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The pause comes amid community concerns around the settlements protocol solvency.
Bitcoin and ether holders can get loans to acquire tokenized properties — and use their crypto as collateral.
The two tokens' relative performance is more a sign of bitcoin strength than ether's weakness, one observer said.
BTC takes a bull breather as Trump's tariff threat bodes well for gold, and the uptick in Tokyo inflation supports BOJ rate hikes.
The slightly dovish take may assuage concerns about a yen-led risk-off in global markets, including cryptocurrencies.
The stablecoin market has grown by almost $40 billion since President Trump won the U.S. election.
February and March are both seasonally bullish months for bitcoin, with Q1 being the second-best-performing quarter.
The initial dividend yield will be 10%, up from an originally expected 8%.
The move comes after another activist investor, Starboard, had taken a stake in the miner late last year.
Vlad Tenev joined BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in calling for clear regulations for tokenized securities in the U.S.
Just $33 million worth of ether and stablecoins is currently deployed on Abstract.
ABN AMRO and 21X completed a joint proof of concept for the issuing of a token on the Polygon Amoy Testnet
The Apollo Diversified Credit Fund digital offering marks the first integration for Securitize with the Solana and Ink blockchains.
Another project looking to turn Bitcoin into a more fruitful base for DeFi has raised $20 million in funding toward that goal
Kraken, which was forced to shutter its staking products in early 2023 thanks to the SEC, has re-introduced on-chain staking for U.S. clients in 39 state territories.
Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI is in talks to raise new $40 billion funding, at a valuation of $340 billion.
Stablecoins like USDT are increasingly popular for everyday uses like payments, remittances and savings, and Tether's expansion aims to spur activity to the Bitcoin-based ecosystem.
SoftBank said it will buy $10.4 million shares of Cipher.
The asset manager said the token has transitioned from a memecoin to a tool for global financial inclusion.
The group also increased its bitcoin holdings last quarter for the first time since March, holding nearly 84,000 BTC worth about $7.8 billions as of year-end.
ndustry insiders hope that regulatory clarity under a Trump administration might renew interest in decentralized governance.
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Representatives of the Department of Government Efficiency have spoken with leaders of several public blockchains, according to people familiar with the matter.
Based applications — bApps — will be able to leverage Ethereum validators directly from the layer-1, allowing them to avoid security and centralizing risks.
Movement will also unveil a multi-asset liquidity program to provide the foundation for DeFi applications
A new paper proposes using a method called "coarse-grained boson-sampling" to validate the proof of work process and reward successful miners.
A hard fork is a non-backwards compatible change to the blockchain's programming.
Plomin comes just four months after Cardano’s Chang hard fork, which put many of the mechanisms in place for Wednesday’s upgrade.
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The White House confirmed sizable tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China will go into effect tomorrow.
Renewed trade war, coupled with mass deportations, could add to inflation. BTC's weakness likely reflects those fears.
BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP all down as the market digests the impact of the possibility of a global trade war
The probability has doubled from last week as the renewed trade war between the U.S. and its major trading partners threatens to inject inflation into the global economy.
Most major altcoins are down 40-50% in the past month, data shows, making it one of the steepest dives in recent years.
The review comes as Donald Trump's crypto friendly policy has pushed countries to soften their approach on digital assets.
The exchange can now offer crypto services to clients in the country.
The upgrade was designed to make Avalanche cheaper. It worked.
The Swiss banking giant, which has been experimenting with blockchain, tapped the layer-2 firm to test whether it could scale its current Key4 Gold program.
The market cap of USDe has pushed past $6 billion, and the peg remains virtually stable, despite the market bloodbath.
Trading volumes on Korean exchanges Bithumb and Upbit have dropped significantly in the past week, indicating a drop in retail trading activity.
TRUMP was issued a couple of days before Trump’s swearing-in ceremony on Jan.20 as the first-ever memecoin officially endorsed by a sitting president.
Ether's DVOL spiked above 100% during the Asian hours as the price crash saw traders chase put options.
Buying the dip after a massive liquidation flush and higher demand for stablecoin could fuel growth in bitcoin and the broader crypto market, some say.
TCY tokens will be distributed at a rate of 1 TCY per dollar of defaulted debt, turning lenders and savers into equity holders.
