Bitcoin price erases 15 months of bull market gains with $69K comedown
Bitcoin selling pressure sparked a retreat below the 2021 bull market high, with lower BTC…
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Bhutan makes second Bitcoin transfer in a week, worth $22M
Bhutan has slipped to the seventh-largest nation-state Bitcoin holder, with its stash falling from 13,295…
Crypto wallet provider Payy launches Ethereum L2 with built-in transaction privacy
Payy says its new layer-2 network routes ERC-20 transfers through privacy pools by default without…
Tether USDt hits record $187B market cap in Q4 despite crypto downturn
USDt added $12.4 billion in Q4 to reach a $187.3 billion market cap, increasing users…
Bitcoin ETFs ‘hanging in there’ despite BTC plunge: Analyst
Bitcoin ETFs may be sitting on their “biggest losses” since launching in January 2024, but…
Coinbase premium hits yearly low, hinting at institutional selling
The price difference between Bitcoin on Coinbase and Binance has dropped to its lowest level…
How crypto made and undid the $100M Incognito dark web market
The massive dark web drug marketplace used cryptocurrency, the same technology that ultimately allowed FBI…
Crypto firms offer ideas to break market structure gridlock: Report
Some crypto companies have proposed giving community banks a bigger stablecoin role as Senate negotiations…
South African Firms Launch a Local Currency-Backed Stablecoin
A consortium of South African firms has launched ZAR Universal (ZARU), a blockchain-based stablecoin pegged…
Chinese Money Laundering Networks Funneled $16.1 Billion in Crypto in 2025
In 2025, Chinese-language money laundering networks processed $16.1 billion in illegal crypto, nearly 20% of…
Are Markets in a Bubble? Top Economists See Strength — With Caveats
Fears of a looming market bubble have returned as stock prices climb and artificial intelligence…
Wintermute Founder Casts a Cold Eye on Crypto’s Direction
Wintermute founder Evgeny Gaevoy offered a blunt assessment of crypto’s current condition on Wednesday, arguing…
Crypto wallet provider Payy launches privacy-focused Ethereum L2
Payy’s new privacy layer 2 makes every ERC-20 transfer private by default without the need…
XRP traders more optimistic as BTC, ETH mood turns sour: Santiment
Social media sentiment has turned “extremely bearish” toward Bitcoin and Ethereum this week, according to…
CFTC pulls Biden-era proposal to ban sports, political prediction markets
CFTC Chair Mike Selig described the proposal as a “frolic into merit regulation” by the…