VC Roundup: Funding surge targets confidentiality, tokenization and Web3 infrastructureUnto Labs, Optimum, Octane, Inco, Towns Protocol, and Colb highlight the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s venture capital roundup.Apr 30, 2025Sam Bourgi
Ethereum Pectra upgrade goes live next week — Will ETH price rally?Ethereum charts point to a price bottom. Will next week’s Pectra upgrade spark an ETH rally?Apr 30, 2025Marie Poteriaieva
Ripple $4B-$5B bid to purchase Circle rejected — ReportBlockchain firm Ripple made a multibillion-dollar bid to acquire the USDC issuer, but the offer was rejected, according to Bloomberg.Apr 30, 2025Turner Wright
Price predictions 4/30: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, SUI, LINK, AVAXBitcoin’s low 7-day volatility could be a sign that a range expansion is in the making. Cointelegraph checks the altcoin charts to see which could follow.Apr 30, 2025Rakesh Upadhyay
Global demand grows for non-dollar stablecoins, says Fireblocks execAccording to Fireblocks policy chief Dea Markova, more countries are pushing for alternatives to US dollar stablecoins: “It’s all about sovereignty.”Apr 30, 2025Christopher Tepedino
Bitcoin selling at $95K is ‘profit-taking pressure test’ but BTC whales are still buyingBitcoin's reaction to US GDP figures is overblown as data shows BTC selling over the past few days ramping up near the $95,000 level as short-term traders take profit.Apr 30, 2025Biraajmaan Tamuly
Ex-Binance CEO chides Europe over crypto adoptionAccording to Changpeng Zhao, European countries, with the exception of Montenegro, were largely lagging behind the US and Asia on crypto adoption.Apr 30, 2025Turner Wright
Grayscale launches Bitcoin adopters exchange-traded fundThe ETF will track Bitcoin acquisition companies and firms with a corporate BTC treasury strategy, including several mining operations.Apr 30, 2025Vince Quill
Bitcoin drops under $93K after US GDP data shows shrinking economy, raising recession alarmsBitcoin sold off to $92,910 after GDP data showed the negative impact of Trump’s trade war and the heightened chance of a US recession. Will traders buy the dip?Apr 30, 2025Antonio Oliveira
EU digital product passports won’t solve food fraud, but blockchain canHoney fraud is a growing global issue, but blockchain-powered self-sovereign identity (SSI) offers an effective solution to tackle food fraud with tamper-proof verification.Apr 30, 2025Fraser Edwards
Bitcoin price recovers, Ethereum RWA value up 20%: April in chartsUS stock markets see a shaky recovery in April, while Bitcoin’s price is up 16%. Meanwhile, Ethereum captures 60% of tokenized RWA value.Apr 30, 2025Aaron Wood
China’s DeepSeek launches new open-source AI after R1 took on OpenAIDeepSeek has released Prover V2, an open-source AI model focused on math theorem verification.Apr 30, 2025Adrian Zmudzinski
Vitalik Buterin outlines vision as Ethereum ecosystem addresses hit new highVitalik Buterin outlined his 2025 Ethereum development priorities, including single-slot finality, statelessness, enhanced privacy and decentralized infrastructure.Apr 30, 2025Adrian Zmudzinski
ZK-proofs are bringing smart contracts to Bitcoin — BitcoinOS and StarknetAlmost $2 trillion worth of Bitcoin could be used natively in DeFi if Starknet and BitcoinOS successfully add smart contract functionality via ZK-proofs.Apr 30, 2025Andrew Fenton
$330M Bitcoin social engineering theft victim is elderly US citizenThe stolen $330 million was laundered through 300 wallets and 20+ exchanges, experts told Cointelegraph.Apr 30, 2025Amin Haqshanas
The open source debate: Is crypto losing its soul?Crypto projects may ditch the open-source model to protect their ideas, but critics warn that the costs of closed code still outweigh the benefits.Apr 30, 2025Yohan Yun
Crypto hackers hit DeFi for $92M in April as attacks double from MarchCrypto hackers have already surpassed the $1.49 billion stolen during 2024, according to Immunefi’s latest research.Apr 30, 2025Zoltan Vardai
Mantra links OM token crash to risky crypto exchange policiesMantra has cited broader industry factors as contributing to the recent collapse of its OM token, with CEO John Mullin calling on exchanges to reassess their leverage policies.Apr 30, 2025Helen Partz
Bitcoin macro indicator that predicted 2022 bottom flashes ‘buy signal’The indicator is making a strong case for a Bitcoin price rally toward $100,000 and higher, helped further by growing bullish signals from the futures market.Apr 30, 2025Yashu Gola
FIFA shifts NFT platform to new Ethereum-compatible blockchainFIFA is launching a new EVM-compatible blockchain, which will host its NFT collections and fan experiences.Apr 30, 2025Zoltan Vardai
Bitcoin traders predict BTC price gains ahead of $96K liquidity clashBitcoin is due to surf volatility as US GDP and PCE data rolls in, while the monthly candle close is a key focus for market participants with BTC price up 15%.Apr 30, 2025William Suberg
Bitcoin volatility lowest in 563 days, Hayes predicts $1M BTC by 2028Bitcoin volatility drops to a 563-day low, suggesting asset maturity as Arthur Hayes forecasts a $1 million BTC price by 2028 amid rising ETF flows and investor confidence.Apr 30, 2025Zoltan Vardai
Circle taps Onafriq to cut Africa’s cross-border payment costs with USDCThe USDC issuer expands further into Africa, joining forces with Onafriq to pilot stablecoin settlements across 40 countries and 200 million bank accounts.Apr 30, 2025Amin Haqshanas
Banks must adopt crypto or be extinct in 10 years, Eric Trump saysWhile the existing financial system is slow and expensive, crypto apps already allow people to send money instantly and cheaply, Eric Trump stated.Apr 30, 2025Helen Partz
TON’s Broxus launches blockchain app scalability platform TON FactoryTON ecosystem participant Broxus launches TON Factory, a high-throughput dev platform with a purported 35,000 transactions per second, aiming to scale DEXs, games and DApps.Apr 30, 2025Amin Haqshanas
Ethereum ETF staking will have little impact without multimonth rally: AnalystBloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas says Ether needs “more than just a good week here and there.”Apr 30, 2025Ciaran Lyons
SEC drops investigation into PayPal’s stablecoinPayments giant PayPal said in a regulatory filing that its PayPal USD stablecoin is no longer in the SEC's crosshairs.Apr 30, 2025Martin Young
FTX sues NFT Stars and Kurosemi in push to recover tokensFTX has sued NFT Stars and Kurosemi, which operates as Delysium, in the collapsed crypto exchange’s latest bid to try to scrape together money for its creditors.Apr 30, 2025Stephen Katte
BlackRock files to create digital shares tracking one of its money market fundsBlackRock has filed to list digital shares to track a $150 million money market fund, potentially via blockchain technology.Apr 30, 2025Brayden Lindrea
US Treasury’s OFAC can’t restore Tornado Cash sanctions, judge rulesThe US Treasury Department’s actions against Tornado Cash were unlawful, and it can’t sanction the crypto mixer again, a Texas federal court judge has ruled.Apr 30, 2025Martin Young