless Capital’s recent acquisition, along with new funding raises by Keyring Network, Morph, Rails, BOB, FLock and Race.Mar 29, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Bitcoin’s 2023–2024 growth rate has it on track to surpass Microsoft within a yearAfter Microsoft, all that’s left is gold. But Bitcoin will need a price point north of $800,000 to climb that mountain.Mar 29, 2024Tristan Greene
Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years — What happens now?Will the former FTX CEO actually be in federal prison until he’s 57 years old? Will anything change in regard to FTX users getting their funds?Mar 29, 2024Turner Wright
Price analysis 3/29: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, ADA, DOGE, AVAX, SHIB, TON Bitcoin is struggling to sustain above $70,000, indicating that the long-lasting rally could be tiring out.Mar 29, 2024Rakesh Upadhyay
Bitcoin exchanges’ BTC balances have dropped almost $10B in 2024Bitcoin exchange withdrawal trends are clear as “pent up institutional demand” from the spot ETFs combines with the upcoming halving to squeeze the available BTC supply.Mar 29, 2024William Suberg
Telegram Mini Apps are ‘Trojan horse’ for mass blockchain adoption — TON investments directorOnboarding the next 500 million users will require simple apps with “actual usability,” Justin Hyun told Cointelegraph.Mar 29, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Stablecoin delistings in Europe spell change for crypto exchanges, issuersThe largest stablecoin issuers are non-European, but they will have to get compliant fast if they don’t want to lose ground on the continent.Mar 29, 2024Andrew Singer
Bitcoin trades above $69K following largest quarterly options expiry in historyBitcoin remained above the key $69,000 mark following the quarterly expiry event, suggesting the pre-halving retracement may be over.Mar 29, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Crypto traders bet $2.4M on spot Ether ETF decisionOnly 19% of gamblers betting on the outcome of a decision on whether to approve or deny spot Ether ETFs by the U.S. SEC are putting their money on a positive result by the May deadline.Mar 29, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Google’s inclusion of Bitcoin wallet balances sparks privacy debateWhile some applaud the move toward mainstream adoption, privacy-centric Bitcoin supporters have raised concerns about centralized data aggregation.Mar 29, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Fake Ethena Labs token exploited for $290K on Binance Launchpool The exploit on the copy-cat token occurred hours after Ethena’s new ENA token was launched for farming on Binance.Mar 29, 2024Zoltan Vardai