LayerZero CEO announces settlement with FTX estateThough Brian Pellegrino said in September 2023 that FTX’s lawsuit was “filled with unsubstantiated claims,” LayerZero reached an agreement over deals with the company.Jan 31, 2025Turner Wright
Ethereum comeback in February? Trump-linked fund buying ‘truckloads of ETH’Most Ethereum analysts expect ETH price to reach the $4,000-4,500 range in February due to Trump and other catalysts.Jan 31, 2025Yashu Gola
Failure or 5D chess? El Salvador IMF deal walks back Bitcoin adoptionA shining example of Bitcoin adoption, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele disappointed Bitcoiners this week and divided opinion over the asset’s local future.Jan 31, 2025Aaron Wood
DeepSeek privacy concerns raise international alarm bellsPrivacy watchdogs probe Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s privacy protection measures, while security experts uncover vulnerabilities and data flows to TikTok parent ByteDance.Jan 31, 2025Yohan Yun
MicroStrategy announces pricing of strike preferred stock offeringAccording to SaylorTracker, MicroStrategy is up over 65% all-time on its Bitcoin investment and is trading at a net asset value of 1.73x.Jan 31, 2025Vince Quill
Strategic Bitcoin reserve: Not only for countries but for protocolsNations, companies and blockchain protocols consider Bitcoin reserves as a strategic asset, but there’s game theory hiding behind the decision-making.Jan 31, 2025Luke Xie
Bitcoin ETFs surpass $125B, BlackRock's IBIT ranks 31st worldwideBitcoin ETFs accounted for 6% of all ETF inflows from Jan. 1 to 24, amassing over $4.2 billion in investments.Jan 31, 2025Zoltan Vardai
Stablecoin volumes surpassed Visa and Mastercard combined in 2024Stablecoins’ role as the lifeblood of crypto trading and DeFi outweighs their use case for savings and remittance, CEX.io’s lead analyst said.Jan 31, 2025Helen Partz
Bitcoin's February momentum hinges on next week's labor market dataBitcoin’s price remains sensitive to macroeconomic conditions, with analysts eyeing the upcoming US labor report as a key driver for February’s momentum.Jan 31, 2025Zoltan Vardai
Russia reacts to Trump tariff threat: BRICS not seeking a dollar alternativeA potential “BRICS currency” will not be a rival to the US dollar, but rather a tool for mutual investment within the group, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.Jan 31, 2025Helen Partz
Bitcoin retail sellers send $625M to Binance before 'first cycle top'Bitcoin whales hold off on major selling, but retail investors appear unwilling to wait for the real bull market gains to hit.Jan 31, 2025William Suberg
Manchester court sentences 7 for kidnapping, $124K crypto extortionA UK gang that kidnapped, tortured and extorted a man for his cryptocurrency has been sentenced at Manchester Crown Court.Jan 31, 2025Mehab Qureshi
Google exposes government-backed misuse of Gemini AIGoogle’s report reveals attempts by government-backed hackers to misuse Gemini AI for cyber threats, but jailbreak efforts were unsuccessful.Jan 31, 2025Ezra Reguerra
Elon Musk’s dad plans $200M raise with ‘Musk It’ memecoinThe Musk It token was already launched in December 2024 by a Middle Eastern crypto firm, but has shed over 50% of its value.Jan 31, 2025Zoltan Vardai
Ross Ulbricht-tied crypto wallets lose $12M in memecoin misstep: ArkhamWallets tied to recently freed Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht listed tokens at the wrong price, which were then snapped up by a bot.Jan 31, 2025Stephen Katte
Solana ridesharing app Teleport shuts down, cites lack of market readinessSolana-based ridesharing app Teleport shut down just eight months after it publicly launched its app, citing a lack of market readiness for decentralized ridesharing.Jan 31, 2025Brayden Lindrea
Pump.fun hit with suit claiming all memecoins are securitiesA proposed class-action suit alleged all crypto tokens on Pump.fun are “unregistered security memecoins” that earned the platform nearly $500 million.Jan 31, 2025Martin Young
Nelk Boys ‘failed to deliver’ on NFT project promises, class suit claimsThe Nelk Boys are accused of being “snake-oil salesmen” in a lawsuit that claims their Metacard NFT project “failed to deliver” to buyers.Jan 31, 2025Stephen Katte
Bitwise’s Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF clears first SEC hurdleThe US securities regulator has given the initial nod to Bitwise’s ETF tracking Bitcoin and Ether, weighted according to their relative market capitalizations.Jan 31, 2025Martin Young
Tether’s stablecoin to be integrated into Bitcoin LightningLightning Labs, the company behind Bitcoin layer 2 Lightning Network, is using the Taproot Assets protocol to integrate Tether’s USDT stablecoin.Jan 31, 2025Brayden Lindrea
Arkansas Senate rejects mining facility zoning restriction billThe original bill argued that mining facilities could pose a national security risk by compromising US military installations.Jan 30, 2025Vince Quill
Korean exchange users surge 450%, Metaplanet buying 21K Bitcoin: Asia ExpressMetaplanet aims to buy 21,000 Bitcoin by 2026, DeepSeek spooks Bitcoin, Korean users surge after Trump victory.Jan 30, 2025Yohan Yun
Solana stablecoin supply up 73% since TRUMP launch: CCDataThe memecoin launch attracted hundreds of thousands of new onchain users, propelling Solana to become the third-largest blockchain network by stablecoin supply.Jan 30, 2025Alex O’Donnell
Binance claims ‘no special relationship’ with Hamas, argues to dismiss lawsuitA complaint filed in January 2024 alleged that Binance, Changpeng Zhao, Iran and Syria provided “substantial assistance” that contributed to Hamas’ October 2023 attacks on Israel.Jan 30, 2025Turner Wright
Kraken restores staking services in US after 2-year hiatusKraken was one of the many crypto firms targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under former Chair Gary Gensler’s leadership.Jan 30, 2025Vince Quill
SBF’s parents seek pardon from President Trump: ReportSBF’s parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, are reportedly exploring the possibility of putting their son’s case before President Trump for clemency.Jan 30, 2025Sam Bourgi
Apollo launches tokenized private credit fundSupported by Securitize, it tokenizes an existing Apollo fund and operates across multiple networks.Jan 30, 2025Alex O’Donnell
Bitcoin futures metric adds $1.2B after FOMC, but retail investor spending is down 50% — Why?Bitcoin trades above $100,000, but investors’ “unit bias” and the rise of spot BTC ETFs have drastically decreased retail investors’ presence in the market.Jan 30, 2025Biraajmaan Tamuly
Crypto firms double down on influencing US elections via PACs in 2026A spokesperson for Fairshake said the PAC was “keeping [its] foot on the gas” after its success in the 2024 US elections.Jan 30, 2025Turner Wright
Danny Ryan’s return? Ethereum wallets say yesWallets holding $159 million in ETH have informally voted Danny Ryan, an Ethereum researcher, to be the next leader of the Ethereum Foundation.Jan 30, 2025Christopher Tepedino